Thursday, 21 November 2024

Dance on...: Column by Ashish Mohan Khokar

PUNE PADHARO!

Pune has finally a swanky new terminal to say Padharo! Pune today ranks as the HQ of Hindustani music, film and television training and new trends in dance. India's only yearbook on dance (attenDance) in its 25th anniversary issue focused only on artistes of Pune.

Gurus like Shama Bhate are changing Kathak without changing its form or structure. She has come up with many productions over the years to extend the language and create new works. Unnayan is a smashing, sophisticated and spiffy production with high values of discipline, diligence and depth......

LASYAPRABHA 2024

It started 20 minutes late - that's a no, no these days. Everyone's time is precious and valuable. And if the organizers are waiting for the main guest (now there are atleast 3-5! Please one please all: local level guest; state level, then regional, and national. Even international) to show up, it tests the patience of the audience....

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7 comments:

  1. Duos dancing of two different generations and dance experience coming together written so well to get realistic idea of show.thank u Ashish sir for this review

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  2. Murali Mohan Kalvakalva21 November 2024 at 17:55

    Ashish ji! Namaste 🙏🏻. Despite all odds you made it to the performances in Pune and in Bangalore. Thank you for noticing the nuances and your appreciation means sheer encouragement that will keep us going or growing better. Sincerely appreciate your presence again and such a wonderful unbiased review you being you.

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  3. Wonderful anna ! Your review made me feel like as if I was watching the shows .

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  4. Ashish ji, Even people like me who don't have much knowledge about dance, will find it very interesting to read your column. Your narrative style is very gripping and lucid. Ìt gets to the depth of the subject

    You have a way of expression which flows very gently capturing the essence of the function in an inimitable style of your own. Happy to learn about the function which has been well organized.
    Bravo.Good review

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  5. Very comprehensive article. Ashish ji has the eyes of a connoisseur and critic. He encourages young dancers with his positive comments and analyzes events minutely. A must read piece by the ace writer of our times

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  6. Dakshina Vaidyanathan Baghel21 November 2024 at 23:09

    Lovely article, thank you so much for being our eyes for the performances that we cannot witness ourselves! Loved the comprehensive description of all the performances, I feel like I'm watching them in front of my eyes! And I'm so touched to be mentioned by you in the mother daughter category! Thank you Ashish ji!

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  7. Thank you for such honest, constructive and encouraging writing. You always bring the viewer perspective and also learned individual's art of having known something into words which definitely has a lot of credit to hold on to. Like always, your writing paints visuals of the presentation. Thank you:)

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