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 win […]
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The girl who used to sneak away from home as a child to dance and participate in recitals, does not remember when she grew up to become a confident performer. For Ameena Shanavas, dance is life and each performance is a validation of her goal to become a full-fledged danseuse. After a recent Mohiniyattam […]
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Chettinad is a fever dream. On its sun-baked arid landscape, punctuated by cacti and laced with palm trees, majestic century-old mansions rise like castles in a children’s tale. Set in quiet villages, and springing up on narrow dusty roads, these ornate structures shimmer like mirages in the unrelenting heat. Their cavernous rooms, divided by pleasingly […]
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The Ektha team | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s a platform that brings together anyone interested in dance,” says Saritha Lakshmi, the artistic director of Ektha, a space where a bunch of young dancers in Coimbatore meet to simply dance. “We collaborate and choreograph together and the outcome is organic. We record the video. The […]
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From ‘Mandala’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As the light hits the stage, it’s covered in hues of aquamarine. The dancers, dressed in white and red, enter, each one embodying aspects of the Tibetan sand mandala. In the wings, stands Lata Pada looking contemplative. She is presenting ‘Mandala’ after a three-year hiatus. And this time, […]
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In the fast-evolving world of the fine arts, how you adapt to change determines the way forward — being faster and smarter mean a lot, but it is also important to not tamper with time-tested traditions in the name of modernity. Youth drives ideas, thoughts and the responses to situations, and these determine the character […]
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The industry veteran says he wanted to question the stereotyping of art and religion with his book ‘The Dance of Faith’ The industry veteran says he wanted to question the stereotyping of art and religion with his book ‘The Dance of Faith’ Zaheer, a Muslim boy from a small village at the foot hills of […]
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Dancer Sharmila Mukherjee started the Pravaha Dance Festival in the memory of her guru, the legendary Kelucharan Mohapatra Dancer Sharmila Mukherjee started the Pravaha Dance Festival in the memory of her guru, the legendary Kelucharan Mohapatra The recently concluded Pravaha Dance Festival, at ADA Rangamandira in Bengaluru, was conceptualised by Odissi dancer Sharmila Mukherjee. The […]
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Dhandayuthapani Pillai, whose centenary celebrations concluded yesterday, has left behind a rich treasure of dance compositions Dhandayuthapani Pillai, whose centenary celebrations concluded yesterday, has left behind a rich treasure of dance compositions One of the problems in teaching Bharatanatyam to young students is the lack of suitable varnams that are geared towards dancers in the […]
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The first Chinese to study classical dance in India, Zhang Jun had passed away in 2012 The first Chinese to study classical dance in India, Zhang Jun had passed away in 2012 The India-China frictions took a backseat for a while in Beijing as a large number of Chinese flocked to a scintillating show of […]
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