Ravi Shankar’s Sukanya explores common ground in music from east and west and draws on myth and personal experience. As it receives its première this spring, Ken Hunt tells the story behind this music, dance and drama creation.
15 March 2017
Composer David Murphy worked regularly with Ravi Shankar. He spoke to May Robertson about the intensity of their projects and how he approached his orchestration of Sukanya.
15 March 2017
Writer and musician Amit Chaudhuri talked to Ken Hunt about Ravi Shankar, comic books and telling the ancient story of Sukanya in a modern Indian tradition.
15 March 2017
Doria Tichit writes about the Bagri Foundation, who have funded the première of Sukanya.
15 March 2017
Ian Abbott elicits perspectives on creative collaborations between choreographers and lighting designers. He speaks to Subathra Subramaniam and Aideen Malone, Aditi Mangaldas and Fabiana Piccioli, Seeta Patel and Guy Hoare, and Hemabharathy Palani.
15 December 2016
Kali Chandrasegaram gives insights into how, properly lit, the dancer on stage can become a magical being.
15 December 2016
Dance writer Sanjoy Roy found that experiencing No Body by lighting designers Michael Hulls and Lucy Carter means he will now take more notice of lighting.
15 December 2016
Now that South Asian classical music and dance have become established and visible in the UK, how are young musicians and dancers trained and based in the UK building their careers? Sanjeevini Dutta and Gopa Roy talked to some young artists.
14 September 2016
Odissi dancer Elena Catalano reflects on how Ananya Chatterjea’s thought and choreographic work unsettles and provokes new understandings.
14 September 2016
