Summer issue 2004 |
- Thought provoking articles on "dance in community"
- Profile of a relationship - Akram Khan and his guru Pratap Pawar
- What's in the long awaited SADiB report
- Intimate moments with a legend - Kelubabu
- Performance reviews, news and more to stimulate your senses...
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| Cover Features... |
| I could have danced all night |
| Why do so many go to dance class among south asian communities? Why do so few become dance professionals? Bithika Chatterjee asks teachers, students, parents and organisations engaged in this pursuit and finds they all love dance… but there’s a catch or two in the old game yet. |
| In search of a past... for their present |
| For the South Asian diaspora in the US, classical dance is a way of connecting to the past but not just to recreate or representing it; young girls who learn the dance, also embody their past through daily habit, as they do their present, argues Pallabi Chakravorty. |
| Other Features... |
| Tongues and toes, wherever it goes |
| Dancing in a theatre setting is demanding, no doubt. But the demands on both producer and artist in community settings are as varied as they are rewarding. But it must speak and listen to many ‘languages’ writes outreach specialist Rachel Elliott. |
| Contested cultures: anthropology meets south asian dance |
| The voices are many and diverse, and opinions diverge - but they are the voices of the practitioners from all across the UK who have spoken with candour about ‘South Asian’ identity construction and more to researchers from the Roehampton University of Surrey. Catherine Hale briefly examines the SADiB report put out by Dr. Andree Grau. |
| New frames for old doorways |
| Respected Indian screen actor Mita Vasisht has an intriguing approach to rehabilitating young women rescued from prostitution, reports Nayantara Basu-Sen. Her movement workshops in Mumbai look to first alter the "dead giveaway" - the way they inhabit and use their bodies. |
| Conference... |
| No Man’s land - exploring South Asian-ness |
| It is welcome but not surprising that a south asian dance agency thinks up such an agenda for a conference: dance practitioners in the sector have ‘issues’ with the generalising name; however it goes well beyond dance as Alessandra Lopez y Royo reports on the event which quietly but meaningfully celebrated Akademi’s silver jubilee. |
| Profile... |
| The guru and the sishya |
| Pratap Pawar was the first disciple of his guru; in all his time in Britain and among the scores of students he has taught, he has anointed only one as his disciple – Akram Khan. At a time when this traditional relationship has all but disappeared, Prarthana Purkayastha talks to them both and gets a full measure. |
| Training / technique... |
| The Lall Diaries - part 1 |
| Sometimes she was so tired, it was hard to drag herself out of bed. Then there was the tendu, the abs, the bums and a hundred other things. First part of the diaries of south asian dancer Anusha lall at the London School of Contemporary Dance. |
| E-mail from New Delhi... |
| In his magic circle |
| Written in the form of a poignant note to her daughter, Sharon Lowen, a long-time disciple of the late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, shares some very special moments of her times with the renowned master. |
| Performance reviews... |
| Performance review |
Dance Company / Artist |
Equilibrium
by Arti Kachhia |
Srishti-Nina Rajarani Dance Creations |
Bonded Passion
by Anouk Perinpanayagam |
Anurekha Ghosh & Company with ALMA |
Vyuha - a square circle
by Kush Saini |
Gauri Sharma Tripathi |
Kasi Yatra
by Mavin Khoo |
Malavika Sarukkai |
Bhakti
by Shiromi Pinto |
Angika |
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