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TRIPLE FRONTIERS (ODISSI) BY SUTRA FOUNDATION
Dear Friends, At long last, we are almost there! Triple Frontiers, our odissi season which got postponed last year twice; in March and October 2020, due to Covid, will finally premiere in Seremban, Malacca and PJ. Seremban:26 March (Fri) 8.30pmAuditorium D'Sury,...
Stories with PA’ – Diary Notes with the Last Master of Javanese Classical Music of the Golden Age, by Alex Dea
Dear friends, Composer/Scholar Alex Dea's 15 years of living with and interviewing Pak Cokro, the late Javanese gamelan maestro is now available on Amazon only.
Odissi performance by Harenthiran Pulingam, Principal Dancer of Sutra Foundation
Recently Sutra principal dancer, Harenthiran Pulingam was invited by Shri Siddhartha Nayak (Founder/Director of Houston-based Odissi Academy) to perform Odissi at their 6th episode of Oh, Odissi! One-World, online festival. Sutra videographer, Jayaselan captures...
Creating New Audiences for Dance – A forum by Shantha Ratii Initiative SRI
How can we get more bums on seats, more eyeballs on our screens? Expanding audience numbers for artforms especially in the field of dance has been a perennial problem, now exacerbated by the unprecedented pandemic that the planet is grappling with. Some of the most...
Documentary (2011) Stirring the Culture Couldron of the Indian Ocean:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xn-3wnfTaw Ramli Ibrahim, founder of Sutra Foundation, shares the ethos behind Sutra’s trans-cultural performances focussing on Odissi. This is a succinct documentary narrated by Sutra dancer Shantona Bag on Ramli Ibrahim and Sutra’s...
Creating New Audiences for Dance – A forum by Shantha Ratii Initiative SRI
Sunday, 28 February 2021 5pm Kuala Lumpur/Singapore2.30pm India9am London12pm Moscow8pm Sydney(75 mins duration) YouTube Livestreamhttps://youtu.be/153fn1jEbFQ How can we get more bums on seats, more eyeballs on our screens?Expanding audience numbers for artforms...
Harenthiran Pulingam, Principal Dancer of Sutra Foundation performs for ‘Oh, Odissi! One-World’ Episode 4
Dear friends, Sutra principal dancer Harenthiran Pulingam performs for the Oh, Odissi! One-World online festival presented by Siddhartha Nayak, Houston-based Odissi Academy. Harenthiran performs two compositions of different qualities (tandav & lasya) of Guru...
Malaysia’s Doyen of Dance – Datuk Ramli Ibrahim live on Bernama TV
Dear friends, Watch Datuk Ramli Ibrahim in an online interview by Bernama TV speaking about arts in times of difficulty! Video link:
Suryastaka by Geethika Sree, Principal Dancer of Sutra Foundation
Hi Everyone, Recently Sutra principal dancer, Geethika Sree was invited by Guru Smt Aloka Kanungo (Founder/Director of Kolkata-based Shinjan Nrityalaya) to perform Odissi at their second season of the Odissi Young Dancers Festival. Sutra videographer, Jayaselan...
Happy Chinese New Year
The solstice winter whistles away as it ushers the new moon, building a vortex of hope during the festivity. A wishful state caresses amidst the tumult of crackers and reverberating cymbals. As we hope for that light at the end of the tunnel there is a need to...
Arousing the Body, an Exhibition of drawings by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim
Dear Friends, To say that Ramli Ibrahim has always been fascinated by the body would have been an understatement. However, not many would know that Ramli has always drawn since he was very young. For the last 4 decades as a dancer, teacher and choreographer, Ramli has...
Remembering Dr Sunil Kothari
Sutra Foundation was privileged to be part of a compelling tribute to art historian and dance critic, the late Dr Sunil Kothari, presented live at Natarani Theatre of Darpana, Ahmedabad on 21 Jan, 2021. It was hosted by well known actor, dancer and activist Mallika...