Dance
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A runaway boy’s journey to becoming a patron saint of experimental dance in India
Narendra Sharma founded Bhoomika, a pioneering dance company, 50 years ago, when Delhi’s cultural spaces were hogged by classical forms.
Malini Nair
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Bijayini Satpathy is pushing the boundaries of Odissi – some think too far
In Satpathy’s hands, the dance form known for its languid, curvilinear liquidity has become deliberate and almost balletic.
Malini Nair
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One woman’s search for the kathak dancers who were relegated to the background by Bollywood
Who were the extras in early Hindi cinema? And what ever happened to them? Researcher Siddhi Goel found some troubling answers to these questions in her work.
Malini Nair
Trending
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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A new book re-examines Bill Gates and Melinda Gates’s philanthropic work
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Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the two winning poems
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Latest Manipur killings confirm long-dormant Meitei insurgency is seeing a revival
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Watch: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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Hamstrung by the pandemic, Indian dancers are exploring a new creative frontier: dance films
An explosion of cinematic creativity has marked the Indian dance scene, with the lens and the editing table acting as co-choreographers.
Malini Nair
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A Kathak colossus forgotten by time is having a moment
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar was reduced to a footnote despite breaking creative and social barriers. Two books are out to redress the injustice.
Malini Nair
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Long before TikTok, dances were being copied for profit
It is often difficult to know who made the content first on the social media platform.
Jill Vasbinder, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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Watch: Boulders rolling down hillside halt traffic movement on Jammu and Kashmir National Highway
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Watch: Iranian guests at Nobel Prize ceremony sing to celebrate Narges Mohammadi’s Peace Prize
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Watch: Actor Bradley Cooper makes sandwiches and serves them from a food truck in New York
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Watch: Meet Captain Fatima Wasim, the first woman medical officer to be deployed at Siachen Glacier
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A few cross-dressing male dancers are changing the way lavani is perceived in urban Maharashtra
Savitri Medhatul’s musical play ‘Sangeet Bari’ features a lavani duet performed by two male dancers.
Damini Kulkarni
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Why kathak artists (including Birju Maharaj) are ardent fans of Michael Jackson’s dance moves
Like kathak, the king of pop placed emphasis on the small things – the glance, the movement of a single finger (almost like mudras) – and on delicacy.
Malini Nair
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Astad Deboo looks back on his 50 years in dance and the time he travelled on a ship with goats
The great dancer-choreographer has lost none of his grace and curiosity: ‘I may be 71, but I don’t feel 71.’
Ranjana Dave
The Reel
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The Yemenese film about abortion that grabbing attention – and its Indian connections
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Start the week with a film: ‘Somewhere’ is a sensitive look at an actor’s empty life
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Mining town-set film ‘Whispers of Fire and Water’ is an immersive experience
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In Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’, a solidarity that transcends differences
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In animated film ‘The Siren’, a reminder that ‘democracy and peace are never eternal’