August 2026ANITA SAYS.....There is something in dance that regulates you, Allowing you to express your feelings as you move. You can find anger and love, joy and grief The novel and the mundane - All in one song - Safak Timur, New York Times reporter  July has been 31 days of ceaseless unrest. Ablaze with arguments and heated rhetoric about issues of representation and race swapping. About translations, cinematic liberty and appropriation. The rumble became a roar with the student unrests in India that started in with a leaked examination paper and the subsequent student protests in New Delhi has rocked the government and the ripples continue as I write this monthly message. Read more or Use the audio control (at the top of the page in the website) to listen to the editorial |
ANNOUNCEMENTSBala Devi Chandrashekar presents Mauli - A Timeless Tradition July 4 - Aug 8, 2026 India Shambhavi School of Dance presents Mūlam Basava Samiti, 5pm August 2, 2026 Bengaluru Nadam presents 18th edition of Chinna Kalanadam Festival Ravindra Kalakshetra, 5pm August 6 & 7, 2026 Bengaluru Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Festival Kamani Auditorium, 7pm August 7 - 9, 2026 New Delhi Srinidi Trust in association with Brahma Gana Sabha presents 21st Year Arts Festival Dakshinamurthy Hall August 7 - 9, 2026 Chennai Madhavi Foundation presents Swapnasundari in Parijatham Stein auditorium, 7pm August 28, 2026 New Delhi LOOK OUT FORAkram Khan: Thikra: Night of Remembering - Aditi Dhruv Akram Khan'sThikra: Night of Rememberingwas presented at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City Contemporary Dance Festival, as part of the inaugural Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance. |
AWARDS Srinidi Trust presents the SRINIDI 'IMPACT & INNOVATION' AWARD to NARTHAKI ONLINE on August 8, 2026 at Dakshinamurthy Hall, Chennai.  Utsav Educational & Cultural Society presents the UTSAV SAMMAN - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Manipuri Guru Darshana Jhaveri, Kuchipudi exponent Rashmi Vaidyalingam, and Odissi Guru Ratikant Mohapatra on August 10, 2026 at Stein auditorium, New Delhi.  Vazhuvoorar Classical Bharatanatya Arts Centre presented VAZHUVOORAR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Srekala Bharath on July 12, 2026 at Coimbatore.  AADDYA SHINDE, disciple of Guru Parwati Dutta, has been selected by the Government of India for the prestigious 'Scholarship to Young Artistes in Cultural Fields' for further training in Odissi dance in the guru-shishya tradition.  The Dr. M Balamuralikrishna Memorial Trust awarded the DR. M BALAMURALIKRISHNA NATIONAL AWARD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE 2026 to THE DHANANJAYANS titled MURALI NADA LAHARI with one lakh rupees cash purse, on July 23, 2026 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai.  Natyacharya Udupi Laxminarayana Centenary Commemorative Award KALAA PRAVEENA PURASKAR was conferred on Natyacharya V.P. DHANANJAYAN for lifetime achievement along with MUGUR SUNDAR by Natya Manjari on 26th July 2026 at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. NARTHAKA PRAVEENA goes to Balagurunathan, Binesh Mahadevan, KB Madhusudhanan, K Gopinathan, L Narendra Kumar, Parshwanath Upadhye, Shanmuga Sundaram and Shivakumar.  The Dhananjayans receive the POORNA SHAKTI AWARD on 6th September 2026 at Chennai. Poorna Shakti Awards is a signature initiative that honours distinguished personalities and changemakers who continue to contribute, innovate and inspire beyond conventional age barriers. |
FROM THE ARCHIVES When dancing is a pleasure for birds as well - Dr. Arshiya Sethi Steeped as we are in our love for dance, we fail to recognise sometimes that we are not alone in the dancing world.  New York City, Dance Capital of the World - Janaki Patrik Moving to New York City in summer 1971, I enrolled at the Merce Cunningham Studio. |
