Sangeet Natak Akademi, National Akademi of Music Dance and Drama presents ‘Antharang’- Gurusmaranam, a tribute to gurus Dr. V. Raghavan & T Balasaraswati by Nandini Ramani, Bharatanatyam exponent and Akademi awardee in conversation with Bharatanatyam dancer Roja Kannan. On February 9, Tuesday at 5 PM. To watch click here
The Covid 19 has prompted dance artistes to go online like never before. A look at its good and bad effects, going by experiences of watching the videos so far. Covid-19 has changed people’s habits, routines and ways of performing tasks the world over. From March 2020, it was a sudden standstill for all endeavours...
Dancing is a fundamental need through which we heal, connect, communicate and express our inner worlds. While everyone can naturally dance, it takes a lifetime of training and practice to qualify as a Dancer. Why do we dance? A dancer might respond to this question with reasons ranging from physical to spiritual. But if we...
Improvisations can be free-spirited as well as measured, as Dadi Pudumjee and Sindhe Sriramulu — two top Indian puppeteers of different genres and upbringing — prove.
This month three years ago, Burundi passed a decree that banned women from performing the famed Karyenda drums. India has a similar Manipuri percussive dance where men play the horizontal Pung.
Ramlila and a view of its Muslim artistes. Also, a quick glance at similar participation of the community in the Yakshagana theatre of the south.
From Pt Jasraj to PS Narayanaswamy, top figures have exited the cultural scene since August 15
Excelling in broad takes based on micro analysis, Kapila Vatsyayan (1928-2020) always traced curious links between dance, sculpting, painting, literature and nature On the face of it, Kapila Vatsyayan’s statement may read parochial. Wait. Sudden conclusions could be wrong, given her universal vision about culture. Ah, yes: she was only throwing light at the risk...
The summer months are anyway lean season. Delhi’s Crafts Museum
and Hastakala Academy are waiting for a post-Covid pickup
Two stalwart performing artistes in south India died in mid-October. A peek at Shobha Naidu and S Natarajan alongside the link between Kuchipudi and Bhagavatha Mela