Dancing with Sculptures
Sanjeevini Dutta reflects back on the experience of interpreting artworks in a garden through dance and movement. Images: Simon Richardson Integrating movement with existing artworks that are spread over an…
Kokuho: Holding a Mirror to classical arts
By: Sanjeevini Dutta The Japanese film ‘Kokuho’ is currently playing in mainstream cinemas and I was lucky to stumble upon it. It blew me away, not only for the riveting…
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UK Asian Film Festival -Documentary Films
Sunday 3 May, 2026 The Garden Cinema, London Reviewed by: Gopa Roy Friends of Jilipibala Directed by Debalina Majumdar (India, 2025. Bengali, with English subtitles) This film documents the extraordinary…
We Caliban-Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
Sadlers Wells East April 23 2026 By Stacey Prickett Projections of dappled light, sounds of insects and birds create an idyllic landscape, when, holding a book, Tanisha Addicott is raised…
Celebrating World Dance Day in Leeds
Diverse dance groups converged on Bradford Arts Centre on World Dance Day to mark the celebrations with their unique contributions. Produced by Shivani Jatar of Menaka Dance, it was an…
Reflections on Jiva Performing Arts’ Solo Studio Showcase
Jiva Studio May 9 2026 Reviewed by Jeevika Bhat for Line & VerseImage credit: Bhavani Nataraj Jiva Performing Arts’s May 2026 Solo Studio Showcase featured a range of budding to…
Kaana Kann Koti Vendum: On Seeing and Being Seen in Art
Image credit: Robert Golden | Featured: Sasha Krohn and Vidya Thirunarayan Dance artist and ceramicist Vidya Thirunarayan reflects on how art works reveal themselves by the quality of the attention…
Who needs the London Margazhi?
Image credit: Bheem Adavikolanu Image featured: Prathap Ramachandra, Amritha Jayakrishnan, Vanshikrishna Vishnudas, Vijay Venkat; dancer-Anjali Sivanandakumar Ranjini Nair, kuchipudi artist and dance scholar visited the community-led platform that addresses the…
Muruga & Kismet with Kali
Dixon Place, NYC April 12, 2026 Reviewed by Aditi Dhruv for Line & Verse Image credit: Nivita Chalika “Muruga & Kismet with Kali,” presented by Sri Thina Dance at Dixon…
On The Rasa Trail – A journey through the South Indian performing arts
New York Public Library (NYPL), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)April 3, 2026Reviewed by Dhruva Lakshminarayanan for Line & VerseImage credit: Siddarth Hanumanthu It’s 6:00 am on a Tuesday morning. Your…