In a preview from her new book, Embodied Politics, Dr Stacey Prickett shares her analysis of how South Asian dance has grown to become part of the British cultural consciousness since the 1970s.
16 December 2013
She headlined at this year’s Darbar Festival and will soon be receiving the Sangita Kalanidhi, Carnatic music’s highest award; but this remarkable singer says that she almost drifted into music. Ken Hunt gives us the background.
16 December 2013
Bharatanatyam dancer Jayashree Sundaresan prepares to fulfil an ambition by dancing in Mumbai and Chennai.
16 December 2013
This energetic and engaging musician talks to Ken Hunt about his musical explorations since he first picked up a recorder at school in Bolton.
16 December 2013
Kala Sangam’s Director Dr Geetha Upadhyaya tells Annapoorna Kuppuswamy about how this established part of Bradford’s cultural life has developed over two decades.
16 December 2013
An exclusive interview by Ileana Citaristi with Guru Shankar Behera, recipient of the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra award 2013 for lifetime achievement in odissi dance.
16 December 2013
The festival, extended this year to two weeks, featured emerging artists as well as established performers like Aditi Mangaldas, Kapila Venu and the Sutra Dance Theatre; and this time there were also some remarkable singers.
16 December 2013
Basant Bells was an entertaining evening of bharatanatyam performance by Swati Dance Company.
16 December 2013
Who knew surgery could be so… sexy? Not me. But Sadhana Dance’s new trio Under My Skin, based on observations of operations, turns out to be a surprisingly erotic piece.
16 December 2013
Daredevas at Arts Depot in North London was presented by Akademi, the leading producers of South Asian dance in the UK.
16 December 2013
