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Narthaki Monthly Newsletter

Aug 2025
ARTICLES

Unsung characters for adaptation in dance (Part 3)
- Dr. Padmaja Suresh
Choreography will depend on the artistic capabilities of imagination and skills to bring before the spectators, the popular legends and poems with added novelty or to bring to life a rarely exploited idea by inventing a production and discovering new possibilities of relish.

Naach, Naqab, and Nightlife: Rise of Drag Culture in Contemporary India and Queer Expression in Indian Performing Arts
- Masoom Parmar
The recently concluded Drag Ball, a highly anticipated celebration of queer artistry, performance, and resistance, drew together drag queens and kings, voguing enthusiasts, and eager party-goers under one pulsating roof.

A special Guru-Shishya Bharatanatyam connection - from Kolkata to Ottawa
- Kate Macdonald
How the sacred power of Bharatanatyam crossed the seas, pierced the isolation of the pandemic lockdowns, and continues to foster connection and growth.

Cosmic cadence through proscenium time:
Question and evolution of space across times in Bharatanatyam

- Brinda Dhar
The journey of space in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form, is a fascinating blend of tradition and cultural evolution and shifting performance settings.



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