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Richmond Festival of Ideas Little Green, Richmond 22 June 2025 Report by Anita Chanda It was a lovely surprise discovering an entrancing and soulful dance performance on a sunny Sunday…
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Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty-pioneer of raga music for all
The name of Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is well-known to lovers of classical Indian music in the UK and around the world. His musical career spans five decades. Now in his…
Choreographing Displacement: On What Moves and What Doesn’t
In India, dance is not merely performed; it is lived. It seeps into the body through ritual, mythology, familial memory, and collective inheritance. As an odissi dancer rooted in India's…
On Metrics and the State of Being in Classical Dance
Over the past few months, one of my favourite thinking dancers/dancing thinkers, Dr Apoorva Jayaraman has been writing what she describes as a spontaneous series on Instagram. She calls these…
Brooklyn Baithak at Jalopy Theatre
Brooklyn Baithak at Jalopy Theatre: An Evening of Collaboration and Engagement By Meghana B, written for Line & Verse On August 9th, Brooklyn Baithak hosted its annual showcase at the…
Astad Deboo – An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance
Ketu H Katrak Published by Seagull Books (2024) Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta A biography of Astad Deboo, the father of Indian Contemporary Dance, has been written by his lifelong friend…
Rooh: Within Her – Pagrav Dance Company
ROOH: Within Her Pagrav Dance Company Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London 25th April 2025 Pulse Dance Club review Image: Pari Naderi Our group found this dance-theatre work to be a…
Towards a British Natyam -Magdalen Gorringe
Towards a British Natyam Magdalen Gorringe Published by Berghahn, 2025 Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta The timing of Magdalen Gorringe’s book Towards a British Natyam happily coincides with the uplift South…
Dvanda – Amritha Jayakrishnan
Dvanda Amritha Jayakrishnan 6th April 2025 Bhavan, London. Dvanda, a themed solo bharatanatyam performance by Amritha Jayakrishnan, promised to be a show exploring the concept of duality that is…
Brooklyn Baithak: Community & Culture in the Heart of NYC
By Meghana B, written for Line & Verse Brooklyn Baithak has grown to be a popular South Asian music event in New York City - its guiding ethos is centered…