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Narthaki Monthly Newsletter

November 2023
MEET THE ARTISTES

The making of Santiniketan
- Meena Banerjee
Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore's sylvan abode, recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List to find out why it remains a cultural landmark.

Choreographer Akram Khan reimagines a Rudyard Kipling classic
- Aimée Ts'ao
Born in London to parents from Bangladesh, Khan says his involvement with dance started at age 3…

A witty Bharatanatyam dancer's French connection
- Sandhya Mendonca
Female comedians are quite common these days but a classical dancer who is comic is a rare find.

Praneetha Akula uses classical Indian dance to bring the joy of learning to Maryland students
- Maya Lora
Praneetha Akula shows students at Children's Manor Montessori School how to tell a story using a classical dance style called Bharatanatyam.

Rajashree Warrier: The many bhavas of an artiste for whom dance is life
- Pooja Nair
"Creation is the word," she says. "A work of art is everything. Therein is our enlightenment."

Artist and dancer Ramya S Kapadia: I am living proof of the American dream
- Jake Frankel
The one thing I've learned from teaching is that there is always a lot more to learn and that you're never DONE learning.




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