The sattriya dance form was accepted by the Sangeet National Academy, India’s cultural arts body as the seventh ‘classical’ dance, and Menaka PP Bora, trained by her guru-mother is committed to promoting and popularising it.
11 December 2009
Journey to the West was a work-in-progress featuring the collaborative energies of India’s contemporary dance-diva Anita Ratnam and New York City’s story-telling maverick Dianne Wolkstein, along with director Richard Armstrong and choreographer Sat Hon.
11 December 2009
What happens when you see contemporary dance collide with traditional North Indian kathak dance? Balbir Singh’s Dance Company was set up to explore the very answer to that question.
11 December 2009
Now in its fourth year, Daredevas, Akademi’s showcase for young dance talent, took place at London’s Purcell Room in front of a packed and enthusiastic audience.
11 December 2009
A largely South Asian audience packed out the Royal Festival Hall to witness Rahat Fateh Ali Khan pay tribute to his uncle, the legendary Qawalli singer Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
11 December 2009
Grandly titled the National Choir for Indian Music in Britain, it may, more accurately, be described as a welcome, indeed commendable, experiment in taking Indian classical vocal into a choral setting.
11 December 2009
It’s encouraging to see the London Sitar Ensemble present work at venues like the Southbank Centre.
11 December 2009
Choreographed by the dancing duo Nirupama and Rajendra, Abhinava dance company presented Kathakitathom.
22 September 2009
Mrutyunjaya was the thematic choice for the dance showcase presented by Sushmita Ghosh and Anusha Subramanyam, combining kathak and bharatanatyam.
22 September 2009
Pawar’s recent work, ‘Ritu Shringar’ – ‘Seasons of Love’, collaboration with sitar maestro Gaurav Mazumdar, was humble and harmoniously uplifting.
22 September 2009
