Flexible Bodies, British South Asian Dancers in an age of Neo-Liberalism. Anusha Kedhar Oxford University Press, 2020. Reviewed by Magdalen Gorringe As dancers, busy with class and riyaaz or with…
World Premiere 28 June 2021 Nupur Arts Youth Association Images: Matthew Cawrey The Emerge project, curated by Smita Vadnerkar & Kamala Devam, presented a challenge from Nupur Arts Youth Association…
Payal Ramchandani Masala Arts Festival, 24 July 2021 Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta Kuchipudi dancer Payal Ramchandani, commissioned by Gem Arts (Newcastle) for the Masala Festival, presented Of Love and Lament,…
Saraswatham Foundation 23 May 2021 Reviewed by Sooraj Subramaniam Images: : Iyappan Arumugham, a4 Medias In the Indian solo performing art forms, to portray and make swift transitions between all manner…
Aprājita, The Resilient Artist, was a three-day virtual dance festival curated by Kripa Iyer and Neelambaree Prasad. Childhood dance friends in Mumbai who eventually found themselves as neighbours in London,…
Akademi Dance Film Festival 2021 Friday and Saturday 19th & 20th March 2021 Reviewed by the Pulse Dance Audience Club This was the first ever Screen Dance Festival of new…
The Kitchen A dance film directed by Vishwakiran Nambi Chamudeshwari Studios, Bangalore 6 February 2021 Reviewed by Veena Basavarajaiah The film opens with the shot of a traditional upper class South Indian kitchen.…
Love Letters Anoushka Shankar 30 May 2021 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London Reviewed by Ken Hunt Let’s set the scene. Since the Corona pandemic ushered in a weird new…
Dancing Nation Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts 28 January – 26 February 2021 Reviewed by the Pulse Dance Club 24 February 2021 These three films have been made ‘to celebrate all…
Catch The Bird Who Won’t Fly Amina Khayyam Company & Our Animal Kingdom Akram Khan Company and Numeridanse Reviewed by the Pulse Dance Club 21 December 2020 A group of…
