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Deepak Maharaj at the Sam Ved festival
By Sunil KothariDeepak Maharaj has a head start as the son of Pandit Birju Maharaj – scion of the Kalka Bindadin's Lucknow gharana. At 46, he is young yet mature, and is blessed with a pleasant stage...
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Remembering Vellore Ramabhadran
By BuzyBeeThe air was heady with nostalgia on the evening of 27 February 2016 at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, where vidwans and rasikas alike had gathered to pay tribute to the memory and legacy of...
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Sangita Kalanidhi – what's in a name?
By S. JanakiIt's that time of the year – when the elite in the Music Academy put their heads together to select eminent artists for the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi, Natya Kala Acharya and other awards....
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“Fevicol? Nylon? Fiddlesticks!”
By Navaneet KrishnanLalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan invited master violin craftsman James Wimmer and his apprentice Alexandra Armanino, to Chennai in November 2015, to conduct a workshop to train a few...
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Samskrita Ranga’s Abhijnana Sakuntalam
REVISITED PRODUCTIONSamskrita Ranga’s Abhijnana SakuntalamBy Naveena"Vaidarbhi kavita svayam vrtavati sreekalidasa varam" (The maiden of elegant poetry chose Kalidasa for her bridegroom.) Innumerable...
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Sahrdaya announces auditions
By SamudriBharatanatyam dancer-choreographer Sheejith Krishna's Sahrdaya Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Repertory auditions, to be held in Chennai onJune 4th and 5th, 2016, 5-8...
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NATYA SANGRAHAM 2016
By CharukesiNatya Sangraham, the annual dance camp organised (22 to 24 January) at Thennangur by Natyarangam, the dance wing of the Narada Gana Sabha, had as many as thirty students this year from...
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The MS soundscape
By Kanniks KannikeswaranI have only seen MS twice. The first was at a concert at the Music Academy where she commenced the concert with Seetamma mayamma in Vasanta – a raga that was not the most...
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Cleveland festival: the future has arrived
By Sujatha VijayaraghavanChildren children everywhereAll the rooms were full!This was the scene on the Easter weekend at Cleveland during the 39th Aradhana Festival. In the halls, on the stage, in the...
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