| Pulse - Autumn 2005 |
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Autumn issue 2005 |
The Autumn edition of PULSE DANCE
"Why do dancers talk so much?"
packed with
News, views, reviews and features including an exclusive
interview with Farooq Chaudhry, the man behind Akram Khan
".... Academics and western choreographers have long 'talked' about dance in scholarly circles. For decades dancers have been explaining stories to their spectators. But, suddenly, it seems there's a whole host of newly created democratic domains and reasons for dancers to talk about dance- conferences, competitions, the internet, and PULSE included; there are also wholly new self-conscious, self-focused ways of talking about the dance.
Still, why do south asian dance makers here in particular talk/ write/ speak/ analyse/defend/ re-invent so much? ....."
- From the editor (Chitra Sundaram)
Cover feature
Freedom from dancespeak: silence?
Once dancers spoke mostly to explain their dances to their audiences; today they speak a lot about 'issues' and to many audiences, outside of performance. Alessandra Lopez y Royo asks around why dancers say so much, and speculates whether there may be an alternative.
Much more TALK, TALK, TALKing than dance
Shobana Jeyasingh who warns against talking about issues overtaking the production of dance, retraces a long history and sociology of speaking about dance in Britain, in response to a series of questions from PULSE.
Turn the spotlight back on the dance!
Speaking in London, pioneering Indian dance and arts scholar Kapila Vatsyayan called for more talk about dance and in dance terminology, and not just around the dance. Prarthana Purkayastha reports.
Who, where and what they said lately
From Negotiating Natyam, which focused on bharatanatyam to concerns in the US about attracting the youth to dance at IDEA's conference, much was said by dancers and others in several symposia, and time was typically too short for discussion. But the reports are a start and here they are!
Feature
Through the lens
Film maker Sangeeta Datta catches Akademi's presentation of dance at the mayor's multicultural Trafalgar Square open air summer celebrations, and reminisces about site specific performance in films and temples!
Profile
"It's almost like a love affair!" So what's the secret to the phenomenal success of Akram Khan Company? In an exclusive interview, the company's producer and founding partner Farooq Chaudhry talks candidly to PULSE about many things, revealing his total absorption with brand Akram Khan.
Wellbeing
When one of India's busy classical dancers, Urmila Sathyanarayana, known for her incredible araimandi plie was put out of action by a serious knee injury, Iyengar yoga came to the rescue, writes Isabel Putinja.
Performance reviews
Abhay Shankar Mishra and Kakoli Mishra: Prarambh
Kush Saini
Sushmita Ghosh: Neer
Sushma Mehta
Various artists with Sampad: Dido and Aeneas
Dawinder Bansal
Various artists with Akademi: Daredevas
Sanjoy Roy
Samudra: Sound of Silence
Andree Grau
Sankalpam: Psyche- The modern self
Shiromi Pinto
Kali Dass and dancers: The Art of Travel
Rani Moorthy
Don't miss the colourful poster of Anand Yatra
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