Arangetram: Reflections of a Dancer
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
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
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…
Ananta, The Eternal, Ragamala Dance Company
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,…
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…
Dancing to a New Tune 1: Divya Ravi’s VitthāMāi
This Mini-series examines the connection between new musical compositions and how these elicit new ways of moving, which may or may not be outside the strict classical form. Over 2023…
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…
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…
When I lied about my caste and other transgressions
Editors' note on the caste system: The Indian caste system has long been used to entrench the privilege of members of the so-called upper castes while condemning those of lower…
Divya Kasturi’s To Varnam With Love’ – another point of view
Image: Screenshot taken from trailer. Melodious singing by Divya heralded To Varnam With Love (30 September, 2021, The Place, London) as a spotlight highlighted a stepped podium on…