By Chitra Sundaram
Sringara – A Journey of Desire: Seeta Patel/Mavin Khoo June 14th ROH
When, instead of vocalised thavil syllables, the svara-s of a mallari composition fill the air, we know that the evening’s presentation of Bharatanatyam will be different. At the far end of a diagonal corridor of muted light, the dancer comes into soft [...]

“TAAL SHRINGAR” was an evening dedicated to explore the beautiful trajectories of rhythmic time cycles expressed through music, vocal, and body movements. It was a confluence of not just music and dance but of artistes belonging to different artistic traditions and generations on display at the Queen Elizabeth hall on the 30th of April, 2009. [...]

By Chitra Sundaram
A fierce argument was averted at a gathering of Indian classical and contemporary dancers late last year.
Ms. W, A young white performer of Indian classical dance, announced that she had not bothered applying for a job requiring a ‘contemporary’ dancer only because she wasn’t sure that the recruiter, a world-renowned British dance conservatoire, [...]

February 22nd 2009 witnessed the joyous celebration of a significant milestone for South Asian dance in Britain. Teachers and students of South Asian dance, their parents and well-wishers as well as dance enthusiasts from the wider community filled the South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall to watch dance performances by young talents from around the [...]