Category: Performing arts
I am ‘This’, I am ‘That’
|| Shivah Shaktya yukto yadi bhavati Shaktah prabhavitum Na chedevam devo na khalu kushalah spanditumapi|| “Joined with Shakti (thyself), Lord Shiva is capable of...
Carrying On The Kathak
Ragini Maharaj, born into the illustrious family of the Kalka-Bindadin Gharana, she has received her training from a very young age from her grandfather the Kathak...
Susanskriti: Tracing Heritage Through Dance
There is a certain charm in the old. There is a reason why all that is classic or traditional stands the test of time. What one finds even further interesting is when...
Like A Breath Of Fresh Air
One walks into an auditorium, and hears the dancer singing with the orchestra and dancing too! What a treat to watch! Just like a breath of fresh air Aniruddha Knight...
To Save Or Not To Save
The Indian subcontinent has had a long standing oral tradition history where śrutis from Vedas, epics like Mahabharata & Ramayana, to the ragas, the intricate...
Baithaks: A Relic or A Reality
The concept of proscenium stage and for that matter even furniture is a western concept. Indians by far and by large have always preferred to sit cross legged on the...
Perplexing Passages of Patronage
Money is a Big Bad word in the world of Indian classical arts. Something which is so highly spiritual, is so deeply involved in religion, and is so divinely uplifting,...
Transgressing Boundaries: A sketch of Guru Sharon Lowen
Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra said of Sharon Lowen in 1987, after accompanying her 22 performance Festival of India-USA tour, “She is now one of my five...
Kendra Dance Festival
Kendra Dance Festival is back this year with new artists performing outside the Kendra domain for the first time. Every summer, Shobha Deepak Singh, Director of Shriram...
A dancer’s expression
It is still very clear, the walk, the stairs, the second-floor flat and the girls dancing. Yes, memories never fade but this one lingers. I reminisce the moment and find...
