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When the curtains go up on the first edition of the four-day international contemporary dance festival, Movement Festival of Kerala (MFOK), on November 27, at the Kerala Fine Arts Hall, it would be the fruition of a dream for dancers/choreographers Sreejith P, Paris Laxmi and Abhilash VS to create a space for contemporary dance in…
Artistes performing ‘Siva Nava Bhakthi’ at Vani Mahal | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Sridevi Nrithyalaya’s dance production, ’Siva Nava Bhakthi’ premiered at Vani Mahal, T. Nagar. The dance brought out the essence of the nine bhakti muraigal | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B. Based on Veda Vyasa’s Shiva Mahapuranam, the dance-drama explored the nine modes of…
Bengaluru musician Vishnu Ravindran | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Self-deprecatory humour and life lessons pour out of singer-songwriter Vishnu Ravindran in waves, which is rather unusual in one so young. Talking about the launch of his 26th single, ‘Ma Cherie’, the musician says, “My pronunciation may not placate the French, but I think I can…
Swati Hebbar and Niyathi Nagesh (disciples of Veena C. Seshadri) performing at Dikshitar 250 Season 1 | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Kalasampada Muthuswami Dikshitar’s compositions have been celebrated for generations not just by musicians but also dancers. For instance, Padma Subrahmanyam has choreographed Dikshitar’s ‘Meenakshi me mudam dehi’ in raga Gamakakriya while Yamini Krishnamurthy captivated hearts…
The strength of India’s knowledge systems — what we call the Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā — lies in their ability to evolve and find new meaning across time and place. Though grounded in metaphysical thought, these traditions were never static. They offered flexible ways of understanding the body, the mind and the cosmos — ways that…
The dance drama Naachiyar Next, depicting poet Andal, staged at Kumaraguru Institutions in Coimbatore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The dance drama, Naachiyar Next, choreographed by Anita Ratnam, was staged in Coimbatore city on Sunday. The 70-minute performance on Andal was jointly organised by Kumaraguru Institutions and Abhyasa Academy of Classical Dance. The…
The dance drama Naachiyar Next, depicting poet Andal, staged at Kumaraguru Institutions in Coimbatore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The dance drama, Naachiyar Next, choreographed by Anita Ratnam, was staged in Coimbatore city on Sunday. The 70-minute performance on Andal was jointly organised by Kumaraguru Institutions and Abhyasa Academy of Classical Dance. The…
Rohit Eshwar from the Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Museology in Maharaja’s College, Mysuru, delivering a lecture at AIISH, in Mysuru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM A special lecture on ‘Dance and Music Reflected in Hoysala Sculptures’ was held at the Seminar Hall, Knowledge Park of the All India Institute of Speech…
Intricate jathis and bhava-rich portrayal marked Aswathi’s Bharatanatyam performance at the Mid-Year Dance Festival, hosted by The Music Academy. | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani As part of The Music Academy’s Mid-Year Dance Festival, Bharatanatyam dancer Aswathi K. and disciple of Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon, presented a solo performance, seamlessly weaving bhakti and storytelling. The…
3plus4crew on stage | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Inside the packed O.P. Jindal auditorium auditorium in New Delhi last weekend, the stage pulsed with energy, light, and synchronised movement. The music touched a crescendo and so did the applause. By the end of the electrifying performances, the local team, 3plus4crew not only won the crowd’s…
