Dhit Dhit Tree: Watching Dance and Forest Bathing
Why an Indian classical dance concert is like forest bathing By Durga Tilak Dancer Featured: Chamu KuppuswamyImage credit: Simon Richardson Every now and then, I get asked a question:“I am…
Why an Indian classical dance concert is like forest bathing By Durga Tilak Dancer Featured: Chamu KuppuswamyImage credit: Simon Richardson Every now and then, I get asked a question:“I am…
Lessons from My MothersSonali SkandanGibney Theater, New York7 and 8 November 2025 Reviewed By: Gouri Veerubhotla Lessons from My Mothers, presented by Jiva Performing Arts that premiered at The…
Arangetram: Reflections of a Dancer Annapoorna Kuppuswamy 31 May 2025 Seven Arts, Leeds Photos: SAA-uk I will admit that when I was first asked to review Arangetram: Reflections of…
Dvanda Amritha Jayakrishnan 6th April 2025 Bhavan, London. Dvanda, a themed solo bharatanatyam performance by Amritha Jayakrishnan, promised to be a show exploring the concept of duality that is…
Madhavi Reimagined: A Bharatanatyam Exploration by Amritha Jayakrishnan March 28, 2025 Kala Sangam, Bradford Women have always borne the brunt of war—whether in reality, fiction, or mythology—often paying with…
Optics by Anjana Bala, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage Reviewed by Stacey Prickett The title Optics evokes properties of light as well as perspective, as in how something is perceived, both manifest…
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.…
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…
Ananta, The Eternal Ragamala Dance Company Reviewed by Donald Hutera at Assembly @ Dance Base on August 13, 2024 Photo: Kyle Flubacker Confession: I have followed, if somewhat fitfully,…
Divya Ravi, Marta Guerra Doblas (Dobladanza) and Matthew Howard, 6th February 2024 Resolution Festival, The Place, London This was an evening of contrasting experiences – by turns enigmatic, moving and…