The Instrument and the Musician – Kamalesh Maitra and the Tabla Tarang
Ken Hunt traces the route taken by Maitra and the tabla tarang from East Bengal to Berlin via Calcutta and North America.
14 March 2013
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Epic Women Conference
The EPIC WOMEN CONFERENCE, curated by Anita Ratnam and hosted by Kartik Fine Arts, cleared a space for thought and reflection in the dense jungle of performance activities of the Chennai December Season.
14 March 2013
Attakkalari India Biennial 2013
Dubbed ‘South Asia’s largest contemporary dance festival’, the 2013 edition of the Attakkalari India Biennial was the sixth to be held since its modest beginning in 2000.
14 March 2013
‘Mum … what’s my gam?’
Journeys carry baggage, as do identities. What is to be said of journeys made by foreparents passing on conflicting identities as an inheritance? Porkpie Dance Theatre’s director Anaish Parmar looks to his family history book for a soul-searching answer.
14 March 2013
Abdulkarim Raas & Kuljit Bhamra present Somali Party Southall
From its opening flourish, Hobey Hobey Heleyoy (‘Come Sing and Dance’) with its blend of Punjabi and Somali ingredients, the pretty much unerring plus ça change philosophical logic of Somali Party Southall is bracing.
18 December 2012
Reconfigurations
Sanjoy Roy launches the first in a three-part series by speaking to the iconic choreographer herself and tracing the twists and turns in the Company’s stylistic vision.
18 December 2012
Centre for Advanced Training for South Asian and Contemporary Dance – Bharatanatyam Strand: Shane Shambhu Company Residency – October 2011 to 2012
Students on the Bharatanatyam programme at the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) reflect on the experience of working with dancer/physical theatre practitioner, Shane Shambhu
18 December 2012
Chitravina Ravikiran – Musician by Name, Musician by Nature
Following his recent performance at Darbar Festival, Ravikiran speaks to Ken Hunt, who considers him to be “one of the most fascinating musicians I’ve ever met”.
18 December 2012
Vidhya Subramanian – In Profile
Ahead of her UK performances earlier this month (December), bharatanatyam artist, Vidhya Subramanian, shares her journey thus far with Jahnavi Harrison.
18 December 2012