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…
Elemental Goddess
Elemental Goddess Bhavan, London 2 October 2022 Reviewed by Annapoorna Kuppuswamy On the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a vociferous advocate of simple sustainable lifestyle, a conceptually…
Solo Bharatanatyam – Pallavi Anand
Solo Bharatanatyam –Pallavi Anand 1 July 2022 Bhavan, London The house lights dim, the audience comes to a hush, a spotlight trains on the orchestra of four musicians. The meditative…
Guru samarpanam – Shalini Shivashankar
25 September 2022 Bhavan, London Reviewed by Annapoorna Kuppuswamy On a day in late September that felt like a summer afternoon, the South Asian dance world came together post-pandemic for a…
Plastic Drastic Fantastic
Plastic Drastic Fantastic Akademi and Polka Theatre 8 April 2022 Polka Theatre, Wimbledon Three years ago Suba Subramaniam, Artistic Director at Akademi, began exploring cultural relationships with plastics. The concept…
Divya Ravi: Solo Bharatanatyam Recital
Divya Ravi Solo Bharatanatyam Recital The Bhavan, London Saturday 19 March 2022 Photos: Pranita Choudhry Divya’s performance inspires many emotions, but the ones that remain are those of love…