"Dance disappears almost at the moment of its manifestation. It is an
extreme expression of the present, a perfect metaphor for life. Dancers
sculpt space in real time, working inside a form that is constantly in a
state of vanishing. We have no artifacts. I find it strangely beautiful
to be creating something that is made of us - made of our breath and
blood and bones and minds. Something that is made of the space we occupy
and made of the space between us. We embody both the dance and its
disappearance."
- Crystal Pite, Canadian dancer & choreographer
A very special Hello to May born dreamers and achievers! This is
our month! Well... I am born in this month and so it is my favourite
time of the year. May is also the birth month of so many, many creative
people - singers, dancers, composers, painters - May is the month when
Taurus - the stubborn, loyal, imaginative and sensorial pleasure loving
bull collides with the cerebral, quick thinking, restless Gemini
twins - what a combination... and for me - born on the CUSP of both
months - it means there is a whole lot of stuff going on inside!
There is also lots to talk about in the world of dance and the current
spectacle of India's national elections and the vociferous protests
going on in US campuses. Both countries look like bristling performance
art when viewed from the outside!
Read on...
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Natya Vriksha celebrated World Dance Day on April 20 & 21, 2024 at IIC, Delhi
Photos: Sarabjit Singh Dhillon
Apr 24, 2024
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
The Chandrasekhars
- Lalitha Venkat
As naatyacharya CV Chandrasekhar celebrates his 90th birthday on May 22,
Narthaki revisits the interview done in 2011, as he takes a dreamy walk
down memory lane.
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BIRTHDAY WISHES
Leela Samson: May 6
Rajendra Gangani: May 7
Mallika Sarabhai: May 8
VAK Ranga Rao: May 11 (turns 85)
Sharmila Mukerjee: May 12
Anuj Mishra: May 16
Kumudini Lakhia: May 17
Ramli Ibrahim: May 20
Pratap Pawar: May 20
Anita Ratnam: May 21
Revathi Ramachandran: May 21
CV Chandrasekhar: May 22
Manjari Sinha: May 22
Kalamandalam Gopi: May 23
Nirmala Paniker: May 24
Bharati Shivaji: May 29
QUOTE
"Humanity is divided by religion, by culture, but for me, dancing is a way of saying: ‘We are all one.’"
- Naoko Kihara, Mexico City based Japanese traditional dancer
 Brahmeshwar temple, Bhubaneswar
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
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