Morph Dance Company: Gamechanger
Gamechanger, Morph Dance Company, Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, 22 November 2017 – Reviewed by Debbie Green The Gamechanger triple bill opens with 'Three', choreographed by T.J. Lowe and Subhash Viman Gorania. The…
Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar
Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar, 13 March 2018, Milton Court Concert Hall, London – Reviewed by Ken Hunt The 600-seater Milton Court Concert Hall is tucked behind London’s Barbican and…
Sarathy Korwar Presents Upaj: Arun Ghosh Sextet + Soumik Datta
Sarathy Korwar Presents Upaj: Arun Ghosh Sextet + Soumik Datta, Jazz Cafe, London, Friday, 9th March 2018 – Reviewed by Anjali Khanna Friday evening at the Jazz Cafe, one…
Layla and Majnun
Layla and Majnun 17 November 2018 Sadler’s Wells, London Reviewed by Ken Hunt Many, maybe most, cultures have tales of star-crossed lovers fated to be separated, sometimes never to get…
Delight and Disquiet – Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India 1875-6
Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace until 14 October 2018 Reviewed by Charles Robertson Splendours of the Subcontinent consists of two linked displays of objects and works on paper acquired by the Crown,…
Portraits in Otherness
Curated by Akram Khan and his producer Farooq Chaudhry, this well-packaged platform for new choreographic voices was presented as an offshoot of Khan’s mainstage performances of ‘Xenos’ at Sadler’s Wells…
Dakshina
Elena Catalano and Kamala Devam Presented by Akademi Friday 20 April 2018 Rich Mix, London Reviewed by Donald Hutera Solo performances reveal a dancer’s style and skills, the manifold ways…
Dancing for Change I: Aakash Odedra and Amina Khayyam
Can dance effect social change? Donald Hutera interviewed four dancers whose work engages with difficult social and political issues. We begin with the responses from Aakash Odedra and Amina Khayyam.…
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwals
Rizwan–Muazzam Qawwals, Luton Library Theatre, 22 March 2017 – Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta The first performance of the national tour, promoted by Asian Arts Agency, of the renowned Rizwan and Muazzam Qawwals,…
The Bridge and Cicadas
The Bridge and Cicadas, Jasdeep Singh Degun, Leeds College of Music, 7 December 2016 – Reviewed by Matt Pritchard It seems that Indian classical music in the UK at the…