Vidushi Geeta Chandran is synonymous with Bharatanatyam the classical dance that she has practised for decades since her journey began at the age of five under the tutelage of her first Guru Swarna Saraswati who hailed from the traditional Daasi Parampara. Since then, her dance voyage has embraced intense learning under several stalwart gurus. Yet, […]Read More
Dancers are said to be ‘The window to the society’, it is their moral responsibility to show what is happening, what is not happening, what can be spoken or what cannot be spoken. Kathak exponent Aditi Mangaldas is one such artist who from the start of her illustrious dance career has been speaking of the […]Read More
Renowned Mohini Attam dancer, Padma Bhushan, Padmashree awardee Dr Kanak Rele died at the at age of 85 few days back. She was honored a state funeral at Vile Parle Crematorium in Mumbai. The consummate artist had an illustrious career spanning over six decades and was founder director of Nalanda Dance institute center in Mumbai. […]Read More
People, often ask me why do you dance? My answer is simple “Why not?” but today let me try and dwell more into it and make an attempt to explain the reasons, why do people dance? Honestly the happiness that we find in dance cannot be explained in words – it actually has to be […]Read More
Mumbai dance lovers recently saw a very beautifully conceptualised dance show choreographed by two very talented dancer-choreographers from the city – Odissi exponent Daksha Mashruwala and Bharatnatyam exponent Anusree Bonnerjee with writer-poet Sudipta Dhruva and singer-music composer Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli. This collaborative dance venture, a brilliantly put together show was titled Petal Stories. The 45-min […]Read More
We all have heard myriad stories about lord Ram, seen it in a form of drama or dance or even both, but at the recently held Ramotsav by Padma Vibhushan Dr Sonal Mansingh in the capital RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, “I have seen Many Ram Kathas, but this one by Sonal ji was totally […]Read More
The maharaas between Lord Krishna and the Gopis has often been showcased by dancers in a very happy, playful and cheerful way but renowned Kathak dancer, singer and art motivator Alaknanda recently brought an erotic and exotic look to the raas through her show. Nrityashri Alaknanda is well-known in the world of dance. She has […]Read More
Today I want you all to meet Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar winner Sharvari Jamenis, who is not only an accomplished actress from the Marathi film industry but also a renowned Kathak dancer based in Pune. For Sharvari her art is her life and the teachings of her Guru Rohini Bhate is her medium to […]Read More
It is not very often that one gets to meet an Indian classical male dancer who is extremely handsome with a dashing personality and an attitude that shows years of his dance training. My trip to the United States of America some time back was very fruitful and exciting because I got to meet many […]Read More
The changing ways of dance in cinema 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 […]Read More
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