For many years the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble has been led by the school’s very first student, the dancer and choreographer Surupa Sen. And so, fittingly, it was she who appeared with two other dancers, Bijayini Satpathy and Pavithra Reddy, in a rather sparsely-staged and yet rewarding programme of solos, duets and trios at the 2011 edition of the Edinburgh International Festival.
19 September 2011
Kala Ramnath’s concerts are magical mystery tours with no destination on the front of the bus. Exactly where she will transport and deposit listeners is all down to her spontaneous craft and creativity.
19 September 2011
Aruna Sairam’s evening BBC Proms was announced as the first entirely Carnatic billing in the Proms’ 116-year history; indeed there is no finer torch-bearer for the subcontinent’s southern art music system.
19 September 2011
Creating work without a frame of reference is a common phenomenon among independent artists in India. They fully devote their… Read More
19 September 2011
Isabel Putinja gives a comprehensive background of the form and the personalities most closely associated with the development of kuchipudi as we know it today.
17 June 2011
Dancer, scholar and researcher Swapnasundari took a break from her performance career to delve into the legacy of the Telegu court and temple dancers. She shares her insights with Isabel Putinja.
17 June 2011
Donald Hutera traces the journey of this multidimensional artist from a dance class in Kuala Lumpur to becoming one of the three ACE/Akademi choreographic bursary awardees.
17 June 2011
The Bhaktikalalayam dance troupe from Florida have grown up within the Hare Krishna community. They tell Jahnavi Harrison what moves them to keep up their practice.
17 June 2011
Ken Hunt catches up with Asha Bhosle, popular music’s living legend and Shujaat Khan, son of the late Vilayat Khan, in London following their concert of Naina Lagaike at the Royal Festival Hall.
17 June 2011
The seventy-minute world premiere of Kathakbox at the mac, Birmingham was the result of an eighteen-month project, led by British-based kathak dancer/choreographer Sonia Sabri.
17 June 2011
