The Stage is Set

The Stage is Set

One of the most awaited classical dance festivals in the city is back.  Featuring specially designed, site-specific group choreographies, Ananya Dance Festival’12 – now in its 11th year – will light up the majestic Purana Qila monument in New Delhi for five evenings starting October 6. Organised by the Department of Art, Culture, Languages, Delhi […]

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Dance Of Life..

Dance Of Life..

  It was a pleasant morning as I walked out of my parents’ home after a hearty breakfast; all excited to meet one of my favourite people – my dance teacher, who we always fondly addressed as Aunty. Little did I know as I hailed an autorickshaw that today’s meeting would be bitter-sweet and would […]

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Shankaraa: From The Heart

Shankaraa: From The Heart

In 1995, I met Bangalore-based danseuse Rashme Hedge Gopi on a routine assignment that turned out be not so routine after all. She was a leading  exponent of Bharatnatyam and for years had travelled to France, Germany, UK, Africa and USA, the erstwhile USSR , performing and representing India at prestigious international festivals. And then […]

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Of Rhythm Divine

Of Rhythm Divine

Even if you are not a connoisseur of Indian classical dance, don’t miss the five-day Ananya Dance Festival that will be held in Delhi this October. Now in its tenth edition, Ananya is one of Delhi’s most awaited cultural events that has wowed the audience year after year with its innovatively packaged presentation – an […]

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The Dance Of Memory

The Dance Of Memory

   It takes more than passion to achieve what Mohan Khokar did. He was like a man possessed, who collected everything that was possible on the subject of Indian dance. Dance aficionados would be familiar with the man who was himself a dancer, dance teacher, scholar and collector but for those who are not, an […]

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Dance Like Them!

Dance Like Them!

Watching a rehearsal of Prayog 3 at Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium is like witnessing an enchanting duet between tradition and modernity. This particular act is titled Kaali and the eight dancers are enacting the movements of the ferocious killer goddess, Bhadrakali, as popularly known in the South. The haunting background music adds to the dark mood. Death […]

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Dance Of Creation

Dance Of Creation

I am an architect and a Bharatnatyam dancer and am fascinated with the relationship between the arts and architecture. And I have been on a fabulous journey to explore the connection between a static and a performing art since both complete me. The origin of this classical Indian dance form is rooted in a very interesting mythologyical story. It is said that the world […]

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