Maker and Shaker: Shane Shambhu
Shane Shambhu was the dancer featured on the first cover of the revamped Pulse magazine in Summer 2008. During the ten years since he was interviewed for that issue, this dancer-choreographer, actor…
Shane Shambhu was the dancer featured on the first cover of the revamped Pulse magazine in Summer 2008. During the ten years since he was interviewed for that issue, this dancer-choreographer, actor…
Akram Khan talks to Parbati Chaudhury, kathak artist, about curating the dance programme of the Darbar Festival. Q. Off the back of last year’s Darbar, what vision did you set out with…
Pulse has deleted all references to the identity of the abuser and victim in the article. It is an important cautionary case to share for the benefit of the dance…
Alain de Botton in The Art of Travel suggests that we are attracted to foreign cultures not because of their exotic content but because they express some aspect of one’s…
Malavika Sarukkai’s new show, Thari, will be the opening dance production at the refurbished Queen Elizabeth Hall in London's Southbank Centre. The artist talks to Editor Sanjeevini Dutta about the creative process. Malavika Sarukkai’s new production…
By 2014, the UK had seen many performances and events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore in 1861. Pulse was prompted to bring together writers, singers,…
Jay Visvadeva of Sama Arts Network is a music promoter who needs no introduction to lovers of South Asian music in the UK. He has been active for over four…
It’s a rare opportunity to be in the company of an artist one idolises, and furthermore be able to have an honest conversation, getting into the nitty-gritty of Indian classical…
A profile of Kali Chandrasegaram by Donald Hutera If words are clues to understanding how a person thinks and functions in the world, there are a few key phrases that pop…
Dancer Kali Chandrasegaram found his teacher Shankar Kandasamy’s performance at the Bhavan Centre (7 May 2018) brought memories flooding back. Shankar Kandasamy was one of my dance teachers, around twenty…