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Wah! Wah! Girls

Wah! Wah! Girls
Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre

In Act 1 Scene 6 of Tanika Gupta’s Wah! Wah! Girls the 25 bus to Hackney Downs turns into a fishing ghat on the river Ganges. The ghat (set of steps) is wheeled off, carpets and hookahs are laid down, nawabs take their seats and a young nautch girl performs a rendition of Rekha...Read More

Credit: Steve Tanner
Natyam

 

Mythili Prakash & Ensemble
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance 
As part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival 

 

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For her Fringe debut, California-based bharatanatyam dancer, Mythili Prakash, presents Natyam, a three-part performance extraordinaire at Edinburgh’s premiere dance venue, Dance Base.  Prakash began her training in the Thanjavur tradition under the direction of her mother, Smt...Read More

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TooMortal

Image Credit: JP Masclet

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company 
As part of the London 2012 Festival 
St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington
 

We gather at the cemetery adjacent to St Mary’s Church at Stoke Newington before ritually being led into the sanctuary of the old building. Standing at the altar, we haphazardly position ourselves like an unrehearsed choir facing the congregation of empty pews. The high ceilings and ancient...Read More

Image Credit: JP Masclet
CD Review: Master Drummer of IndiaSarvar Sabri
ARC Music Productions Int. Ltd.

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Master Drummer of India
Talvin Singh: Tabla Rasa

Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London 

As part of Spitalfields Music Festival 2012 

 

Christ Church, the Hawksmoor masterpiece opposite Spitalfields market, made a fitting venue for Talvin Singh's long-awaited London comeback concert. Its august Athenian portico, the groups of architectural historiansarmed with cameras and clipboards on the steps, and the wood-panelled...Read More

Credit: Courtesy of the Artist