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 2015  Half a century innings - Kadamb going strong - Veejay Sai e-mail: kyaabaathain@gmail.com Scintillating recital by Tanya Saxena Reconstructing a lost legacy: Kaisiki Natakam 2015 (Report) - Veejay Sai e-mail: kyaabaathain@gmail.com Jugalbandi Dance Festival (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Mesmerizing Kathak by Smitha Srinivasan - Prabal Gupta e-mail: probs.gupta12@gmail.com Attendance Annual Awards 2015 (Report) Nritya jyoti (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Tribute to Guru Govindaraj Pillai and Guru Karunambal (Report) Kala Nadam Festival 2015 - Prabal Gupta e-mail: probs.gupta12@gmail.com Temple Traditions by Sweta Ravisankar (Report) - Rubina Sudharman e-mail: rubinasudharman@gmail.com Sampradaya - Sumana Shashidhar e-mail: ssumana@stanford.edu Spectacular Dance Jathre in Bangalore (Report) - Vijay Shanker e-mail: vijaydance@gmail.com IDA 2015: Eka Aneka (Report) - Lakshmi Sankar e-mail: lakshmisankar@msn.com Maanini - The expression of love - Rashmi Thaper e-mail: nrityasinchana@gmail.com Graceful recital Kuchipudi Parampara Natya Utsav (Report) - Naveena e-mail: naveena_b_2002@yahoo.co.in Dasavataram, dance avataram (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Mahabharat, a 21st century perspective - Ranee Kumar e-mail: Ranee@journalist.com 'Siddharth' attempts a parallel to the Buddha - S.D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com Nrityakalpa 2015 (Report) - Jintu Sarma e-mail: jsarma88@gmail.com A celebration of parampara - S.D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com National seminar on synergy of education and culture (Report) - Chandra Anand e-mail: chandra6267@yahoo.co.in Homage to the Adiguru of Odissi - Shyamhari Chakra e-mail: shyamhari@yahoo.com It's when "They Rose at Dawn" - Rashika Abrol e-mail: rashikalib@gmail.com Natya Dance Theatre presented Varna - Colors of White (Slide show) October 22-24, 2015 Chicago Madhu Nataraj and STEM Dance Kampni performed in Russia, Kyrgyztan and Turkmenistan in Oct 2015 (Slide show) Enchanting evenings at Nitya Nritya 2015 (Report) - Sudha Sridhar e-mail: sudhasridhar@hotmail.com Foundation day celebrations of Upaasana Academy (Report) - Chandra Anand e-mail: chandra6267@yahoo.co.in Samviksana: An exploration - Shivakumar Pandithar e-mail: spandithar@yahoo.com Captivating recitals Dance that brings stone sculptures alive (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Ramya Ramnarayan in "Heritage Heroines" - Robert Johnson The mood of shringaar in monsoon - S.D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com Hara: When the Gods dance - An analytical report (Report) - Ramaa Bharadvaj e-mail: ramaabharadvaj@gmail.com Darpanam - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com The golden era of the Wadiyars (Report) - G. Ulaganathan e-mail: ulag_nath@yahoo.com In memory of Guru Narmada - Poornima Gururaja e-mail: poornima.g84@gmail.com Of Art, Life and Asceticism - S D Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com Guru Vandana in true style (Report) - G. Ulaganathan e-mail: ulag_nath@yahoo.com The 21st Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival 2015 - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Anita runs amok Intro PATH OF DISCOVERY SIRIYAMMA SIRI Laugh O Goddess, Laugh! NEO MARGAM Puja Allepalli - dedicated, sincere and controlled - Meenakshi Ravi e-mail: meenakshi_ravi@yahoo.com An utsav of dance (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com The triumph of Narakasura - Hareesh N. Nampoothiri e-mail: newn.haree@gmail.com Wrought in pain - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com Tanjore Quartet’s Navarathna with Ganesh Vasudeva and 12 Bay Area dancers - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com A spectacular tribute to the nation (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Sankalpa by Nrittyoday - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Powered by intellect, driven by passion - Veejay Sai e-mail: vs.veejaysai@gmail.com Ganga Lahari - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com First National Dance Symposium for South Asian Dance in Canada (Report) - Shyamala Dakshinamurti 25th Raindrops Dance Festival - Shyamhari Chakra e-mail: shyamhari@yahoo.com Ektaa Center receives California Arts Council “Local Impact” Grant (Report) Shraddanjali: A two day annual Odissi dance festival - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Devotion to dance, devotion through dance (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Delightful Bharatanatyam by Sanjana Prasad Double treat of Kuchipudi - Bhavanvitha Venkat e-mail: bhavanvitha@gmail.com A balance of abhinaya and nritta (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Sattriya and Khol playing workshop at Tezpur (Report) - Jintu Sarma e-mail: jsarma88@gmail.com Khela Bhangar Khela - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Story of Mahisha in Yakshagana - Hareesh N Nampoothiri e-mail: newn.haree@gmail.com Impressive performances at Nalli Aadi Natya Festival Glimpses of our dancescape in Monsoon Dance Fest 2015 - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com Dancing to the rhythm of the seasons (Report) - Manju Subramanya e-mail: manjusub2@gmail.com The ashtanayika at Ojaswini (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Viji Prakash honored with Soorya Lifetime Achievement Award (Report) - Anitha Nagendra Captivating recital by Harinie Jeevitha Sangam Arts presents Navia Natarajan in Tradition and Transcendence - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com Effortless engagement with eternity - Sujatha Maringati e-mail: sujathamaringanti@gmail.com Informative lec-dem by Dr. Padmaja Suresh (Report) - Sruthi Kumar e-mail: sruthidance@gmail.com Young dancers revel - Dr. M. Surya Prasad e-mail: drmsuryaprasad@gmail.com Arupa Lahiry’s Nrithyaradhana in Udupi (Report) - Radhika Shetty e-mail: radhikarecitals@gmail.com Nritya Vaibhava 2015 with Rasika Arts Foundation - Masoom Parmar e-mail: natyamasoom@gmail.com Krishnaleela: A tale of two mothers - Hareesh N Nampoothiri e-mail: newn.haree@gmail.com A world of dance on World Dance Day (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Janani Narayanan’s Panchakanya - Weaving New Destinies - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com Gita Govinda in four dance styles through Kavyarasa - Manasi Pandya Raghunandan e-mail: manasi.raghunandan@gmail.com Bharatanatyam and Kathak feature in new BBC Young Dancer 2015 Award contest (Report) - Chitra Sundaram Response to Anita Ratnam’s A Million Sitas Storytelling in the Classroom, Spring 2015 The Dreaming Damsel - Saroja Srinivasan Guru Rhadha stages Nauka Charithram in Bay Area - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com Spring in their steps (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Abhinaya workshop by Bragha Bessel (Report) - Ramya Janakiraman e-mail: ramyaj752@gmail.com Meera by Urmila Sathyanarayanan, Shankar Kandasamy and team - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com Spring in the air and in the arts (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Abhinaya in Ashtapadi: an enriching workshop (Report) Dancethon on World Dance Day (Report) Sanjali’s Pravaha Festival (Report) - Poornima Gururaja e-mail: kalasindhudance@gmail.com Shinjan Nrityalaya’s tribute to Gurus Raghunath Dutta and Kelucharan Mohapatra - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Bharata by Ganesh Vasudeva - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com A Million Sitas: an epitome of imagination - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com Young dancers at ‘The World of Dance’ - Dr. S. D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com A night of spirituality and tradition (Report) - Neha Nataraj e-mail: neha.naatya@gmail.com To fall is to rise (Report) - Supreeta Singh e-mail: supreetasingh@gmail.com Mātā: a novel initiative by Kalasagara UK (Report) Shades of blue.... - Poornima Gururaja e-mail: kalasindhudance@gmail.com Two rivers meet in an ocean of dance (Report) - Shveta Arora e-mail: shwetananoop@gmail.com Nayika: national seminar and dance festival (Report)
Ramya Ramnarayan's tribute to her Guru SK Rajaratnam Pillai - Usha Rk e-mail: simplyushark@gmail.com
Pratidhwani: Echoes of Mahabharata voices through two art forms - Dr. S. D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com
Keremane Shambhu Hegde Rashtriya Natyotsava 6 (Report) - Sudha Sridhar e-mail: sudhasridhar@hotmail.com
Nrityanjali Festival 2015 - Poornima Gururaja e-mail: poornima.g84@gmail.com
Silver Jubilee edition of Pt. Durgalal Festival - Shyamhari Chakra e-mail: shyamhari@yahoo.com
Guru Krupa Nrutya Samaroha - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com
Savitha Sastry in Chains: Love Stories of Shadows (Report)
Sarasa Natya Mala 2015 (Report) - Lalitha Venkat e-mail: lalvenkat@yahoo.com
Youngsters on song - Hareesh N. Nampoothiri e-mail: newn.haree@gmail.com
The politics of death - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com
Chayanika - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: nitavidyarthi@gmail.com
Margams by Indu Santhosh and Vidya Subramanian (Report) - Satish Suri e-mail: satishism@yahoo.co.in
Shivoham Shiveham by Bay Area dancers - Priya Das e-mail: priyafeatures@gmail.com
Second edition of Samarpan (Report) - Satish Suri e-mail: satishism@yahoo.co.in
Nrityabharati Fest: The Vasanta of Dances - Dr S. D. Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com
Made in Bangladesh: Stringing tales of exploitation - Sulagna Mukhopadhyay e-mail: sulagna64@gmail.com
Natya Darshan 2014: A sum up - Devina Dutt e-mail: devina@firsteditionarts.com
Workshop by Shankar Kandasamy (Report) - Radhika Ramanujan e-mail: radhika.dance23@gmail.com Madras Music Academy Annual Dance Festival 2015 - Veejay Sai e-mail: vs.veejaysai@gmail.com
Some Superstars and other slow clusters
A few simmering stars by sunset
Cat-Eyed Nayikas, Kitschypudi and some good Male Energy
Jovial Juniors imitating idols
Stunning solo by Sujata Mohapatra - Nita Vidyarthi e-mail: drnitav@rediffmail.com
Navia Natarajan: An artistic journey - Satish Suri e-mail: satishism@yahoo.co.in
Conference on "Abhinaya in classical dance" (Report) - Sammitha Sreevathsa e-mail: sammitha.sreevatsa@gmail.com
A workshop on rare composition from Mysore Sampradaya (Report) - Padmini Shreedhar e-mail: bramhi503@gmail.com
Un-seasonal! (Report) - Lalitha Venkat e-mail: lalvenkat@yahoo.com
Dual energy (Report) - Anna Rao Gangavalli e-mail:gvannarao@gmail.com
Tribute to K. Vasudevacharya (Report) - T.H. Sudhamani
Retracing the heritage and musical legacy (Report) - The Mylapore Trio e-mail: srimylaporetrio@gmail.com
The fading milieu - Padma Jayaraj e-mail: padmajayaraj@gmail.com
39th InterArt Vikram Sarabhai International Fest: Images of sexist disharmony, universal harmony, lyrical romance - Dr. S D Desai e-mail: sureshmrudula@gmail.com
Winter Arts Intensive at Chinmaya Naada Bindu (Report)
Roopantar: A venture to establish Identity (Report) - Sulagna Mukhopadhyay e-mail: sulagna64@gmail.com |