Roving critic Dr. Sunil Kothari shares his experiences around the globe
e-mail: sunilkothari1933@gmail.com

Mahagami Gurukul at Aurangabad

Utsav’s Unbound Beats of India


Sankardev Utsav: a tribute


15th National Festival of Creative Arts


3rd edition of Ashtapadi Festival


10th National Dance Festival at Ahmedabad


Bharatanatyam Festival by Samskruthi, Bangalore


11th Kathak Nritya Sangeet Mahotsav


Khajuraho Festival of Dances


Nritya Parva in Baroda


Raja Rani Music Festival


Mukteswar Dance Festival


Rang Sopan: Celebrating contribution of Ratan Thiyam and his Chorus Repertory Theatre


Dhauli - Kalinga Mahotsav 2012


Konark Dance Festival 2012


Sattriya Dances: 12th Nritya Parva Festival at Guwahati


6th edition of Delhi International Arts Festival 2012


Gati’s Ignite Festival of contemporary dance


Vriddhi - Rise Extraordinaire: Performances by young dancers


Ramayana: A dramatic presentation of the great Indian epic


Visiting Surat in South Gujarat


Geeta Chandran pays tribute to Gandhiji in ‘Gandhi: Warp and Weft’


Dance India Asia Pacific Festival, Singapore


Samarpana: First edition of The Asian Festival of classical dance, Singapore


Panjara and She Ra premiere at Tarikan Dance Festival


A fragrant garland of Pallavis


Bengaluru Bonanza
Nupura’s Nitya Nritya Festival and a seminar



Banaras revisited


Janaki Rangarajan’s impressive Bharatanatyam recital


Rina Jana’s Odissi recital


Samakala: A Festival of Contemporary Dance


Lasya Kavya: A documentary film on Alarmel Valli


Astad Deboo Dance Foundation’s Interpreting Tagore


Ashavari Majumdar’s Surpanakha - an experiment in Kathak


World Dance Day celebrations


Nritya Dhara’s two day festival of Indian classical dances


Margam Festival, Bengaluru (March 29 - 31, 2012)


Nritya Bharati festival: Third edition


Samrachana: Choreography Festival of Dance


Parampara Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad
2nd annual celebrations: seminar and performances



Odisha Diary
Painter Jatin Das, 6th national Short and Documentary Film Festival at Bhubaneswar



5th Guru Deba Prasad Das Award Festival


7th edition of Mukteswar Dance Festival at Bhubaneswar (Jan 14 - 16, 2012)


Odissi International 2011: 2nd edition


In conversation with Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, Vempati Venkat and Vempati Ravi Shankar


Manipur Diary
Bhagyachandra National Festival of Classical Dances 2011: Edition IX



Natyapriya institute of Bangalore acquires a new open air auditorium


Malaysia Diary


Mysore - Bangalore Diary


Mangalore Diary:
In praise of senior Bharatanatyam exponent Jayalakshmi Alva



The Mohan Khokar Dance Collection
A century of Indian dance: 1901-2000



In the land of Kalidasa, the poet of Meghadoota


Kolkata diary


Bengaluru Diary: April / May 2011

The final curtain to Maximum India Festival

Maximum India
An unprecedented celebration of Indian arts and culture in Washington, D.C


Maximum India - Festival of India in USA
March 2 - 20, 2011, Washington DC


Welcome to J F Kennedy Centre, Washington DC

Vyjayanthi Kashi's Dance Jathre a runaway success

Kuchpudi dance form in Guinness Book of World Records

Engendered Dance Festival, New York, April 20-25, 2010

Opening of The Festival of India in Beijing

Raleigh, Durham, Cary, North Carolina:
Indian Classical Music and Dance Society Conference: Sept 27, Oct 2 and 3, 2009


New York: On the move
Remembering Dancers’ Guild, Nartak Milan days in Mumbai


An interlude: Ramayana at San Antonio, Texas

Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche's 'In-I'

New York Diary: Erasing Borders Dance Festival

DanceIntense Toronto 2009 at York University

Australian Diary: Part 2
Interview with Kathakali and Mohiniattam dancer Tara Rajkumar


With Sitara Devi at Sangeet Natak Akademi award dinner
- Responses


Australian Diary: Part 1
Interview with Kathakali and Mohiniattam dancer Tara Rajkumar
- Responses


Remembering the one and only Shanta Rao
- Responses


Mallika Sarabhai stands for Lok Sabha election as an independent candidate

Stop over: Amsterdam
India and the World: The Performing Arts
- Responses


New York Diary: Encounter with Aroon Shivadasani and the 8th New York Indian Film Festival
- Sunil Kothari in New York


The Devil is loose: Asha Puthli stages a come back!!
- Sunil Kothari in Los Angeles


Canada diary: A day with Bharatanatyam dancer / choreographer Lata Pada
- Sunil Kothari in Canada
- Responses