The Nautch Girl – Re-imagined
We talked to the choreographer Sonia Sabri and Phizzical’s artistic director, Samir Bhamra about re-imagining Umrao Jaan Ada
25 March 2015
Author: Sanjeevini Dutta
Sanjeevini Dutta has been a part of the South Asian dance sector for over four decades. She trained in odissi with Shankar Behera in Bombay. In the UK she has been a performer, educator, curator and promoter, first as a freelancer and then as director of Kadam Asian Dance and Music. In 2008 she took over as Editor of Pulse.
The Nautch Girl
Sanjeevini Dutta looks at Phizzical’s The Nautch Girl, a re-imagining of Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s classic tale of Umrao Jaan Ada. Choreographer Sonia Sabri and Phizzical’s artistic director Samir Bhamra talk about its creation.
25 March 2015
Jaswinder Singh – Asian Arts Agency Director in Profile
Jaswinder Singh talked to Sanjeevini Dutta about sharing the excitement of fresh musical influences with audiences in the south-west and beyond.
15 September 2014
In Conversation – Ananya Chatterjea
Sanjeevini Dutta caught up with Ananya Chatterjea on the eve of the tenth anniversary of her eponymous dance company. A passion for women’s rights and social justice is at the heart of her work.
23 June 2014
Angira Kotal in Conversation
The winner of the Milapfest Young Musician award talked to Sanjeevini Dutta.
20 March 2014
Apoorva Jayaraman
The first winner of the new Nritya Ratna award (‘The Jewel of Dance’) talks to Sanjeevini Dutta about the place of dance in her life.
13 September 2013
Engaging Audiences
Sanjeevini Dutta speaks of the inspiration behind the soon-to-launched Pulse Dance Club.
13 September 2013
Epic Women Conference
The EPIC WOMEN CONFERENCE, curated by Anita Ratnam and hosted by Kartik Fine Arts, cleared a space for thought and reflection in the dense jungle of performance activities of the Chennai December Season.
14 March 2013
The Cultural Olympiad Through the Eyes of the Critics
Three cultural commentators, Donald Hutera, Sanjeevini Dutta and Nicholas Minns, reflect on the South Asian flavours that arose from London 2012.
13 September 2012
Seventieth Birthday Celebrations
What could be a more fitting tribute to a performer whose love and passion for dance remain undimmed after fifty-five years at the game, than to mark a milestone birthday by dancing?
15 June 2012