Bayadère – The Ninth Life
It’s almost thirty years since Chennai-born Shobana Jeyasingh launched her company with the arresting abstract work Configurations.
22 December 2017
Review – Dance Performance
Viplav – Revolution
On a stormy evening in London, Rich Mix was the eye of the storm featuring two serene and strong Indian classical dance forms: mohiniyattam and bharatanatyam.
22 December 2017
YAATRA Research & Development Sharing
In the dark, intimate theatre, I found myself sobbing.
22 December 2017
Akram Khan, Raga & Tala Experience
Spread across four major London venues over four months, the twelfth edition of the Darbar Festival marked the first time that dance was accorded a prominent place in the programming
22 December 2017
Mythili Prakash
I was nervous about watching Mythili from such a perfect seat in the Sadler’s Wells theatre. She had won teenager-me over when she performed at the Bhavan about a decade ago
22 December 2017
Gamechanger
The Gamechanger triple bill opens with Three, choreographed by T.J. Lowe and Subhash Viman Gorania.
22 December 2017
Taj Express
The established Merchant family returns to London’s Peacock Theatre this year with another kaleidoscopic Bollywood-inspired production, Taj Express.
27 September 2017
The Rose and the Bulbul
There are many worse ways to spend a summer’s evening than wandering the lovely gardens of Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum following a band of itinerant dancers, actors and glorious musicians, and this restaging of The Rose and the Bulbul (originally created in 2016) allows us to do just that.
27 September 2017
The Rose and the Bulbul
At school, a dry tally of dates and facts told from a singular imperial perspective constituted my early knowledge of history.
27 September 2017
Slut
This compelling production draws on kathak and physical theatre to tell a story that is far from familiar kathak repertoire. There has been much coverage in the media of abuse of vulnerable children in institutions and by groups of perpetrators; not so much attention has been given to abuse within families, although this, or a trusted circle, is where the vast majority of abuse takes place.
27 September 2017