How to Listen
London-based multi-discipline artist, Ansuman Biswas, shares his passion for all things sound with a written reflection of his musical discoveries.
13 September 2012
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Sandeep Virdee – Heavyweight Champion of Classical Music
In the run-up to Darbar Festival 2012, Jahnavi Harrison asks Sandeep Virdee about the trials and tribulations of programming a niche music festival for London audiences.
13 September 2012
The Cultural Olympiad Through the Eyes of the Critics
Three cultural commentators, Donald Hutera, Sanjeevini Dutta and Nicholas Minns, reflect on the South Asian flavours that arose from London 2012.
13 September 2012
Swati Youth Dance at U.Dance 2012
Swati Youth Dance member, Vaidehi Raut, shares her experience of performing at the U.Dance 2012 national platform at the Southbank Centre, London
13 September 2012
Nritya Uphaar: The Gift of Dance
Bharatanatyam artiste-teacher, Nandini Krishna, shares her experiences from a trio of community-based workshops run in Mumbai which concluded in 2010.
13 September 2012
Choreographic Collision
Bharatanatyam performing artist, teacher and choreographer, Elena Jacinta, shares her experience of a two-and-a-half-week training course with choreographic masterminds in Venice.
13 September 2012
Utsāv: On the Auspicious Occasion of Guru Purnima – pt1
A Guru is more than just a teacher of an art form, they guide you through the path of life” – that was the resounding message from the outset of Utsāv.
13 September 2012
Utsāv: On the Auspicious Occasion of Guru Purnima – pt2
Utsāv part two was a solo presentation from a newcomer to the British South Asian dance scene: Natalia Hildner, an America-born Peruvian who embraced kathak at a young age under Guru Mekhala Natvar.
13 September 2012
Kareeb
Every year Laban produces high-achieving graduates from its undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and this year were no exception.
13 September 2012
Uncharted Seas/Timeless
Trying to find a way to resolve the potential conflict between past and present, tradition and contemporaneity remains a concern of so many South Asian dance artists that it’s practically become a cliché.
13 September 2012