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Adding muscle to Bharatanatyam | How classical dancers are taking up strength training to improve their performance

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] For nearly a year leading up to her performance at The Music Academy’s Dance Festival last month, Medha Hari split her time between the dance studio, learning with her guru, and strength training with Adarsh Gopalakrishnan. All the practice — footwork, abhinaya (art of expression), and building muscle, flexibility and control — helped her […]

Exit through the museum gift shop, suggests Anita Ratnam

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Watch | Anita Ratnam’s visual tour of 40 years of collecting wearable art My children and friends know that I must make that mandatory stop at the museum shop if I am travelling abroad. There is a deep local engagement you find at a museum store and, on returning home, the joy in placing […]

French dancer and actor-choreographer Annette Leday’s book is a ready reckoner on the contemporary dance scene in India

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Annette Leday’s face becomes animated when she talks about her discovery of India, especially dance and Kathakali. A performer, choreographer and director, Annette kept returning to India, to learn and to hone her skills as a Kathakali dancer and actor. More than four decades after that first trip to India in 1975, the dancer-chreographer […]