Bharatanatyam has always been her passion, but Suba Subramaniam also wanted to be a doctor and she trained as a scientist. She talks to Nicholas Minns about the confluence of art and science in her work as a director and choreographer.
13 September 2013
Svara-Kanti means ‘the beauty of musical sounds’. Guitarist and composer Simon Thacker talks to Seetal Gahir about the shape-shifting musical cultures, from Hendrix to Indian classical and folk styles, on which he drew to create the album Rakshasa.
13 September 2013
In the first of a four-part series on Pulse’s Art of Critical Writing 2, Mavin Khoo shares his thoughts on responding to bharatanatyam performance and on the development of the form.
13 September 2013
Continuing our series, Ken Hunt examines how Pannalal Ghosh revolutionised the humble bamboo flute.
13 September 2013
The first winner of the new Nritya Ratna award (‘The Jewel of Dance’) talks to Sanjeevini Dutta about the place of dance in her life.
13 September 2013
Chaturangan Dance, Bisakha Sarker and Akademi provide inspiration and joy through dance for older people and those living with dementia.
13 September 2013
Sanjeevini Dutta speaks of the inspiration behind the soon-to-launched Pulse Dance Club.
13 September 2013
After an enthusiastic response to her solo work The Spirit of Frida at the Epic Women Conference in December 2012, Dutch dancer-choreographer Kalpana Raghuraman was back in Chennai to present a new work, She Ra, commissioned by Ramli Ibrahim of Malaysian-based Sutra Dance Theatre.
13 September 2013
Manickam Yogeswaran is probably the most-heard South Indian vocalist on the planet ever.
13 September 2013
Call of Bangalore begins with an agile-minded, musically unafraid opening gambit. With its title slyly alluding to her birthplace, this studio album not only shows off violinist Jyotsna Srikanth’s roots but also her command of melodicism, rhythmicality and pace.
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