Dance Buzz

Music Academy award for Alarmel Valli

The tenth edition of the Dance Festival hosted by The Music Academy was launched on January 3 and will be on till January 9, 2016.

Captivating end to dance conference

Bharatanatyam dancer Rama Vaidyanathan capped this year's Natya Kala Conference with a captivating talk-dem recital at Krishna Gana Sabha in T. Nagar, Chennai in late December. And showed us why she is one of our best Bharatanatyam dancers today.

Honour for Srinidhi Chidambaram

Bharatanatyam dancer Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram has been chosen to be the convener of the next two Natya Kala Conferences at Krishna Gana Sabha.

'Leela Taranga Margam ': dance experiment by Sheela Unnikrishnan

Bharatanatyam guru Sheela Unnikrishnan, who follows the Melattur style and excels in curating group dance productions with young dancers of her academy is showcasing 'Leela Taranga Margam' this season.

Solo Dance Production; on Karna

USA-based Bharatanatyam dancer Bala Devi Chandrashekar has been producing solo theme productions which she presents at the 'season'.

Bragha's story-telling abhinaya

Kalakshetra opened its Rukmini Arangham to a dance recital on Sunday evening - Dec.20 - and for rasikas who may have been a tad disappointed that its own festival has been postponed due to the deluge in the city, the recital was welcome - more so for Kalakshetra's students.

Chennai is familiar space for Sonal Mansingh

The multi-faceted classical dancer Dr Sonal Mansingh will be on stage at five venues this season. She is not an occasional visitor to the city of Chennai but knows it inside out, and even a smattering of Thamizh.

Remembering Madurai N. Krishnan

The students of Silambam Mylapore, an alliance of Shree Bharatalaya, a Chennai-based dance academy of Prof Sudharani Raghupathy are excited.

Dancers open their studios to affected colleagues

Four dancers are inviting dancers who may have lost their dance spaces in the Chennai deluge to rehearse here. The dancers who are lending a hand are Chitra Visweswaran, Anita Ratnam, Priya Dixit and Swarnamalya.All of them have good facilities and have been also active in the deluge relief operations too.

Dancers body clarifies on 'season in time of deluge'

The head of ABHAI (Association of Bharatnatyam Artistes), guru Chitra Visweswaran has made a public statement following the buzz on the decision of some dancers to skip the December Season fest.