SEVENS and Kattam Katti tour India
Image: Kattam Katti (above) SEVENS (below) from Instagram company publicity As the performance season in the UK directs us towards pantos and Christmas carols, South Asian dancers have been looking…
We Stand Against Casteism in Indian Performing Arts
By now many will be aware of the furore that broke out in Chennai (with ripples felt globally) over the Music Academy’s Sangita Kalanidhi award to Carnatic musician T M…
Srishti Pathways
Srishti Pathways 3 March 2024 Bhavan, London Srishti Pathways is an apprenticeship programme for students from various schools to come together under the guidance and mentorship of Nina Rajarani, CEO…
“Dancing with the Lens” Digital Dance Exhibition
Image: Screenshot from trailer for Romeo and Juliet Dancing with the Lens is a distinctive digital dance exhibition, meticulously curated with the primary objective of fostering awareness among younger generations…
Seeta Patel – In Conversation
Image: Foteini Christofilopoulou Ahead of the Sadler’s Wells premiere of Seetal Patel Dance Company’s Rite of Spring (13 March 2023), the choreographer takes a break from rehearsals to speak to Pulse about…
The Rite of Spring – Seeta Patel Dance
The Rite of Spring Seeta Patel Dance Sadlers Wells, 13 March 2023 Reviewed by Pranav Yajnik Photos: Foteini Christofilopoulou Stravinsky’s (mythically riot-inducing) The Rite of Spring has…
Abhinaya – Beyond Binaries (Part three)
Nuanced abhinaya comes from the process of ‘inner dialogue’, bharatanatyam artist Vidhya Subramanian tells dancer and educator Kumudha Chandrasekaran. Informed by technique, but driven by individuality; inspired by the content…
Hemantika Festival
The Bhavan, London 19 November 2023 Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta Now in its eighth year, Day Two of the Hemantika Festival, produced by Sujata Banerjee Dance Company, brought audiences four…
Reflections of an Indian Dancer
Reflections of an Indian Dancer BSDC with Sooraj Subramaniam 9 November 2022 Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham Reviewed by Katie Ryan Photo: Malcolm Johnson Balbir Singh has made his…
Sevens – Srishti
Sevens Srishti: Nina Rajarani Dance Creations April 2, 2022 The Place, London Photos: Bheem Adavikolanu Numbers – or, in the case of the choreographer Nina Rajarani, one number in…