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…
Mandelbrot, Meera’s Madhava, and Messy Meaning-Making
An alliterative title, three seemingly divergent concepts, and the idea that repetition can produce complexity. Durga Tilak takes us into her imagination, visualising mathematical principles living out in performance arts.…
Introducing our new writer – Durga Tilak
Bharatanatyam dancer and mechanical engineer Durga Tilak has crossed continents in pursuit of her academic studies, but her love and devotion to dance is something that has followed her. Pulse…
WHO ISN’T Against Casteism in Indian Performing Arts?
We invited responses to the statement published on Pulse in April this year: We Stand Against Casteism in Indian Performing Arts. Dr Avanthi Meduri has written the essay below in reply…
Divya Sharma’s Manch Pravesh
On 14 September 2024 a milestone event will take place at the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham for dance student Divya Sharma and her guru Sonia Sabri. Sanjeevini Dutta spoke to…
Sonia Mehta – Protest Songs in Ancestral Languages
Sonia Mehta is a singer and social activist whose twin passions have been driving her through a career spanning three decades. Sonia was born in Liverpool into a second-generation Punjabi…
Examining the role of Indian dance & dancers in Air India’s ‘Safety Mudras’
Air India' 'Safety Mudras' In Air India’s recently released safety video 'Safety Mudras', dancers take on the roles of air stewardesses and perform the most memorable in-flight safety briefing yet.…
Embracing Bharatanatyam – Navigating Tradition, Belonging and Identity
Arangetram photos: by Simon Richardson When I walked into my first ever bharatanatyam class in Cambridge almost 11 years ago, I remember feeling curious and excited about…
In Conversation with Aishwarya Raut
Image credit: Camilla Greenwell Reflecting on her work in The Place’s Resolution series, choreographer and dancer Aishwarya Raut identified multiple strands of influence in the creation of What About the…
We Stand Against Casteism in Indian Performing Arts
By now many will be aware of the furore that broke out in Chennai (with ripples felt globally) over the Music Academy’s Sangita Kalanidhi award to Carnatic musician T M…