Monsoon Dance Intensive 2013
Chinmaya Naada Bindu’s Monsoon Dance Intensive 2013 – Residential 3-week Bharatanatyam immersion workshop in the spiritual serenity of an arts ashram in Pune, Maharashtra. Dates: July 12 to August 1, […]
Category Archives: Performing Arts
Traditional Training Vs Academic Qualification
A recent ruling from Madras High Court observed as follows in a case related to official appointment of Nadaswara Vidwan for a Temple. An academic degree or certificate cannot […]
Press release: Akhilam Madhuram danced by Rama Vaidyanathan UK Tour, June 2011
Through the beautiful Indian Classical dance form Bharatanatyam, Rama explores the life of the Hindu deity Krishna, and explores the symbolism of the lands of Mathura and Brindavan in his […]
Asiatic Society’s Interview with Malavika Sarukkai
Malavika Sarukkai discusses her career with Sanskriti Center President Swati Bhise and Asia Society’s Cultural Director, Rachel Cooper. http://asiasociety.org/video/arts-culture/malavika-sarukkai-complete Thanks to Mr. Ragothaman for sharing this link with us.
NDTV’s Treasures of Thanjavur
Here is a 6 part video of the NDTV’s Off the record segment on Treasures of Thanjavur. Lakshmi Viswanathan talks about her recent presentation, Thanjavur, Raja Raja Cholan, periya Kovil, […]
Indian Ministry of Culture’s policy on the funding of “mega-festivals”
Here is an article titled “For a culture policy” published in a column authored by Bhaskar Ghose in the magazine “Frontline”. “The Ministry of Culture has drafted a policy on […]
Asthana Arts invites dancers to participate in “KL Navarathiri Festival”
“Greetings from Asthana Arts dance studio. Asthana Arts is an arts studio in Little India Brickfields and Central Market. This is a place where it invites dancers, musicians and theatre […]
Unusual Search Landing!!!
My blogging activities in the recent past have been extremely limited in terms of maintenance. I have been curious about the search terms that bring readers to this blog and […]
IDA Chennai Chapter: 25th Anniversary Dance Festival
IDA’s Chennai Chapter recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary (IDA founded in 1986) with a dance festival that spanned August 5-7 th, 2010. The videos excerpts and photos of the 3 […]
2009 Yuva Puraskars Announced by SNA
Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) has announced the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar awards for 2009 . Here is the list of awardees (for dance): Ragini Chander Shekar (Bharatanatyam) Swamimalai K Suresh […]
