Unsung Stories from the Kitchen
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.…
Secular Themes in Bharatanatyam: Ideas for an Inclusive Future – Part III
In the first two essays of this series, I presented the need for more secular themes in bharatanatyam and how we can find inspiration from ancient sangam poetry, which…
Secular Themes in Bharatanatyam: Ideas for an Inclusive Future Part II
In the first essay of this series, I presented my synthesis of the relevance of religion in bharatanatyam in relation to the present day multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multifaith audience, and…
Secular Themes in Bharatanatyam: Ideas for an Inclusive Future – Part I
Sangam, the earliest known literature from South India, provides an abundance of secular themes for the bharatanatyam dancer. In the first of a series of three articles on secular themes…
Pleasure and Pain – Dancing in the Outdoors
Bharatanatyam dancer and Peak District National Park Ranger Chamu Kuppuswamy tells us of how she is combining her twin passions. Photos: Credit: Simon Richardson | Location: Michael's Folly, Hertford…
Bharatanatyam Hip Hop from New Jersey
Diksha Sharma, in the recent call-out for writers, sent Pulse a response to the article Old Stories for New Generations on New Jersey-based dancer Ishita Milli, written by Gemma Connell…
Nina Rajarani
Jahnavi Harrison talked to dancer, teacher and award-winning choreographer Nina Rajarani as she prepared to present her new duet with Y. Yadavan to mark Srishti's Silver Jubilee in 2016. We are sharing this…
Dance and Society: Beauty and the myth of the ‘real’ bharatanatyam
Image: Simon Richardson Dance and Society In the third of our articles in this series, Sammitha Sreevathsa raises the question of who defines our ideas of beauty. …
Dance and Society: Who is a Hereditary Dancer? – and why I can never answer this question.
Dance and Society We continue our series specially commissioned with the dance student in mind. I MUST HAVE BEEN around ten years old when I wrote the following words…
From Below the Ivory Tower
Dance and Society Pulse has commissioned this new series with the dance student in mind. ‘…truly critical deliberations on culture in India… are virtually non-existent.’ (Davesh Soneji, interviewed by Sammita…