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Akram Khan Company's first appearance on stage in the UK this year will be at the unveiling of its new production ...

Restless Ribeiro - an Indian Artist in Britain

Lance Ribeiro (1933-2010) was born in Bombay in 1933 but originates from the Portuguese colony of Goa. He came to Britain in 1950...

Samsara

In this collaboration, musicians from both the jazz and Indian music genres come together to create a new sound: jazz and Indian classical music...

Carnatic Nomad

British-Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth is known for her versatility and ability to collaborate with different genres...

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This is my culture, International Women's Day

Article By: Sitara Thobani
 Odissi dancer Sitara Thobani's address at the British Parliament celebrations for IWD, reflecting on the cultural heritage that empowers her as a modern woman  Read More
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Preview: Artist Profile on Vidhya Subramaniam

Article By: Jahnavi Harrison
Image Credit: S. Anwar  Celebrated bharatanatyam exponent, Vidya Subramaniam,is in the UK to give two consecutive performances: Bhavan, London (7th) and Capstone, Liverpool (8th December)....Read More
Credit: S. Anwar

The Art of Critical Writing

Article By: Lucinda Al-Zoghbi
Earlier this year, in April to be exact, we launched the Art of Critical Writing, a short course enabling budding arts critics to fine-tune their analytical skills over an afternoon of practical...Read More
Image Credit: Yasmin Khan

Olympic Opening Ceremony hits home

Article By: Sanjeevini Dutta
 Sanjeevini Dutta muses on what made the Olympic Opening ceremony so appealing to the vast audiences watching.Read More
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Choreographic Collision

Article By: Elena Jacinta
Image Credit: Alvise Nicoletti  Elena Jacinta divides her time between her native Latvia and the UK where she is not only a trained bharatanatyam dancer (she trained with some of the great in...Read More
Image Credit: Alvise Nicoletti

Milton Keynes Finds its Dancing Feet!

Article By: Urja Desai Thakore
Milton Keynes Dance Festival 2012  13-15 July Read More
Credit: Courtesy of the Artist

Profile on Jon Sterckx

Article By: Jon Sterckx
Image Credit: Peter Morgan  Whilst Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger tour the world with their groundbreaking collaborative project, Circle of Sound, things are still happening from...Read More
Credit: Peter Morgan

Thumri Rasrang

Article By: John Cooper
   As part of Roehampton Dance Festival 2012 Terrace Room, Grove House, University of Roehampton  21 May 2012 Image credit: Eulanda Shead         Read More
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“The Heritage of the People”: The Contextual Framework

Article By: Shezad Khalil
Lok Virsa: Without Borders - Sonia Sabri Company  As part of Alchemy Festival 2012 Photo Credit: Simon Balson  Following Sonia Sabri Company's recent performance at Alchemy, Shezad...Read More
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Lok Virsa: Without Borders

Article By: Sonia Sabri
In advance of her appearance at Alchemy this week, British kathak artist, Sonia Sabri, sets the scene for Lok Virsa:Without Borders, an event that celebrates the arts across the Indian...Read More
Credit: Abhijit Pal

Ragamala Remixed

Dulwich Picture Gallery

For one night only, Dulwich Picture Gallery presented Ragamala Remixed, a late-night opening of the Ragamala and Van Dyck in Sicily exhibitions with “a little bit extra”.  The “extra” came in the form of live dance and music performances from young people to...Read More
Reviewed By: Lucinda Al-Zoghbi

Credit: Courtesy of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Akademi presents Arunima Kumar and Shane Shambhu

Akademi presents Arunima Kumar and Shane Shambhu offered a thought- provoking comparison of the ways these two artists, both trained in classical dance (Kumar in kuchipudi, Shambhu in bharatanatyam), have chosen to interpret their respective dance form for today’s audiences....Read More
Reviewed By: Nicholas Minns

Credit: Courtesy of the Artist

Double Bill: Shane Shambhu and Divya Kasturi

Shane Shambhu Leaving Only a Trace
Divya Kasturi NoWhere 
The Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre 

The evening begins in a flurry of excitement as an unknown persona, masked, blinded, zombie-like, ambles onto a stage laden with cardboard boxes.  Shane Shambhu’s Leaving Only a Trace has only just begun and the audience are immediately captured, causing my fellow audience mem...Read More
Reviewed By: Natalia Hildner

Credit: Courtesy of the Artist

Shankar Mahadevan and Purbayan Chatterjee

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre  

The penultimate day of the Southbank Centre’s Alchemy Festival witnessed the coming together of two very eminent Indian musicians: one best-known for giving Bollywood some of its greatest hits over the last two decades and the other being one of India’s finest classical sitarists....Read More
Reviewed By: Archita Kumar

Credit: Southbank Centre

Raghu Dixit Project

 

Raghu Dixit Project, Bellowhead and Gauri Sharma Tripathi
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre 

 

The Raghu Dixit Project is creating quite a buzz. It’s not hard to see why. Blending sunny Beach Boys guitars and folk rock, these four bearded Bangaloreans in skirts and anklebells tackle their set with wise-cracking charm. They sing in a feast of languages - at one point frontman Dixit ac...Read More
Reviewed By: Jahnavi Harrison

Credit: Courtesy of the Artist

Sonia Sabri Company

Sonia Sabri Company is a dynamic company which has established an international reputation for presenting Kathak dance in a contemporary context.

The company creates work relevant to modern...Read More

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Seeta Patel

Born in London, Seeta began training under the guidance of Kiran Ratna in 1990 and has since worked with a range of Bharata Natyam and contemporary dance professionals.  She has furthered her...Read More

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Shane Shambhu Company

Born in the east end of London, Shane Shambhu trained extensively in bharatanatyam before joining Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company.  Shane has worked with an array of artists and companies...Read More

Srishti

Srishti is an independent South Asian dance organisation run by Nina Rajarani MBE.  Resident company at Harrow Arts Centre, Srishti encompasses Nina Rajarani Dance School, Yuva Culture...Read More

ATMA

Directed by Mayuri Boonham, ATMA is a vibrant dance company that presents inspirational contemporary work using bharatanatyam to create an eloquent, unpredictable dance aesthetic. By pushing a...Read More

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company

Born in Chennai, Shobana Jeyasingh trained in bharatanatyam with Samraj Pallai.  Moving to London, she founded her eponymous company in 1988. At the forefront of contemporary South Asian...Read More

Sadhana

Sadhana, directed by Subathra Subramaniam, seeks to create innovative connections between the arts and sciences through the medium of South Asian dance.  With eleven years experience as co-...Read More

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The quarterly magazine Pulse and the website www.pulseconnects.com is published and managed by Kadam, a UK based charity which aims to keep Asian dance and music, relevant and refreshed for today’s audiences.

Kadam received three-year funding in 2008 from the Arts Council of England, to re-launch the magazine and website which phases out by end March 2011.

Pulse is no longer in receipt of subsidy and henceforth will rely on subscriptions or donations from artists, organisations and enthusiasts to keep it running.

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This is my culture, International Women's Day

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