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Anita says.....

The BEST WAY

To

PREDICT The FUTURE

Is To CREATE

2020 has given more to the authors of history textbooks than it has to the writers of diaries.

For all its eventfulness, 2020 has, for most of us, been a lost year. In several senses of the word. On top of the enormous loss of human lives, the pandemic paused many people's progress on long-plotted family and career goals. It forced countless celebrations, festivals and family gatherings either onto Zoom or out of existence. And it warped many people's sense of time, causing months-long stretches to seem interminable in the moment but like they passed in a blip in retrospect.

We have crossed over into a New Year. Like war time citizens, we too have yearned for a return to "normal." But, like the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, this pandemic may have far reaching repercussions for some time to come. That volcanic catastrophe caused major climate upheavals all across the Northern hemisphere including the USA. Water froze in the heat of summer, agriculture was wiped out, and snowfall was seen on July 4.

What has this "lostness" caused the artistic community? For the first time, each of us in the creative industries was in the very same boat. Out of work, performances cancelled, tours postponed, livelihoods threatened. Prima donnas, divas and devas, emerging dancers, fledgling actors, novice singers, newbie musicians - all faced a bleak scenario.

The delayed timelines, evacuation of public life, the absence of human bodies physically present for the live arts - these characteristics have made this lost year that we have lived through as a unique time, never experienced before in our lifetime.

And TECH swooped in - calling out to the nimble, adaptable, flexible, malleable bodies and minds. Nuance was out. Flash was in. Minimalism was pushed out by the grand gesture.

Read on...

The Sunil I knew and will miss

Surreally virtual!

Au revoir 2020, Welcome 2021

QUOTE
"Dance choreography is like composing music. Any artist that exactly knows what is going to happen on the stage is not creating much."
- Astad Deboo
('Dance like Astad' by Ramu Ramanathan, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2020)

BIRTHDAY WISHES
Vyjayanthi Kashi: Jan 1
Satyanarayana Raju: Jan 6
Savithri Jagannath Rao: Jan 9
Darshana Jhaveri: Jan 9
Leela Venkataraman: Jan 11
Janaki Srinivasan (Sruti): Jan 13
Geeta Chandran: Jan 14
P Praveen Kumar: Jan 25
Bijayini Satpathy: Jan 26

Shiva in his transition to Vidhyutbhranta
Art by Bindu Rajendren
Bindu Rajendren wanted to capture Shiva in a moment of transition before he finally got into ‘Vidhyutbhranta’ of the Akashi Chari.

Maya Dance Theater presents
Grey Lines - Jan 21 & 27
Beyond Borders - Jan 30, 2021

Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company
The Drishtikon Dance Foundation
Celebrates turning 30 with Imperfect Circle
Jan 29 - Feb 26, 2021

Madurai R. Muralidaran presents
50 Jathis Challenge
January 31, 2021

Chinmaya Naada Bindu presents
11th Naada Bindu Festival
February 10 - 16, 2021

Abhinaya Nagajothy - A worthy disciple
- B. Naveena

Pranitwa Festival of Art and Nature
- Nita Vidyarthi

Unmute: Breaking the culture of silence

Nalanda's Online Nrityotsava
- Vijay Shanker

Unique blend of Odissi and Yakshagana
- G Ulaganathan

Hey mor Devata
- Tapati Chowdhurie

Celebrating Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan with Indian Classical Dance Festival 2020
- Sukanya Jayaram

Atal Kavya Kala Nartan
- Raakhee Mahi

Arpanam - A global offering from the heart
- Suja Pillai

Tribute to Dr. Sunil Kothari
- VP Dhananjayan

Remembering Sunilji
- Jai Govinda

Enviable magnanimity
- V. Kaladharan

Arunima Ghosh: Odissi dance jewellery is intricate and fine, like Odissi abhinaya
- Shveta Arora

ANDAL'S GARDEN: The Love Letter

ANDAL'S GARDEN: Part 2

Dr. Sunanda Nair
- S.K. Venugopal

1984 - Redux
- Bharat Sharma

Stage to Classroom
Importance of dance education in schools
- Dr. Parul Purohit Vats

Male impersonating female persona
- Dr. Utpal K Banerjee

From amour to worship
- Dr. Utpal K Banerjee

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