Season Bytes - Concert Etiquette
By Lavanya Narayanan 7thDecember2016Season BytesAs the...
View ArticleSeason Bytes - Kruthi Bhat
By Lavanya Narayanan 7th December 2016Season BytesThe HCL...
View ArticleRetirement? Never heard of it!
By Bala ShankarLike poets and writers, Carnatic musicians (and may be other musicians) don’t retire, it is often their last breath that brings down the curtains. In most other fields, especially in...
View ArticleRare appearance by Yella Venkateswara Rao
Sannidi Academy's Annual FestivalBy SamudriSannidi Academy's 6th Annual Festival on Saturday17th and Sunday 18th December 2o16, will feature a range of artists in an intimate setting.The festival has...
View ArticleV.P. Dhananjayan appointed Dean
Natyacharya V.P. Dhananjayan has been appointed as the Dean of the Performing Arts section of the Chidambaram Annamalai University which offers graduate and post graduate degrees in the performing...
View ArticleLifetime Achievement Award
Radha and Raja Reddy, veteran Kuchipudi exponents, gurus and founders of Natya Tarangini in Delhi, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Kartik Fine Arts at the inauguration of the Natya...
View ArticleNobelman at the gates
By Jaideep VarmaIt is perhaps not hyperbolic to say that Bob Dylan’s prize for Literature is the most discussed Nobel award in its history. However much people had argued over eventual choices in the...
View ArticleThe Thinking Body
By BuzybeeA classical dance documentary THE THINKING BODY will be screened at 8 am on 29th December, at the Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Mini Hall, as part of the Natya Kala Conference 2016.The film has been...
View ArticleA tribute to Balamuralikrishna in Frontline
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View ArticlePappu Venugopala Rao honoured
Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao, eminent scholar, academician, and writer was presented the title of 'Natya Kala Visaaradah' by veteran artist Vyjayanthimala Bali at the inaugural function of the 36th Natya...
View ArticleConfessions of an editor
By V RamnarayanCritics come in all sizes and shapes. In the world of Indian classical music and dance, knowledgeable criticism with no malice towards individual artists has become as rare as quietude...
View ArticleSeasonal thoughts
By V RamnarayanYet another music season has come and gone. Strangely, another new season seems to be already upon us, if we look at the engagements page of the newspaper. There are at least three...
View ArticleBalamurali's music attracted the young
By Narayan SadagopanAt a time when Carnatic music was becoming 'out of fashion' among youth in the late 60s and early 70s, Balamurali did a phenomenal job in roping in young enthusiasts into the...
View ArticleTowards a noble cause
By BuzybeeIn the wake of destruction caused by the Vardah cyclone, it is imperative that people from different walks of life join together and help to restore the tree cover in Chennai. With a view to...
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