A young woman strides confidently down the street. She holds herself with pride and purpose. Her headphones on, she snaps her fingers to an apparently catchy beat. She catches herself before executing a shimmie and turn. She is a Bollywood dancer somewhere in the world.
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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 [...]

PERFORMANCE IN CHENNAI
Like many societies steeped in tradition from centuries gone by, India seems at once new and old. It combines the spirit of ‘what’s new’ and ‘more of the same’ with an irrepressible zest. And traditions, whose Sanskrit meaning, parampara, is translated as ‘permanent and impermanent’, have a brilliant way of evolving with the [...]