  
If my time has come
I don't want anyone to beg
Not even you
I don't need that sniveling
I am but a wild soul
Exiled even from my own group
Even if a bullet pierces my skin
I will still enrage and attack
Wouldn't and poison I'll take running
Running
Until the pain leaves
And I will care even less
I want to leave-live a thousand more years
- AKU, a poem by Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar
We are already in the second half of 2025... six months gone and six months to go!
This July there are some aspects of our dance world that I wish to focus
on. Matters outside the stage and issues that we need to look at
without swiping or scrolling. As a senior in the discourse, I wish to
bring attention to matters of attitude, intention and action for the
younger generation of dance artistes and anyone wishing to commit their
time and energy to this world of the creative arts. A world that gives
us so much but also demands so much more. An art form that opens our
heart and also makes us cranky and infantile at times. Dance that
exhilarates in the doing but the eco system that pushes down depresses.
In times of crisis, we realise that there is so little unity and
camaraderie. Unlike the film fraternity that has a forum for redressal
of issues, dancers are left in the lurch during times of professional
and personal crisis leading to great mental strain and loss of
reputation.
This is also ARANGETRAM season and overseas tours for many classical
musicians and dancers. Ask any dance guru in India and they will moan
about the lack of musicians to accompany these debut shows, almost
everyone being in the USA for the summer swing of Arangetrams!
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
To cluck, or not to click
- Ranjana Dave
It is best for me to commence with one pointer - the camera.
Pavakathakali
- Kapila Venu
Pavakathakali or Puppet Kathakali is an art form that has had its share
in making Kathakali, the classical dance theatre of Kerala, popular even
from the time of its evolution.
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BIRTHDAY WISHES
G Venu: July 1
Deepa Narayanan Sashindran: July 3
Srekala Bharath: July 4
Narthaki Nataraj: July 6
Kalamandalam Venkitt: July 7
Subhajit Khush Das: July 9
Anitha Guha: July 10
Lynne Fernandez: July 10
Divya Kasturi: July 12
Sandhya Raman: July 13
Puru Dhadeech: July 17
Rama Vaidyanathan: July 17
D Keshava: July 18
Sharon Lowen: July 24
Sunayana Hazarilal: July 28
Akram Khan: July 29
Gopeshwar-Ishwara
Painting by Dr. Himanshu Srivastava
QUOTE
Dance is such a natural way of healing from the things that we experience in the outside world.
- Misty Copeland
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