Temple traditionsahul Acharya’s lec-dem as part of the Odissi Dance Exchange on Unfolding Geeta Govind at the Jagannath Temple and in Odissi repertoire…Sep 28, 2021Sep 28, 2021
The Man, the Music, the EnigmaIt’s one thing to write a biography and that too on an extraordinary artiste and human like Pandit Ravi Shankar; it’s quite another to be…Sep 18, 2021Sep 18, 2021
Experience and all that lies withinThe word, Izhai literally means a strand. Izhaigal, the plural of Izhai, collates these little, tiny strands of contributions made in the…Sep 18, 2021Sep 18, 2021
Sreelatha Vinod’s lec-dem as part of the Dance Research Forum on the Principles of Movement in…Dividing her lecture into two sections — movement and dance across all cultures and the body as a tool of communication and secondly…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
The Science & Art of Ornamentation“Alankara literally means ornamentation,” began Dr Gayathri Kannan, opening her lecture on Literary Alankaras for Dance and speaking of how…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Old wine in a new bottle“Change is the only constant,” said Kiran Subramanyam, opening his lec-dem titled Aadhunika: Traditional Choreographies for Contemporary…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Where Sculptures DanceIn her lec-dem, Dance Sculptures of the Darasuram airavateswara temple, Mahathi Kannan, literally brought the sculptures of the temple…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Aesthete, par excellence“In the world of Bharatanatyam, Rukmini Devi Arundale is synonymous with aesthetics and classicism whether it is draping a saree or…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Bani matters…The metaphor of the bani, a style, a school, a tradition, came alive befittingly in this lec-dem on the Melattur bani by Manasvini…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Simple, Subtle, SublimePure, authentic, wholesome… These are amongst the three words that best describe the lec-dem by acclaimed classical musician, R K…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
