Image: Kattam Katti (above) SEVENS (below) from Instagram company publicity
As the performance season in the UK directs us towards pantos and Christmas carols, South Asian dancers have been looking to new frontiers.
‘When dancing, I feel connected to the Supreme power-the stage is my mandir’
This Mini-Series examines the connection between new musical compositions and how these elicit new ways of moving, which may or may not be outside the strict classical form.
The Great Indian Musical – Civilization to Nation
Written and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan
Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre
Mumbai
2 October 2023
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta
Bijayani Satpathy has the reputation of being the most revered odissi dancer in the world.
Choogh, Choogh
Beeja
Imagine Festival
Southbank Centre, London
11 February 2023
Review and photo by Sanjeevini Dutta
A new series that focuses on dancers who have built large followings on Instagram.
Urged by the creator Shivaangee Agrawal to take some time to explore the Akademi Archives (a Heritage Lottery funded project), I grudgingly accepted the nudge. Once I began, I was hooked.
Niraj Chag is a hugely versatile and successful musician and composer who makes albums, film scores, and compositions for dance and theatre. On Monday 22 February he launched a new single, ‘Happy is the Man who is Nothing’.
