by sutra foundation | Nov 6, 2023 | Archival, Festivals, Performances, Sutra Foundation
Dear Friends, Thankfully, our last performance on 5th Nov 2023, in Japan featuring ‘Invitation to Odissi’ at Nara (one of the oldest cities of Japan), went rather well. We drove to the Nara Prefectural Convention Centre where the Japan-Indo Cultural Festival was being...
by sutra foundation | Nov 3, 2023 | Archival, Festivals, Performances, Sutra Foundation
Dear Friends, We woke up early this morning to prepare ourselves for our performance at the TANA FEST (3 Nov, 2023), of Kyotanabe City. When we reached this small city of the Kyoto Prefecture, we found that the grounds were already set for a Japanese Mela of sorts,...
by sutra foundation | Nov 2, 2023 | Archival, Performances, Sutra Foundation
Dear Friends, ‘Invitation to Odissi’ came out a winner at its premiere last night (1 Nov, 2023) at the Vivekananda Cultural Centre (VCC), Embassy of India, Tokyo. Narrated by Ramli Ibrahim, the six Sutra dancers (the rest had left for Malaysia after Jaya Ram) brought...
by sutra foundation | Oct 30, 2023 | Archival, Performances, Sutra Foundation
Dear Friends, Last night on 29 Oct, 2023 we performed at a special dinner organised for The Honorable Minister of Commerce & Industry of India, Shri Piyush Goyal, at The Imperial, Osaka. The dinner was attended by the Ambassador of India to Japan, HE Siby George...
by sutra foundation | Oct 27, 2023 | Archival, Performances, Sutra Foundation
Dear Friends, The last performance at Nagahama, marked the end of a successful Japan tour of Jaya Ram. Seven members of Sutra have just left Japan early this morning to return to Malaysia leaving the rest (6 dancers) to engage in 4 other performances of ‘Invitation to...
by sutra foundation | Oct 23, 2023 | Archival, Lecture Demonstration, Performances, Sutra Foundation, Workshops
Dear Friends, Sutra workshop this evening (22/10/23) in Kyoto, organised by odissi dancer/teacher Sachiko Murakami was a lovely, lively & smooth affair. About 30 participants attended. With 14 from Sutra’s side, the studio was sufficiently packed. Most...
