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Krishna, Love Re-invented | Bhubaneswar, India 2015
Krishna, Love Re-invented (odissi) explores Love, and the Romance of Love, of the Pastoral God, Krishna and the gopis. This springtime love-dalliance has enriched literature, visual and performing arts especially odissi. Krishna, Love Re-invented explores the total...
Krishna, Love Re-invented | INDIA, 2015
Krishna, Love Re-invented (odissi) explores Love, and the Romance of Love, of the Pastoral God, Krishna and the gopis. This springtime love-dalliance has enriched literature, visual and performing arts especially odissi. Krishna, Love Re-invented explores the...
10 things about: Ramli Ibrahim, champion of Indian classical dance
GEORGE TOWN, May 17 — Dancer and choreographer Datuk Ramli Ibrahim needs no introduction. After all, he has been cultivating the art of Indian classical dance in Malaysia for the past three decades. Trained in classical ballet and modern dance, the 61-year-old is well...
Veteran photographer exhibits his black-and-white masterpieces from the ‘70s
BY PRIYA MENON Old is gold: A shot of a shaved ice stall and trishaws taken in Malacca. This photo is accompanied by a haiku that reads ‘Lunch Break, A cool dessert, Easing the spirit’. MANY Malaysians have only heard of the country’s natural beauty in the early days...
Homage in Black & White
Mahabharata : I have a role too
Mahabharata : I have a role too will be re-staged in Pune on the 8 May, 2015. Ramli Ibrahim will reprise his role as Yudhhishthira in this wonderful work of Shama Bhate which features other stars of Indian classical dance styles (Kuchipudi/Vyjayanthi Kashi; Mohini...
one hour with Larry Reed at ASWARA
Master Shadow Theatre and Director of Shadowlight.org (based in California, U.S.) gave Performing Arts students of ASWARA, (National Performing Arts Institution, Malaysia), a thoroughly engaging overview of the evolution of his contemporary Shadow Theatre. Larry Reed...
Artworks by three female artists express relationship between human and surroundings
BY VIJENTHI NAIR From their point of view: (From left) Poojitha, Christine and Vasanthi join hands to bring ‘Wonder, Stillness, Life Answered’. THREE female artists with a heart for humanity and nature express their take on the subject at an art exhibition at Sutra...
10 things about: Chaing YiLing, the hometown girl turned international soprano
BY OPALYN MOK A Penang girl who grew up on Armenian Street in the George Town Heritage Zone, Chaing YiLing never imagined that she would become an accomplished soprano when she first took singing lessons for fun. The 26-year-old had begged her parents to let her take...
Town & Country Magazine
Dancing with democracy
Transfigurations Performed by Sutra Dance Theatre Choreography by Rathimalar Govindarajoo and Kalpana Raghuraman KLPac Pentas 2, August 2012 As our nation experiences rumblings that may herald a major political quake, one of our major cultural institutions is quietly...
Evolving group choreographies in India
Deccan Chronicle | Sharon Lowen | April 14, 2015 Odissi dance performances by the Sutra dance group Mumbai: I’ve always been a bit of a contrarian, able to make an equally good case for one side of an issue after passionately espousing the other. I love to remind...