Jaivant Patel has had a meteoric rise in the world of dance since his graduation from Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2004.

At Pulse we have been discussing the role of the reviewer: is it to judge, comment, provide feedback and improvements, or to help audiences interpret and to spark their interest?

The Bhavan, London
19 November 2023
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta

Sadlers Wells, 
13 October 2023
Review by Pranav Yajnik

Image: Screenshot from trailer for Romeo and Juliet

Ahead of the premiere of Don’t Mind Me, one of the four dance works by the Sadler’s Wells Young Associates, Vidya Patel talks to Sanjeevini Dutta about her dance journey.

Image credit: Jack Thomson

Kattam Katti 

Pagrav Dance Company

Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London 

Reviewed by Donald Hutera on November 18, 2021 

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 talks to Parbati Chaudhury, kathak artist,  about curating the dance programme of the Darbar Festival.

Plurality of Abhinaya

Nilima Devi MBE and Anusha Subramanyam

Tuesday 3 July 2018, 

Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Reviewed by Eric Foxley