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Festival Featuring Ancient Indian Dance Forms Evolving With The Indian Diaspora
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, September 23, 2006: A 10-day festival featuring Indian dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi and Chhau started on September 22 at the Harbourfront. "Troupes from India, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., as well as Canada, will present dance based on modern interpretations of the Indian epics or blend traditional Indian styles with Western or African dance forms. Indians who have settled all over the world have adapted traditional dance styles to the cultures where they live. A dance troupe from South Africa will present a fusion of Bharatanatyam with Zulu dance at the festival, while a British group will perform Bharatanatyam paired with ballet, " the news release explains. Sudha Khandwani, the festival's artistic director, says, "We wanted to showcase the current evolution in Indian dance as it has travelled outside of India and taken root with the diaspora in other places and cultures. Dance does help to pass on the culture, because of all our art forms it is highly narrative and tells stories of the Hindu epics, so children can learn the culture through dance. But there is also tremendous visual beauty in these dance forms." Rasesh Thakkar, the festival's co-producer and brother to Khandwani, adds, "The source is still the great epics, but from a contemporary point of view reflecting contemporary sensibilities and issues. People of Indian origin who are born and raised out of India straddle two cultures in their lives, and it is quite expected that in their artistic expression also they would blend dance forms. The human body is the common heritage of all dance forms, though different dance styles use it differently. Indian dance styles are very firmly rooted on the ground, while ballet is more airborne." In summary the article says, "The festival also presents workshops and talks by international scholars and critics, examining issues such as how to remain true to tradition while giving full scope to creativity."... More

Choreographer Presents World Music In Bhangra Fever - Houston Chronicle
Choreographer presents world music in Bhangra FeverHouston Chronicle, TX - 7 hours agoChoreographer Donald Byrd recently became fascinated with Indian music not the ancient kind, but the pounding rhythms of Indian dance clubs. ...... More

Memories Of Russia And Indian Dance Remain As Journey Ends - Playfuls.com

Sharmistha Mukherjee, the dancer, remembers how she became our inadvertent cultural ambassador as she shared dance steps with young Russian girls learning

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The College I Attend Has Just The Right Number Of Indian Dance Groups - The Onion (satire)

While any old school can boast of their Indian dance groups, few can say they have the perfect number of them. Well, this one can.

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Trinidadian Dancer Receives Grant
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, November 15, 2006 -- Noted Trinidadian Kathak dancer, Satnarine Balkaransingh, has received a Government of India Orientation Grant to research the changing "dynamics of some major festivals and rituals brought here by East Indian ancestors and their counterparts in India." His journey will take him to Benares for research on Dussehra, Divali and Siva Ratri. Balkaransingh will proceed to Mathura Brindavan for Holi, South India, in particular French Pondicherry from where many people now living in Martinique and Guadeloupe originated. His last stops will be Goa and concluding in Lucknow. According to Terrence de Souza, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation, Balkaransingh's grant provides an opportunity for experts in their own fields to go to India to do research on topics related to Trinidad and Tobago. Balkarainsgh studied the Kathak style dance under Guru Smt. Reba Vidyarthi and Kathak Guru Birju Maharaj on an Indian Council for Cultural Relations scholarship to pursue courses in music and dance, specializing in Indian dance. He and his wife, Mondira, founded the Nrityanjali Theatre, a non-profit organization for Indo-Caribbean arts and culture.... More

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