Rare interview of Uday Shankar
Thanks to Swarup, who brought to my attention, we have a rare interview of the dancer Uday Shankar shot in the 70’s for Doordarshan. This was supposedly re-telecast in DD […]
Category Archives: Dance
Melattur Bhagavata Mela Nataka Mahotsav & Platnum Jubilee Celebrations
Forwarding information as received in the inbox: With great pleasure, we attach our Evite for the 75th Year Bhagavata Mela Nataka Mahotsav & Platnum Jubilee , scheduled to be held […]
Is Dance Spiritual? – S. Jayachandran
Dear BN&WWW readers, Starting with this post we are bringing you series of articles by Shri. S. Jayachandran who is a dancer, dance-scholar, and an excellent orator. Jayachandran underwent his initial […]
Slo-mo BN anyone?
I wish someone does a slo-mo with BN dancers. This is so cool! Video has been an important part of documenting dance rehearsals, performances, and audition materials for years, but […]
World Dance Day Auditions
If you are in Bangalore/Bengaluru and would like to participate in World Dance Day celebrations, then this is an opportunity for you! Forwarding details from Shri. Ashish Khokar. When: 8th […]
A Temple Kutcheri by Pradeep Chakravarthy
Shri. Pradeep Chakravarthy works with a well known Management consulting firm in Madras. He is a prolific writer, author, a music aficionado. Some of his books are Thanjavur: A cultural history , […]
2 day intensive course on dance heritage and history
From Ashish Khokar. 2 days 4 sessions of 3 hours each, with rare films and talk. A must for dance lovers, students and researchers.
We are incomplete without it!
While in school as a kid, I used to grind my teeth to memorize who invented what. Sometimes, me and my classmates would rant and say “Why did this person invent […]
Calendar 2015
Karur Vysya Bank recently released its 2015 calendar and they have inserted the major Indian Classical Dance forms in it. See compiled image below. Maybe you want to grad your […]
Dance Graffiti in Kochi!
Saw this in my feed and had to blog it. Someone called “Guess who” is painting graffiti’s (aka Banksy style) all over Fort Kochi with Indian cultural icons and western […]
Bharathanatyam and the worldwide web 