This article by Arieb Azhar was first published in Pulse #137, Summer 2017. We re-publish it here on the anniversary of Pakistan's independence, 14th August 1947. Repression, resistance, Coke Studios…
Waqt ki qaid mein zindagi hai magar Chand ghadiyan yehi hain jo aazad hain Life is trapped in time’s prison but These are the few moments that are free (from…
BBC Young Dancer finalist Shree Savani talked to Pulse ahead of Sampled, the annual celebration of diverse dance at Sadler's Wells When you went into BBCYD did you think you had…
Heritage is arguably one of mankind‘s greatest assets. But how should dance heritage inform practice in the twenty-first century? Naseem Khan looks at the interplay between continuity and change. This…
Not being able to earn enough money is perhaps the most significant turn-off for those considering a career in dance. Freelancers are generally employed on a project-basis, resulting in an…
Ahead of the world premiere of Here and Now, at the prestigious Dance Umbrella season, Mythili Prakash shares the ideas and motivations behind the new work with Shivaangee Agrawal. Here…
Thinking about starting your own dance company, or wondering why people do it? In Part 4, Shivaangee speaks to Kamala Devam and Subhash Viman Gorania on why they set up…
Chinnadevi is new bharatanatyam dance piece created for performance in a London temple: ahead of the performance of Chinnadevi on 30 November at the London Sri Murugan Temple, Chamu Kuppuswamy fills…
Ruminations held on 15 October 2019, was a look back by Akademi, South Asian Dance in the U.K., at its forty years of existence - 1979 to 2019. The beautiful…
This series is designed to demystify the professional dance career and illustrate the ins and outs of working as a freelance dancer in the UK. Each part of the series…
