Vandana
Hertfordshire-based independent artist, Divya Kasturi, developed a piece with local children for the Celebrate event at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage.
18 December 2012
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Postcard from the Netherlands
The excitement is almost tangible in the lounge of The Hague’s Korzo Theater. It is playtime for the Indian dancers in the Netherlands. The annual India Dans Festival, held in October, is unique of its kind.
18 December 2012
Gait to the Spirit 2012
This past weekend (26–28 October), I had the pleasure of attending the third annual Gait to the Spirit Festival of Indian classical dance in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
18 December 2012
Much Ado About Nothing
Iqbal Khan’s Much Ado About Nothing, which recently transferred from Stratford to the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End, is part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s international Shakespeare season.
18 December 2012
Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi
Games, politics and personal and national identity are inseparably intertwined in Satinder Chohan’s new play Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi.
18 December 2012
Be Like Water
How much of us is found in others? For visual artist, choreographer and performer Hetain Patel, his discoveries take to the philosophy of his childhood hero, martial artist Bruce Lee: “Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless like water.”
18 December 2012
Double Bill: Pulsating Sursingar and Violin maestros Joydeep Ghosh and the Mysore Brothers
Darbar’s reputation as the most diverse, high-quality Indian music festival outside of India was upheld by its cracking first night. After a late start, Joydeep Ghosh took to the stage.
18 December 2012
Chitravina Ravikiran
South Indian music has long-standing naming conventions not encountered in its Hindustani cousin in the north of the subcontinent.
18 December 2012
Prattyush Banerjee
Darbar founder Sandeep Virdee has been outspoken in his desire to present lesser-known talents each year. ‘Unveiling Afternoon Ragas’ was hardly the most exciting title of this final day afternoon session, but what ensued definitely was.
18 December 2012
Shujaat Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri
The previous afternoon Swapan Chaudhuri, the tabla-player of choice for the sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009) in his last… Read More
18 December 2012