It’s 1am in Los Angeles, and Bharatanatyam dancer Mythili Prakash is terribly jet-lagged. Just the previous evening, at the OzAsia Festival at Adelaide, Australia, Prakash was part of two performances of the famous Akram Khan Dance Company’s latest production, Outwitting the Devil. Inspired from a recently discovered fragment of the 12 broken clay tablets that… Continue reading Bharatanatyam exponent Mythili Prakash chose US as her home but Indian dance is what truly defines her identity
The video begins with singer Florence Welch, and several other women draped in colourful veils, standing still. Soon, they began to dance and shed their veils as the video progresses. Their actions are reflected in a pool of water, which lends an eerie air to it. This choreography in indie rock band Florence + The Machine’s new… Continue reading Dancer Akram Khan on choreographing rock band Florence + The Machine’s new video
In February this year, in the Al Badayer Desert on the outskirts of Dubai, three young dancers born and raised in USA and dressed in traditional Bharatanatyam costumes performed abhinaya (expression) and nritta (movement) to ‘Aadu paambe’, a classic Tamil folk song that celebrates the beauty and majesty of the snake and its dance. For nearly six hours that morning, with the desert sun for company and snoopy camels in the background, the… Continue reading Boston-based start-up IndianRaga is giving traditional art forms a modern makeover
Though body-positivity has worked its way into our collective conscience, it still has a long way to go. Meet the girls who are fighting the good fight: six curvy girl choreographers united for our 20th anniversary to prove that feeling sexy is a mental state of mind, and definitely not about body types. “Love yourself… Continue reading 6 curvy dancers tell you what being sexy really means
