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Mavin Khoo | Photo Credit: Iyyappan The relentless hustle and clamour that is Margazhi in Chennai, for artistes and audience alike, is equally potent with spaces or moments of stillness and quiet immersion. It could be the reassuring first landing on that jeeva swara of a raga in a kutcheri, an unanticipated choreographic improvisation in…
Chaitra Rao. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It was a performance where melody and movement complemented each other to make up an evening high on aesthetics. As the curtains went up, the dancer stood facing the backdrop, as she turned around to face the audience, her statuesque ardhanari pose made one sit up. From that…
Stills from the production | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bengaluru-based dance institute, Vishwakiran Dance Company will present Exordium. “It is a modern Indian dance theatre production aimed at discussing contemporary social and political human structures through movement,” explains Vishwakiran Nambi, the founder of the dance school. Vishwakiran is a trained Bharatanatyam, Kalari and contemporary dancer. The…
Not only does classical dance have documented mental health benefits, classical music has also been well-researched as both a complementary treatment for several major disorders and a healthy practice for general well-being. | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sowmyadip Sinha Keep your hand straight my child,” coddles the teacher. Little hands contort into a 2,000-year-old mudra. Fingertips…
Tarakesh Kolli performing at a dapostar workshop in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Visakhapatnam will experience a new wave of creative expression with the city’s first dapostar workshop. Scheduled to take place this weekend at the VUDA Park, the event will introduce participants to dapostar, a type of flow art — a vibrant fusion…
Mandala had Chandana Bala Kalyan’s music and Amrita Lahiri’s dance in equal measure. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Song and dance were inseparable in Mandala, which depicted the journey from seeking outside to finding within. Directed and choreographed by Leela Samson, and set to poetry by Kabir, Annamacharya, Meera Bai, Kshetrayya, Soyarabai and Kanakadasa, among…
Sculptor Jacob Jebaraj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Avibhuti-smeared mirror is the backdrop to the art pieces at Art Kin Centre’s newest exhibit. It gives one a peek at their own reflection while weaving intricate line work through twirls of ash. A dry clay-covered installation that centres the exhibition, frames the sculptures amid old phones,…
