We have had many dance critics who have given their opinions or even their final word on a dance show, dance presentation, manch pravesh or a performance of an artist. It is said that a dance critics words can make or break a career of a dancer. So the position is not an easy one […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha New York-based Director of Photography for the global luxury fashion brand Rebecca Minkoff, Kriti Bisaria recently showcased her underwater fashion photography works, The Plunge, at Art Magnum in New Delhi. Born in Chhindwara (MP) and brought up in Bhopal, Jaipur and Mumbai, Bisaria was drawn towards creative arts, especially communication design, for […]Read More
Guru Vijay Shanker Guru Gajendra Panda’s Tridhara Dance Company organised the presentation of Padmavathi, solo dance ballet by renowned Bharatanatyam exponent Kalaimamani Bala Devi Chandrasekhar at Utkala Rangamancha in Bhubaneswar early this month. Padmavathi is the story of the temple dancer who was a devotee of Lord Jagannath and was an inspiration for Jayadeva’s immortal […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha She got the dance in her genes –both her parents, father Guru Chandi Singh and mother Serojini Devi, were well-known Manipur dancers. Even her grandparents – both maternal and paternal – were performers. Growing up amid such illustrious artistes, it was natural that Molina got swayed towards dance. “Belonging to a family […]Read More
Team L&M The India International Centre, New Delhi, is celebrating the life and art works of its former Programme Division chief Premola Ghose, who passed away in 2019. Most of the works exhibited in the show were done between the period of 1996 and 2018, and reflect her personality as well as her passions. Her […]Read More
Some dance for money, some dance for fame and then there are some are like Hong Sunmi who dance for the love of the art and dedicate their entire life to live their passion on and off the dance floor. A Korean dancer-choreographer, Sunmi is one of the most renowned and recognised faces in the […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha What began as an hour-long art class at the age of 6 every Sunday soon consumed Pavani Nagpal fully and wholly. She opted for Fine Arts in school (DPS Vasant Kunj), and went on to do a Diploma in painting from LaSalle College of Arts, Singapore followed by BFA( painting) from Amity […]Read More
This interview is very special to me, as I had a wonderful conversation with award winning Manipuri artist Prof Yaikhom Hemanta Kumar from Santiniketan. He is a teacher, a Pung player, a dancer, a choreographer, a writer of Manipuri dance style. He is currently working as a professor at the Sangit Bhavan Visva Bharti University, […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Nero Art Hub is holding a solo exhibition by artist Arijit Chakraborty, titled Life after Dread. Curated by the gallery founder Ranbir Rathi, this is Chakraborty’s first solo show, and has 11 works – mainly oil on canvas with some of the works having texture paste, oil pastel, water soluble graphite, waste […]Read More
Recently dance lovers in Europe experienced a breathtaking production called Samsara by two dynamic artists Aakash Odedra from UK and Hu Shenyuan from China. Samsara, is inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, and traces the steps we take, both forward and backward, in search of our Higher Self. Drawing on thinking […]Read More