Sanjeevini Dutta

The Mad and Divine Conference

Vyjanthimala Bali credit Sanjeevini D

Vyjanthimala Bali 

23rd -25th December 2011

Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai

Organised by Kartik Fine Arts, Convened by Anita Ratnam

Sanjeevini Dutta attended the Conference gives her reflections,  hailing the excellence in presentation, performance and discussion.

 

 

 

 A three day assembly of artists, academics, performers and rasikas took place at the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan under the auspices of Kartik Fine Arts, in Mylapore, Chennai. Curated and convened by Dr Anita Ratnam, of Arangham Trust and of the ubiquitous, narthaki.com, this performer and global promoter of Indian dance has a deep and wide understanding of the form.

Icon of the Kathak World

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Credit: Sanjeevini Dutta
Birju Maharaj dance class
Patidar Centre, Wembley 
21st October 2011
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta
Fri, 2011-10-21

Icon of the kathak world, Birju Maharajji has been practising and meditating on his art form since the age of five. He is now seventy-two, so the sheer passage of time combined with his immense natural ability has made him the foremost creator of kathak. How do we know this? Witness his Renaissance-man prowess in mastering dance, music (vocal, harmonium and tabla), poetry and literature and a bit of sketching in his spare time.

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