Ganga – Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival
Ganga T?¦te-?ÿ-T?¦te Opera Festival Cockpit Theatre, London 31 August 2022 Reviewed by Richard Cassell The Tête-à-Tête festival of new opera presented a fascinating fragment of a new chamber…
Ganga T?¦te-?ÿ-T?¦te Opera Festival Cockpit Theatre, London 31 August 2022 Reviewed by Richard Cassell The Tête-à-Tête festival of new opera presented a fascinating fragment of a new chamber…
Charter Against Abuse: Principles promoting good practice in Indian classical dance and music Since the re-emergent #MeToo movement took off in 2017, Pulse has remained aware of the issue of…
La Filature, Mulhouse, France October 9, 2022 Reviewed by Donald Hutera Shobana Jeyasingh isn’t the first choreographer to direct an opera. Nor is she the first to use one of the stories from…
The state of being in Fear, Bhayanaka, followed Veera or ‘Courage’. The first part was a lecture on rhythm and the second part was the practical session on understanding fear…
Kattam Katti Pagrav Dance Company Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London Reviewed by Donald Hutera on November 18, 2021 As with many live performances conceived well before but subsequently delayed…
The Banyan Tree Exhibition Bhavan Centre, London October 2021 The Banyan tree, renowned for its vast expanse, grand trunk and rooted presence, is less commonly known for the enormous…
Image: Screenshot taken from trailer. Melodious singing by Divya heralded To Varnam With Love (30 September, 2021, The Place, London) as a spotlight highlighted a stepped podium on…
To Varnam With Love (30 September, 2021, The Place, London) was an evening of multimedia dance performance, exploring projection, props, lighting, music, spoken word, singing and a variety of different…
ni nari pnaikkum dhn Indha yeri kuLam kda sonthamadi 'This lake and pond belong to even the dogs, the foxes, and the cats.' Can we bharatanatyam dancers take lessons from…
Flexible Bodies, British South Asian Dancers in an age of Neo-Liberalism. Anusha Kedhar Oxford University Press, 2020. Reviewed by Magdalen Gorringe As dancers, busy with class and riyaaz or with…