Dance and Society: Beauty and the myth of the ‘real’ bharatanatyam
Image: Simon Richardson
Dance and Society
In the third of our articles in this series, Sammitha Sreevathsa raises the question of who defines our ideas of beauty.
Uday – Shyam Dattani
Uday – The Awakening
A solo debut by Shyam Dattani
16 September 2019
Arts Depot, Finchley
Photos: Credit Simon Richardson
BBC Young Dancer – South Asian Dance Category Finals
Friday 19 April 2019
It’s eight o’clock and I’m in front of the TV with a dosa dinner to catch the first of the BBC Young Dancer category finals – South Asian.
Akram Khan- On Curating Darbar Festival
Akram Khan talks to Parbati Chaudhury, kathak artist, about curating the dance programme of the Darbar Festival.
Plurality of Abhinaya
Plurality of Abhinaya
Nilima Devi MBE and Anusha Subramanyam
Tuesday 3 July 2018,
Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham Lakeside Arts
Reviewed by Eric Foxley
About the Elephant
Vidya Patel and Connor Scott
Sunday 6 May 2018
Alchemy Festival, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta
Kathak Kendra then and now
Over the years, changes in approaches to dance, to its teaching traditions and performance practice have been taking place. The physical context also has its impact.