Dance Speak

Pia Bunglowala speaks of her experience performing Madhuri Upadhya’s choreography “Matsyaangnaa” for our upcoming production “Prayog”. Madhuri is a painter with the giant brush in her hand and with every stroke; she creates a movement world that is like a painting. In her piece, every moment feels like a still, a painting with each frame…

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Prayog 4 – Behind the scenes

This is what happens when a dancer decides to go behind the lens. Niranjan decides to take a look from the bushes at Madhuri Upadhya’s choreography for Prayog 4. And this is the result. Watch on!

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Dance talk

One of the youngest dancers of the company, Niranjan speaks about his experience performing for two different choreographies, viz. Manmatha and Wildflower by Madhuri Upadhya and Vishwakiran Nambi respectively: Photo credit: Ravi Shankar Anything close to your heart will necessarily go beyond your control. Artistic production and visionary experience relates more to life unlike other…

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SHOW MANAGEMENT – PART II

By Geetha Ballal   My previous blog on management covered the primary aspects of a show and.. what I am about to write now is a lot more elaborate and absolute necessary things to do. I am sure if you have made a check list as mentioned in my previous blog and put it to…

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Tips from Guru Smt. Sandhya Kiran

Tips from Guru Smt. Sandhya Kiran This is particularly for classical dancers- Don’t go overboard on your costumes. Less is more – always. Mix and match colours and designs those are not too jarring to the eye. Use a combination of larger and smaller pieces of jewellery to create a complete picture. When you find…

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Manmatha premiere on June 1st

Madhuri Updahya on her choreographic piece “Manmatha” As a choreographer my thoughts have always leaned towards combining aesthetics of painting and dance almost like giving picture frames animation. My line of research has always been on 2 dimensionality exploring thematic possibilities linearly and also in lines placed at a choreographic space. Personal stories of dancers…

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Water

Water by Vishwa Kiran   Water is the most important nutrient required by our body. Needless to say, it performs innumerable functions and also assists in many critical processes in our body. Water is a major component of every body cell, tissue and organ. It is vital that we maintain the right balance of water…

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At Rajasthan Fashion Week

 by Preethi Bharadwaj   Jaipur – The Pink City, a city which caught our senses for the unthinkable amount of shopping we could do!! It all started with short, strenuous and instilling practice sessions to learn Mayuri’s Choreography “Kaali”. On night of May 8, at 23:00 we get a text message from Geetha asking us to report…

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KNOW YOUR KNEE

KNOW YOUR KNEE by Masoom The knee is the largest synovial joint of the body. It is also one of the most complexes. The knee is composed of three bones (femur, tibia, and patella) and two articulations (tibiofemoral and patellofemoral). The tibiofemoral joint is formed by two large, bulbous femoral condyles resting on a relatively…

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SHAKUNTALA – THE MUSICAL

Our new mega production “Shakuntala” – a la Broadway take on the epic love story by Kalidasa – was staged at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. As excited and thrilled as we were, we had challenges aplenty.And all good wishes go to Abu Jani – Sandeep Khosla for making it happen. The first and the…

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