We see legendary dancers at shows and events and many-a-times we attend their enriching workshops too where we learn lessons of a lifetime. We have also seen the same legendary artist win several awards, an accomplished dancer always gets awarded and applauded for his or her work all the time. But it is not always […]Read More
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There are many dance events one goes for, from classical to folk from modern to contemporary but I recently had the privilege of being a part of one with a heart. Samapravaaha was a very special event organised by the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) Mumbai where the entire dance community of Mumbai came […]Read More
For a Latin American dance lover, the high point in life is to dance at a carnival. There are two most famous carnivals in the world that we all know of, the Rio de Janeiro and the San Francisco carnivals, these are the two most talked about carnivals that people travel from far and wide […]Read More
A Broadway style musical based on the facts around Kohinoor, the world’s most celebrated diamond The largest cut diamond in the world, the magnificent Kohinoor, is claimed to be weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g) and one of the most priced part of the British Crown Jewels. If one wishes to see this world famous diamond, it is on public display […]Read More
Choreographer Longinus Fernandes pours out his heart Today, I want you all to meet a dynamic Bollywood choreographer who has made our country proud the world over. I met him over a decade back when I was the technical director of the season one of the super hit television reality series Jhalak Dikhla Jaa which […]Read More
For some dancers, work never stops. It doesn’t matter whether they are physically present at a rehearsal hall or not, these dancers clock in early to write that choreography, make arrangements for clothes, skip lunch to finish a creative planning conversation on the phone and again stay back till late, waiting for approvals and whatever […]Read More
Bollywood is over a 100 years old and produces the highest number of films in a year in the world: six-seven movies release every week which means 300-350 movies a year. So can you well imagine if we release so many films in a year, how many of them must we be making because every […]Read More
American choreographer and social activist honoured by the German Federal government While dancing in India, be it Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Lavni or any classical or folk dance form, dancers wear ghungroos (small metallic bells when tied together make music). These ghungroos, worshipped and taken great care of by the dancers, are placed at the feet […]Read More
There are some artistes who mesmerise on stage through their performance and then there are dancers who play the role of the opposite sex with such ease that it leaves the audience speechless. I am talking about one such superbly talented artiste who portrays both purusha vesham (male form) and stree vesham (female form) with […]Read More
The first day of the two-day art festival, Ekam, curated and organised by the superbly creative Kalashree Lata Surendra opened with Lataji saying, “If the mountain does not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. That’s what this dynamic dance teacher to actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has done, taking art from the confines […]Read More