Women In Dance
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How dancer Sheema Kermani defied Pakistan’s conservatives to infuse her art with activism
Through her women’s organisation Tehrik-e-Niswan, she has spent decades holding performances about social issues.
Mariyam Haider
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Dancing caste, rethinking heredity: A Kuchipudi artist reflects on her multiple lineages
The aesthetic of the dance has flown from the Kalavantulu women through Brahmin men who popularised it, to the changing bodies of modern practitioners.
Yashoda Thakore
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Instead of noble heroes, a dance piece tells the stories of Ramayana’s most conflicted characters
‘Ahsura’ brings Ravana, Ahalya and Shurpanakha to the stage in starring roles and not as accessories to gods and demi-gods.
Malini Nair
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‘We navigate a man’s world in female bodies’: Surviving as a modern mujra dancer in Pakistan
A new documentary titled ‘Showgirls of Pakistan’ explores the censorship of female working class bodies.
Saad Khan
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An American dancer inspired by Hindu rituals and mythology helped shape modern dance
Ruth St Denis blended her fascination for exoticism and spirituality with dance.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri