Kathak Repertoire
After a break of thirteen years to raise a family, Kajal Sharma returned to the stage at London’s Nehru Centre with a solo kathak performance.
12 June 2009
Review
Just Add Water?
In her latest work Shobana Jeyasingh uses food as a metaphor for how we define ourselves and subsequently establish – and overcome – distinctions and divisions of personal taste or cultural origin and identity.
12 June 2009
Raga Mela – An Indian Feast with Western spirit
Raga Mela: the BBC Concert Orchestra playing new compositions, Bollywood songs, a fusion group and several hundred excited schoolchildren.
12 June 2009
Rashid Khan – Live
Many years ago, on hearing the young Rashid, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi reputedly said that that “the future of Indian vocal music is assured.”
12 June 2009
The best of AR Rahman
There is no doubt AR Rahman has the technological exuberance and musical execution to match upon hearing this album.
12 June 2009
A History of the Mudras & A Dictionary of Kathakali Sign Language
The companion volumes are a superb offering from Kalamandalam artists Vijayakumara and Barbara who have dedicated over twenty-five years to… Read More
12 June 2009
Contemporary Choreography in Indian Dance International Conference
Ketu Katrak reports on a Conference cum Festival held in Toronto which examined issues of ‘contemporary’ in south Asian dance and paid homage to the iconic dance maker – Chandralekha.
18 March 2009
Vivarta and Howzaat
ampradaya are a well-established dance Company based in Missisagua, Canada led by Lata Pada, with several productions to their credit.
18 March 2009
Moving Root (The Cusp)
The title ‘Moving Root’ represents the cultural traditions, of which dance is an integral part, that are carried by people as they move from one country to another.
18 March 2009
Parallels
The Sonia Sabri Dance Company presented ‘Parallels’ at Croydon’s Clocktower continuing its ‘quest to infuse … kathak with contemporary relevance’ with a mixed bill of solos (including choreographies by Shobana Jeyasingh and Lisa Torun), where ‘… classical and cutting edge modern day interpretations of kathak [existed] side by side’.
18 March 2009