Aruna Sairam’s evening BBC Proms was announced as the first entirely Carnatic billing in the Proms’ 116-year history; indeed there is no finer torch-bearer for the subcontinent’s southern art music system.
19 September 2011
Creating work without a frame of reference is a common phenomenon among independent artists in India. They fully devote their… Read More
19 September 2011
The seventy-minute world premiere of Kathakbox at the mac, Birmingham was the result of an eighteen-month project, led by British-based kathak dancer/choreographer Sonia Sabri.
17 June 2011
London audiences missed out in May as the North-West was treated to a feast of odissi, performed by Arushi Mudgal – the recipient of Milapfest’s 2010 International Touring Fellowship.
17 June 2011
The principle of Carnatic jazz is fairly long-established. By that, let’s agree on a fusion of the Carnatic – also Karnatic – art music tradition system of South India and jazz – predominantly, maybe exclusively jazz in its post World War II, multi-cultural manifestations.
17 June 2011
In some fields of music it is possible to use a superlative like ‘greatest’ without fear of charges of partiality or chamcha (sycophantic) designs.
17 June 2011
What amount of courage and focus does it take to get up on stage and perform?
17 June 2011
Is it possible to go to any concert without expectations? Arriving at the Darbar Festival, expectations of a memorable concert were high.
17 June 2011
Kamala Devam is a dancer of rare ability. It’s not often one sees a mover effortlessly tackle a bharatanatyam teermaanam in the fourth speed, and barely a breath later, launch into a series of spins, arabesques and slow-motion body waves.
11 March 2011
Sensational is when a soft breeze kisses down a naked spine’s trail. The vertebrae squirm with desire, and goosebumps await for a warm touch to terrorise that carnal yearning. This is the thin line between pleasure and pain. This is also … a shiver.
11 March 2011
