PRISM is a space for various viewpoints and ideas that reflect and refract the multiple discourses about dance, scholarship, performance, composition and choreography. Several prominent practitioners and researchers will illuminate their thoughts grounded in experience and embodied practice. 2024 Resonating traditions: The power of Odissi in a global context - Dr. Rohini Dandavate e-mail: dandavate2@gmail.com Natya Shastra: The ancient text bridging music, dance and drama - Vasini Shyama Charan Jha e-mail: jhavasini@gmail.com History of Evolution of Odissi Dance after Independence - Dr. Ileana Citaristi e-mail: icitaris@gmail.com 2023 Tandava across art: Exploring Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan’s diverse representation of Tandava - Kiran Java e-mail: kiran@kiranjava.com 2022 Sandeśa Kāvya - Seema KS e-mail: seemaksrinath@gmail.com Gender study through Nayika Bheda as applied in Indian dance tradition - Srabani Basu e-mail: odissi.srabani@gmail.com Postmodern meets Pre-Dravidian - Marc-Paul Lambert e-mail: sundara2004@yahoo.com 2021 Connecting to Ramlila through its rituals - Sunil Sunkara e-mail: sunilrsunkara@gmail.com Reviving a lost tradition of dance - Kiran Java e-mail: kiran@kiranjava.com Devi Diaries 2021: Part 1 Devi Diaries 2021: Part 2 Chidaakaasham: Myriad Expressions of Art (Day 2) - A.M. Hari Shankar e-mail: hshankar252@gmail.com Chidaakaasham: Myriad Expressions of Art (Day 1) - A.M. Hari Shankar e-mail: hshankar252@gmail.com ANDAL'S GARDEN: The Love Letter ANDAL'S GARDEN: Part 2 2020 ANDAL'S GARDEN: Part 1 Six and a half decades on the stage - G Venu e-mail: abhinayakairali@gmail.com Gat Palta as a Kakshya Vibhajan tool in Kathak - Sunil Sunkara e-mail: sunilrsunkara@gmail.com The Katha of Mudras Asamyukta Hastamudras from the Natyashastra as seen in Kathak Parampara - Sunil Sunkara e-mail: sunilrsunkara@gmail.com 2019 Classical dance vis-a-vis free thinking - Dr. Utpal K Banerjee e-mail: ukb7@rediffmail.com Contribution of male stage artistes to the evolution of Odissi dance - Ileana Citaristi e-mail: ileana5@hotmail.com Purvaranga From Bharata's Natyamandapam to Kathak Proscenium - Sunil Sunkara Edited by Dr. Puru Dadheech Shringaar in Odissi dance: A recollection - Translated from Odia by Malabika Patel: mala_bika@yahoo.com - Edited, notes and pics by Ileana Citaristi: ileana5@hotmail.com Resonating in Rasa - Sunil Sunkara e-mail: sunilrsunkara@gmail.com Rhythmic narratives of Pt Lacchu Maharaj - The Kavit Paran - Paullumi B Mukherjee e-mail: paullomimukherjee@yahoo.in Influence of Bharata's 'Tandavalakshanam' on Kathak 'Taalpaksh' - Sunil Sunkara e-mail: sunilrsunkara@gmail.com Krishna or Godot? - Ileana Citaristi e-mail: ileana5@hotmail.com First Presidential address by Biranchi Narayan Rautray in the first meeting of Jayantika established on June 22, 1958 (Translated from Odia by Malabika Patel, edited by Ileana Citaristi) Inventing of a Notation System for Mudra: The language of Dance and Theatre in Kerala - Part 1 - G. Venu e-mail: abhinayakairali@gmail.com Inventing of a Notation System for Mudra: The language of Dance and Theatre in Kerala - Part 2 - G. Venu e-mail: abhinayakairali@gmail.com Classification and serial order of Odissi dance (1975) - Pankaj Charan Das Translated from Odiya by Ileana Citaristi e-mail: ileana5@hotmail.com 2018 The rise and fall of Jayantika - Ileana Citaristi e-mail: ileana5@hotmail.com |