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Nov 2025
SANCHARI.. More on the arts

Harvard's Mittal Institute and MITHAS host 'Intersections' Conference: The Art and Academia of Indian classical dance
- Aarushi A Vyas
Taking on Indian dance through an academic lens, Intersections served as an opportunity for Indian dancers, scholars, and creatives to explore how tradition has evolved in new cultural and physical landscapes...

Steps through time
- Shanmuga Sundaram
An exhibition on Chitra Visweswaran's artistic journey looked at her contributions as a performer, choreographer and teacher.

Politics, lack of funds hindering Kalamandalam development, says Mallika
- Manoj Viswanathan
Many internal issues need to be sorted out. When Kalamandalam was elevated to a deemed university, people who were clerks suddenly became officers, says Mallika Sarabhai.

A festival where art barriers get broken
- Aparna Nair
TNIE takes a look at how the Navaratri celebrations in the city have embraced diversity in unison with the collective spirit of art.

Layered with bhava
- Srividya
Harinie Jeevitha gracefully depicted Devi's myriad forms.

Arunima Kumar: First Kuchipudi dancer awarded King Charles III Honor
- Editorji News Desk
Arunima Kumar, UK-based artist, is first Kuchipudi dancer awarded King Charles III's BEM for promoting dance globally and community service.

A timeless treatise
- Anitha Vallabh
How Abhinaya Darpanam lives on vibrantly in practice halls, classrooms and memories of dancers.

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance: We Caliban review - postcolonial take on The Tempest is difficult to pin down
- Lyndsey Winship
Jeyasingh's choreography is well wrought and precise but Caliban's struggles with servitude and resistance feel adrift amid a sea of ideas.

Dancing beyond the prime
- Narendra Kusnur
A new show 'Prime' featuring 8 dancers aged 60 to 71 looks at the ageing body and its lived experiences.


A collaboration of the senses: Royal Ballet teams up with blind artist for new show
- Dalya Alberge
Using immersive descriptive audio, performance explores how blindness can redefine experience of dance.

The cross cultural step
- V.V. Ramani
The heritage of Ganjam in Odisha finds expression in a new collaborative work.




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