Review – Dance Performance
Kathak: Yuko Inoue and Aakash Odedra
Akram Khan’s curated double bill of Aakash Odedra and Yuko Inoue could be seen as a Thanksgiving feast with generous portions of kathak delights prepared by the avant-garde Kumudini Lakhia.
11 December 2009
Aditi Mangaldas and Priyadarshini Govind – Kathak solo and ensemble, Bharatanatyam solo
The Saturday night prime spot of the Svapnagata Festival was given to two top drawer artists: Aditi Mangaldas for kathak and Priyadarshini Govind for bharanatayam.
11 December 2009
Breaking Boundaries
Cartwheeling bodies criss-cross the stage diagonally, bodies balance in unison on narrow benches in Astad Deboo’s Breaking Boundaries with Salaam Baalak Trust youth.
11 December 2009
Sattriya Dance
The sattriya dance form was accepted by the Sangeet National Academy, India’s cultural arts body as the seventh ‘classical’ dance, and Menaka PP Bora, trained by her guru-mother is committed to promoting and popularising it.
11 December 2009
Journey to the West
Journey to the West was a work-in-progress featuring the collaborative energies of India’s contemporary dance-diva Anita Ratnam and New York City’s story-telling maverick Dianne Wolkstein, along with director Richard Armstrong and choreographer Sat Hon.
11 December 2009
Trespass/Play of Percentages
What happens when you see contemporary dance collide with traditional North Indian kathak dance? Balbir Singh’s Dance Company was set up to explore the very answer to that question.
11 December 2009
Daredevas
Now in its fourth year, Daredevas, Akademi’s showcase for young dance talent, took place at London’s Purcell Room in front of a packed and enthusiastic audience.
11 December 2009
Kathakitathom
Choreographed by the dancing duo Nirupama and Rajendra, Abhinava dance company presented Kathakitathom.
22 September 2009
Mrutyunjaya
Mrutyunjaya was the thematic choice for the dance showcase presented by Sushmita Ghosh and Anusha Subramanyam, combining kathak and bharatanatyam.
22 September 2009