When Sudharani Raghupathy acted in a movie
I am kind of stealing my previous blogpost‘s title for this. After reading this post’s title, if the movie name came to your mind was “7aum arivu”, then I guess […]
Category Archives: artists
Rare videos of Shanta Rao dancing!
Ever since I blogged about Shanta Rao and her vintage photos, I added to my wishlist to see her dance videos. There are some firsts for which she was famous, […]
Do you know Padma?
Do you know Padma? Nah, not Padma Lakshmi, but Pad.ma the online digital video archive? To quote from their website Pad.ma – short for Public Access Digital Media Archive – […]
Bharatanatyam in China
Few years ago an article in The Hindu piqued our interests. It talked about the bharatanatyam dancer Jin Shan Shan, who is spreading the dance form among the Chinese in […]
A lesser known fact of Pt. Ravi Shankar
Only a few know that the late Pandit Ravi Shankar started his career as a dancer in his brother, Uday Shankar’s troupe. That was between 1930-1938. He was in his […]
Dancers interviews
It is always a refreshing delight to see the main stream media doing regular shows based on art, inclusive of music, dance, and visual arts. We know that NDTV Hindu […]
நmaargam – LIVE WEBCAST
Thanks to Madhana Raghavan for pointing this webcast. Na Maargam is a Contemporary Classic. It will appeal to viewers irrespective of nationality, religion, profession or inclination. It is reverent yet […]
Kalakshetra’s 60th Annual Festival
Dates: 21st to 31st December 2012 Time: 6.30 PM to 8.30 PM Venue: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra Foundation, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600041. The festival will be inaugurated by Sri. M. Hamid […]
Ananya: The Unparalleled 2012 at Purana Qila, Delhi
UPDATE: This year’s choreographers will interact with the audience in a 2-day seminar on the 9th and 10th October at the the New Conference Hall, India International Centre, Lodi Estate […]
BBC’s Collaboration Culture
Interesting read for the week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18686742 Classical dance forms such as Bharatnatyam and Kathak, and folk dances such as Bhangra, each have their own unique styles, but they often share signs and […]
