“The unpredictability of what will happen is what makes something alive. It is not about trying to recreate aesthetics or trying to make what people expect you to be making.”
Read MoreInside the Institution: The Place
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Freelance Dancer Guides
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A series of guides that speak to the freelance dance artist living and working in the UK. Shivaangee interviewed practitioners and compiled these features, on topics ranging from managing bodies to managing money.
Read MoreHere and Now: In Conversation with Mythili Prakash
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Mythili Prakash is one of the Four By Four nominated choreographers of Dance Umbrella 2019. I speak to her about the work she will be premiering, ‘Here and Now’.
Read MoreForty Years On : Tara Rajkumar OAM 17/10/19
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The most satisfying moment for me in her talk was when Tara articulated our collective challenge.
Read More'Descendants' : 29/09/19
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A treat to see the distinctly different destinations that choreographic trajectories can take, especially when those journeys start off with shared classical vocabularies.
Read More'Shivam' : 15/06/19
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Jaivant Patel gave audiences in Wolverhampton a rare treat on Saturday 15th June; an evening that was special both for its programming of classical work, and its focus on male performers.
Read More"The Technical Standards of Dance Achieved in the UK Do Not Match Those of India"
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Chennai is undoubtedly the motherland of bharatanatyam, a rich source of tradition, knowledge and technical expertise. Hosts to the most tightly curated bharatanatyam festivals in the world, Chennai is also a gatekeeper of tradition and thus becomes a benchmark for quality bharatanatyam. The UK in comparison has but a fledgling bharatanatyam industry, where practitioners focus on making work that can sit alongside that of mainstream dance choreographers and win over audiences that know nothing of their form.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to practise?
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What does it mean to practise bharatanatyam? At the intersection of a sport, an art form, theatre, an inherited culture and a musical tradition, bharatanatyam contains an inherent plurality that doesn't make clear the best approach to practising.
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