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 [...]

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, [...]