Nina Rajarani
Jahnavi Harrison talked to dancer, teacher and award-winning choreographer Nina Rajarani as she prepared to present her new duet with Y. Yadavan to mark Srishti's Silver Jubilee in 2016. We are sharing this…
Dance and Society: Beauty and the myth of the ‘real’ bharatanatyam
Image: Simon Richardson Dance and Society In the third of our articles in this series, Sammitha Sreevathsa raises the question of who defines our ideas of beauty. …
Amina Khayyam Dance Company and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival – What’s on Hold?
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival would have opened this week but for the pandemic. Among those due to perform was Amina Khayyam Dance Company, with two works at two venues. These are…
Inside The Institution: Kala Sangam
Kala Sangam is a vibrant arts centre in Bradford, Yorkshire and is known for its support of South Asian arts. It was founded in 1993 by the Upadhayas, a medical…
Dance and Society: Who is a Hereditary Dancer? – and why I can never answer this question.
Dance and Society We continue our series specially commissioned with the dance student in mind. I MUST HAVE BEEN around ten years old when I wrote the following words…
Guria: Supporting traditional artists in North India
“In spite of being a mother, sister, daughter, My caste is still ‘Woman’” [1] Varanasi was once a centre of tawaif (traditional courtesan) culture, where hereditary professional artists were respected for their…
The Dynamics of Displacement: Who were the bar girls?
Sanjoy Roy interviewed Anna Morcom about her book Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance, on courtesans, bar girls and transgender performers. UNIVERSITY LECTURER ANNA MORCOM hadn’t planned to look at the…
Manch UK Platform – Impressions that linger
During the COVID-19 lock-down days, spirits were lifted as the South Asian dance sector connected virtually on the Manch UK Facebook platform. Sanjeevini Dutta recalls some of the revelations that…
From Below the Ivory Tower
Dance and Society Pulse has commissioned this new series with the dance student in mind. ‘…truly critical deliberations on culture in India… are virtually non-existent.’ (Davesh Soneji, interviewed by Sammita…
Inside The Institution: The Place
The Place, located centrally in geographic terms, and centrally in historic terms, has always had a significant part to play in supporting and showcasing contemporary choreographers. In this interview…
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