Making Inroads
Images: Screenshots taken from the works. Links below.
For the dogs, the foxes, and the cats.
nāi nari pōnaikkum dhān
Indha yeri kuLam kōda sonthamadi
'This lake and pond belong to even the dogs, the foxes, and the cats.'
On Unlearning
As a dancer, I grew up following the vision of the Temple of Fine Arts, the institution where I trained. Their mission, ‘Art, just for the love of it’ can at once be a straight-forward pursuit, as well as take one on a spiral.
Secular Themes in Bharatanatyam: Ideas for an Inclusive Future – Part I
Sangam, the earliest known literature from South India, provides an abundance of secular themes for the bharatanatyam dancer.
Pleasure and Pain – Dancing in the Outdoors
Bharatanatyam dancer and Peak District National Park Ranger Chamu Kuppuswamy tells us of how she is combining her twin passions.
Photos: Credit: Simon Richardson | Location: Michael's Folly, Hertford
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.
Dance and Society: Who is a Hereditary Dancer? – and why I can never answer this question.
Dance and Society
We continue our series specially commissioned with the dance student in mind.
From Below the Ivory Tower
Dance and Society
Pulse has commissioned this new series with the dance student in mind.
‘…truly critical deliberations on culture in India… are virtually non-existent.’