Dance

All world’s a stage

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If you are an artist(e), you don’t have to go very far for healing: It lurks in the lilts of your melody, in the hues of your strokes, in the tilts and twirls of your steps.

What’s your lucky charm?

From wearing a certain dance costume to carrying lucky charms and choosing a particular side green room, dancers believe in a medley of superstitions.

Aesthetics of space

That soft glow on her face and lilting tunes of the spotlight following her rapturous movement on stage is surely an image that would stay with you after her performance.

Meditate as you dance

It is said that dance is a form of meditation and I’ve heard this time and again from many people.

Leela faces the heat

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It’s one of those rare occasions in the cultural world that gets many of us talking about the issues at hand, primarily because performing artistes are hardly the one hogging the headlines. However, over the last one week, the news of Bharatnatyam dancer Leela Samson stepping down as the director of Kalakshetra has created a furore not just in the dance circles, but also among various cultural bodies across the country.

Rumba comes alive on stage

The last 10 years have been eventful, tough and full of ups and downs. I have been fortunate enough to successfully run my dance studio with branches all over the country. I have been celebrating International Dance Day with most of my friends who have also performed at various international dance festivals.

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.

In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20