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Narthaki Monthly Newsletter

Apr 2025
MEET THE ARTISTES

Their creative arc
- Srividya
VP Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan traced their dance journey at a recent lec-dem.

Madurai is the OG city that never sleeps
- Phorum Pandya
Dr.Anita Ratnam speaks of her tryst with the city, the difficulty of being a dancer in India and cravings for Mumbai street food.

The Art and Legacy of Lakshmi Viswanathan: Dancing through time
- Jeetendra Hirschfeld
Renowned as Nritya Kalanidhi, Lakshmi Viswanathan was a celebrated Bharatanatyam artiste, scholar, and writer.

Dr. Sandhya Purecha: I am very positive about the future
- Dr. M. Surya Prasad
The specialty of my art is that it is rooted in the time tested Shastra and Sampradaya - forming the links between theory and practice of Indian dance.

Sharmila Biswas on Manodarpan: Reflections of Life
- Shveta Arora
In this conversation, Sharmila Biswas narrated how, like many of the interesting productions toured in the last two years, this one too emerged from artistic endeavours initiated during the COVID-19 lockdown...

In Conversation with Guru Mayadhar Raut
- Madhur Gupta
Guru Mayadhar Raut's insights into Odissi, from an interview done in 2018.

Finding rhythm in the symphony called life
- Ankita Nair
Adyar back in 1970 was a hub of artistic activity. Bharatanatyam exponent Dr Jayadev Raju was the only boy in the room where his guru Padma Subrahmanyam instilled in him, holistic knowledge of Sanskrit, scriptures, and spirituality.

Meet Radha Varadan, the Kathak dancer reinterpreting classic ballet variations
- Sarah McKenna Barry
Varadan talks about her viral hybrid videos, her creative process, and how Indian classical dance is perceived in the West.




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