Unkindest Cut
Unkindest Cut Sadhana Dance IF Oxford Science & Ideas Festival Bonn Square, Oxford 17 October 2018 Reviewed by Gopa Roy Unkindest Cut is an intense and moving experience…
Sacred Shapes
Sacred Shapes by Katie Ryan for The Odissi Ensemble Reviewed by Donald Hutera at Imagine Luton on June 24, 2018 The 250th anniversary of the invention of circus performance was one…
Facet
Facet Drishti Dance Off Beat Festival, Old Fire Station, Oxford 29 June 2018 Reviewed by Katie Ryan Choreographer and teacher Anuradha Chaturvedi returns to familiar ground in Oxford to present…
Thari – The Loom
Malavika Sarukkai Tuesday 24 April 2018 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London Reviewed by Donald Hutera The links between dance choreography and weaving, particularly as the latter relates to the…
RAINMAKER: A Rhythm Journey with Balwant Singh, Talvin Singh, Taufiq Qureshi and friends.
RAINMAKER: A Rhythm Journey with Balwant Singh, Talvin Singh, Taufiq Qureshi and friends, 25 August 2017, King's Place, London – Reviewed by Anjali Khanna ‘Music is God’s food and truth His…
Shivoham’ (Akshay Prakash) – an appreciation.
Shivoham, Bhavan Centre, London, 16 July 2017 – an appreciation, by Lakshmii Senathirajah. Bharatanatyam dancer Akshay Prakash – brought to a wider audience as a category finalist on BBC Young Dancer 2017 –…
The Natya Project
The Natya Project Showcase Foyle Studio, MAC Birmingham 16 October 2018 Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta Six young dancers claimed the space at the Foyle Studios in MAC Birmingham, unleashing a…
Not Todays Yesterday
Seeta Patel The Place Wednesday 3 October 2018 Reviewed by Nicholas Minns and Caterina Albano Not Today’s Yesterday Seeta Patel’s response to Brexit and Donald Trump is a post-colonial fable,…
Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer
Shane Shambhu / Altered Skin, Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer The Place, 29 September 2018 Bharatanatyam performer Shane Shambhu’s Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer is part dramatic theatre, part one-man…
#Je Suis
#Je Suis, Aakash Odedra Company, Birmingham Hippodrome, 15 February 2018 – Reviewed by Magdalen Gorringe Aakash Odedra’s latest work, #Je Suis (which received the 2017 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression…