Thursday, 23 January 2025

Moments of movement and melody from Music Academy's mega dance festival - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

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It was Madras Music Academy's 18th dance festival - a mega event featuring thirty two dancers over a week! One took in as much as a stra...
Sunday, 19 January 2025

Solo projections of high quality and promise in Dance for Dance festival - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

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Curated by dancer Malavika Sarukkai, the fifth consecutive  Dance for Dance  festival (Dec 20-22, 2024) held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan w...

Interview - Divya Warier on cross-discipline mentorship - Shveta Arora

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During the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdowns in 2020, dancer Divya Warier organized Pratiroop, an online cross-mentorship programme that put d...
Monday, 13 January 2025

Prism - NAVARASA SADHANA: An alternate actor training module based on Indian Traditional Theatre and Natyasastra - G Venu

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  ... However, notwithstanding the Indian theatre possessing such a rich tradition, all the present theatre training methodologies practised...
Friday, 10 January 2025

Twenty fourth year of Natya Darshan Festival - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

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Unlike earlier Natya Darshan festivals, this year's celebration, convened by dancer Narthaki Nataraj was built round a theme of the body...
Saturday, 4 January 2025

Obit/Tribute - Kathak Guru Chitra Venugopal (1936 - 2025)

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Her middle name ought to have been SMILE. That was her best  abhushan  (jewelry) too. She was a picture –  Chitra  - of poise and graciousne...
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Chennai swamped by Margazhi music/dance deluge - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

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Come Margazhi Season and with the deluge of music /dance and lectures on art in Chennai, one jumps grasshopper like from one Sabha to anothe...
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