Kala Ramnath – Hindustani violin’s Kishori Amonkar
Ken Hunt paints a portrait of Hindustani violin’s Kishori Amonkar.
15 December 2010
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Shivkumar Sharma – Re-inventor of the santoor
Ken Hunt talks to the man behind the mission to ‘free the voice trapped in the mulberry box’
14 September 2010
Post Natyam Collective: Negotiating Space in Making Contemporary Indian Dance
Ketu H Katrak describes the thinking and working practices of a quartet of dancer-academics who share a common concern of making socially relevant work, which reflects their twenty-first-century reality
14 September 2010
Pulse Guide to Music and Dance Festivals in India
Isabel Putinja helps the first-time-traveller to Indian Festivals to go with confidence
14 September 2010
Dance in Drawing: energy captured
Isabel Putinja gets an insight into the inspirations and technicalities of drawing movement with visual artists Subodh Poddar and Noelle Williamson.
7 June 2010
Between Bollywood and bharatanatyam
Sangita Shresthova reflects on a personal journey of dance that took her from bharatanatyam to the freer, all-encompassing, world of Bollywood.
24 February 2010
Talvin’s World: Classical roots with innovative sounds
Sonia Kumari Mehta takes a peek into the music of Talvin Singh, a tabla player who continues to take classical music along new paths.
24 February 2010
Dhrupad – Music for today, from another time and place
Naseem Khan talks to Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar about an ancient musical legacy holding its own in the modern world.
11 December 2009
Practice and Critique – A two-way street
Sanjoy Roy explores the tensions between performers and reviewers.
11 December 2009
Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney – Makers & Shakers, the mould-breakers
Sanjoy Roy talks to dancer and musician about their classical training and contemporary productions crossing cultures, genres and art forms .
22 September 2009