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Courtesans can be compared to film stars of our times

It was around a decade back that Sufi Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi challenged herself to change the perception about tawaifs (courtesans). She felt these women great singers, dancers and poets. To bring alive dance and stories of women who were stigmatised by society, the renowned dancer brings the show, Uff Malka Jaan & the Velvet […]Read More

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Classical dance and the need to find audiences!

On the eve of World Dance Day, renowned Bharatanatyam dancer Geeta Chandran says very few people go to enjoy the ananda or rasa of a dance performance these days   Over the past six or seven decades, in India, despite the best efforts of various organisations – government and others – the audiences for classical […]Read More

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