Banyan Tree – Dance Takeover
The first stage of the Banyan Tree project culminated in the Dance Takeover of the Hat Factory in Luton on 23 April 2022: a day of exploration and celebration of dance,…
Webinar on Banyan Tree Films – Circle of Dance – The Blossom
Webinar to discuss the films in the series Banyan Tree – Circle of Dance: The Blossom. Thursday 29 September 6.30 – 8 pm Join a panel from the dance world to…
Flexible Bodies, British South Asian Dancers in an age of Neo-Liberalism
Flexible Bodies, British South Asian Dancers in an age of Neo-Liberalism. Anusha Kedhar Oxford University Press, 2020. Reviewed by Magdalen Gorringe As dancers, busy with class and riyaaz or with…
Towards a New Youth Movement
In August 2018 I was thrilled to have been offered the role of Artistic Associate of Yuva Gati, the South-Asian Dance strand of the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT). CAT is…
Hebridean Treasure
the Space @ Surgeons’ Hall Edinburgh Fringe 15 August 2019 Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta Summoning up the ‘cathedrals of sky, sea and land’ in the restricted space of a black…
Does the guru-shishya model of dance teaching hold out the best prospect of creating a performer?
'We have found that it is only up to a level that you can teach students as a group. Each one’s experience, imagination and capacity is different. This can be…
Paradise Lost : Hebridean Treasure
Paradise lost Hebridean Treasure Lost and Found Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh, 1st March 2019 Reviewed by Caroline Higgitt and Roger Robertson ‘The traveller from India to Scotland can here see,…
2018: Recognitions
It has been a bumper year for the South Asian dance community. We congratulate those recognised in the Honours bestowed by the Queen; and reflect on the achievements of a number…
Provocation: Bharatanatyam is not best suited to telling contemporary stories.
We are putting this question to a series of bharatanatyam artists. Shane Shambhu Njaan ippol Malayalathil ezhathiyaal ningalku vallatthum manasallago? Do you understand what I’ve written? Anything? It’s Malayalam (albeit…
Maker and Shaker: Shane Shambhu
Shane Shambhu was the dancer featured on the first cover of the revamped Pulse magazine in Summer 2008. During the ten years since he was interviewed for that issue, this dancer-choreographer, actor…