Re-imagining the legacy of Andal: Anita Ratnam in 'Naachiyar Next' sets a new standard in its stage adaptation
- Dinesh Varma
With flawless coordination among ensemble players, delectable music choices, and use of props such as conch, the bedecked hand-crafted parrot, or the off-and-on illuminated image of lotus feet in the backdrop, 'Naachiyar Next' managed to sustain a high level of stagecraft through the hour-long show

G. Venu's new book is a ready reckoner on mudras
- G.S. Paul
G. Venu's book, Mudra, contains 1341 notations of hasta mudras used in Koodiyattam, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam.

Dancing with AI
- Sajan Sankaran
At Natya Stem Dance Kampni's 'Palimpsest' staged at the Future Fantastic Festival, AI technology was fellow performer.

A fine blend of verse & visuals
- Rupa Srikanth
Anita Guha's 'Agre Pashyami' based on Narayaneeyam was a colourful and devotional spectacle.

A return to innocence
- Deepa Natarajan Lobo
A new production by ace dancer Madhu Nataraj fuses art, technology and music together to portray the many alarming aspects of climate change.

A San Francisco museum puts dance on display with "Beyond Bollywood"
- Rachel Caldwell
This spring, San Francisco's Asian Art Museum presents "Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art," a multi¬media extravaganza of Himalayan, South Asian and Southeast Asian artwork featuring dance.

Raring to explore
- V.V. Ramani
Young dancers lent a touch of novelty to their presentations at Jharna.

Mallika Sarabhai: 'There won't be any gender or caste discrimination in Kalamandalam'
- Faizal Khan
Kerala Kalamandalam's new chancellor, the Ahmedabad-based classical dancer-activist, will bring her years of experience of running Darpana Academy of Performing Arts to Thrissur's nearly century-old arts institution, and has already instituted gender-equal changes on the campus.

"Dancing The Gods" with Sreelakshmy Govardhanan and Praveen Kumar
- Robert Johnson
Such outstanding performances, expertly curated and introduced by Rajika Puri under the aegis of the World Music Institute, mark red-letter days on the year’s dance calendar.

A theatre for all
- Charumathi Supraja
Remembering Veenapani Festival once again broke the barrier between art and audience.

The connecting movement
- Chitra Swaminathan
March Dance presented a reconstruction of Chandralekha's 'Prana' created 30 years ago.

Usha Parinayam steps out of Kuchipudi
- G.S. Paul
Under the guidance of Guru Pasumarthy Rattiah Sharma, an all-woman team performed the dance drama at Thrissur.

Fakrani Jat - Kutch Border Pastoral Tourism in India
- Rishabh Sachan
The Academic Cultural Heritage tour on Fakrani Jats was curated and led by Dr. Navina Jafa. She is a cultural technocrat specialising in heritage tourism, a classical dancer, scholar, and heritage skill expert.

Every artist has personal dialogue with art form: Dancer Rama Vaidyanathan
- Sukant Deepak
For several years now, she has been venturing into new avenues of Bharatanatyam with respect to vocabulary, poetry, and treatment.

When the twain met
- Rupa Srikanth
Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreya and Shashwati Garai Ghosh together explored beauty in movement and poetry.

What's in a page? To print theatre programs or deliver them digitally, that is the question
- Karen Fricker
For some stage fans, downloading a program via QR code is a poor substitute for a record you can hold in your hand.

Embracing the new
- Padmini Chettur
Since there is no singular definition of contemporary dance in India, it makes it hard for practitioners of this genre to contextualise their work in history.