Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.
- Unknown
Success is not final
Failure is not fatal
It is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill
As I stared at the blank page of my Ipad, beginning to process my
thoughts for this edition, I heard the rain pouring outside, lashing
through the garden and creating a cacophony of sounds on my roof and
terrace. October is monsoon for Tamilnadu and every event becomes a hit
or miss, with one eye on the sky and the other on the pothole filled
roads. This year, I was pensive. Dussera and Deepavali had passed by,
firecrackers and celebrations were muted and every second person was
bedridden with the newest mutation of the Corona virus. Nothing,
however, was stopping dance and music events from unfolding across the
city. Rehearsals and shows continued unabated with gusto and enthusiasm.
For me, this is the time to drive to the ocean front and gaze at the
stormy waves. Ever since the Tsunami of December 2004, the fragile
nature of human life when pitted against the giant waters has never left
my mind screen. The irony of the most powerful human being on earth
appearing ant-sized and vulnerable against a single wave has never been
lost on me. No matter how powerful, how famous, how influential - one
wave, physical or metaphorical, can wash it all away.
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Aalaap, a Chennai-based boutique arts consulting and management
company, founded by Akhila Krishnamurthy, celebrated its 13th year in
October. To mark this milestone, Aalaap presented STHIRA - a 13-day-long
festival of performances and conversations from October 6 to 18, 2025
across various venues in Chennai.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Gender study through Nayika Bheda as applied in Indian dance tradition
- Srabani Basu
A nuanced and vast discussion on gender can be found first in the Natya
Shastra and further elaborated in several Sanskrit works on dramaturgy
and poetics later till 15th -18th century, in which the female
protagonist is termed as 'Nayika' and the male protagonist is termed as
'Nayaka'.
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BIRTHDAY WISHES
Jai Govinda: Nov 4
Jayarama Rao: Nov 4
Geetanjali Lal: Nov 5
Kishore Mosalikanti: Nov 5
Lata Pada: Nov 7
Lakshmi Ramaswamy: Nov 7
Priya Murle: Nov 9
Sonali Skandan: Nov 12
Aniruddha Knight: Nov 13
Ragini Chandershekar: Nov 14
Rajashree Shirke: Nov 15
Ileana Citaristi: Nov 16
Nandini Ramani: Nov 18
Uma Sharma: Nov 20
Basu Sinam: Nov 21
Jaya Chandrasekhar: Nov 26
QUOTE
"Must we wash away all the knowledge we have accumulated in the past
to make something new, or can we push the envelope to find new
expressions with knowledge from the past?"
- Shen Wei (dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and visual artist)
Venugopala Krishna at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Photo: D Dilip
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