If I Could Reach Home
I f I Could Reach Home was created and performed by Magdalen Gorringe with dancers Lakshmi Srinivasan and Vidya Patel as an Akademi commission under the Choreogata scheme to develop choreographic voices.
15 December 2016
Review – Dance Performance
My Soul is Alight
My Soul is Alight presented a beguiling glimpse into odissi and kathak through movements, themes, colours and emotions.
14 September 2016
The Magic Fish
The Magic Fish is Mayuri Boonham’s first work for children, and the centrepiece of this year’s Something Happening For Kids children’s festival at The Place.
14 September 2016
A double bill: Rouh, Spoken Word and Ghazal
Natalia Hildner ‒ a dancer with the nazāka (delicacy, elegance) and adā (grace) of the Lucknow gharana of kathak and yet with a very contemporary feel ‒ performed in a double bill presented by Sama Arts Network
14 September 2016
Staycation/Vacation
It is an evening of two separate performances and many contrasts: between student and professional dancers, classical Indian dance and contemporary dance, narrative and abstract forms, and context and style.
14 September 2016
ARDRA – Impassioned Moods
Payal Ramchandani, an accomplished and elegant kuchipudi dancer from Newcastle, delighted the audience with some beautiful, well-executed kuchipudi on a hot Friday evening in London.
14 September 2016
Kathak Performance
The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s summer school gave us a rare opportunity to watch an experienced and seasoned performer share the stage with an upcoming artist.
14 September 2016
Silent Space
Silent Space is presented as a series of extracts over thirty minutes that will eventually lead to a full show.
14 September 2016
India Flamenco
The audience are guided gently through a loose migration tale via the lightly-dramatic narrative and three female solos in bharatanatyam, belly-dance and flamenco.
14 September 2016
Until the Lions
Until the Lions reminded me of the vagaries of attending performances. For no planned reason, neither I nor my three companions on the evening had read any material about the performance beforehand.
14 March 2016