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July 2025
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Unmuting on Grooming
A closer look on sexual grooming in the dance ecosystem

- Asiya Shervani & Arshiya Sethi
This article however is drawn from our unfortunate learnings and observations mostly from the field of the arts through our work on Unmute, and outside, in our individual pursuits of work and activism.

Unsung characters for adaptation in dance (Part 1)
- Dr. Padmaja Suresh
Dance productions rely heavily on the poet, the scripts and the aesthetic value it holds. 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.

Unsung characters for adaptation in dance (Part 2)
- Dr. Padmaja Suresh
The development of different Sanskrit dramatic literature and poetry had parallel narrative structures and themes from the Mahabharata.

Bonds beyond boundaries
- Ranee Kumar
It's astounding that the number 72 in terms of music, has a magical significance across world cultures which we were not even aware of.

The use of Mudras in Odissi dance: A symbolic language of expression and spirituality
- Sunandini Das
The study delves into the role of mudras (hand gestures) in conveying stories and emotions, connecting Odissi to Hinduism and Buddhism.

Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
- Malini Nair
Intensely amorous love verses set in the Carnatic mode, padams and javalis are returning to the spotlight after decades.

These 15 dynamic photos will make you want to dance
- Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi, Text by Tracy Scott Forson
Get footloose with these Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest dance scenes.

The dance of the mind
- Surupa Sen
Ahead of International Yoga Day, Surupa Sen on why we need to embrace both stillness and movement.

What traditional dance reveals about a travel destination
- Nicole Kliest
My earliest memories orbit around dance. Aromas of musty velvet theater curtains, the lingering smell of hairspray and carnation bouquets backstage.



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