End of an unusual year
On the last day of 2020, the editor Sanjeevini Dutta looks back on the year.
Friday 19 April 2019
It’s eight o’clock and I’m in front of the TV with a dosa dinner to catch the first of the BBC Young Dancer category finals – South Asian.
It has been a bumper year for the South Asian dance community. We congratulate those recognised in the Honours bestowed by the Queen; and reflect on the achievements of a number of others.
Shane Shambhu was the dancer featured on the first cover of the revamped Pulse magazine in Summer 2008.
#Je Suis, Aakash Odedra's first full-length ensemble piece, is a thoughtful and sensitive response to the social and political upheavals taking place across the Middle East and Europe. Sanjeevini Dutta spoke to Aakash ahead of this autu
Shobana Jeyasingh is one of the UK’s most prominent contemporary choreographers, whose intelligent, complex and visually stunning works intrigue and entrance audiences.
Vidya Patel and Connor Scott
Sunday 6 May 2018
Alchemy Festival, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta