Music/Dance
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Jan- 2019 -9 January
Bird Bites: ‘Until the Lions’, Aashni bridal and beauty showcase, Freddie Mercury’s hidden Parsi roots, and ‘Approaching Empty’ play by Ishy Din
What’s coming up – tickets available to all… Until the Lions – Ching Ying Chien and Akram Khan by Jean…
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2 January
‘Vagabonds: My Phil Lynott Odyssey’: Robert Mountford to perform one-man tribute show at Vibe for Philo Festival
Personal stage tribute set for fest celebrating rock legend By Suman Bhuchar ACTOR Robert Mountford has been performing his one…
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Apr- 2018 -5 April
‘Easter Ragas’ – New British Asian classical music festival inspired by Beatles’ trip to India and encounter with Ravi Shankar…
British-born and raised artists dominate a three-day festival saluting the classical music connections between Britain and the sub-continent IN WHAT…
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Mar- 2018 -10 March
‘Back to the Blues’ Indian Carnatic legend Aruna Sairam to sing concert with Soumik Datta and explore Indian classical and jazz…
A line up not seen before… THERE is a considerable swell of anticipation and excitement about a concert that will…
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Feb- 2018 -16 February
#JeSuis’ (review) – Aakash Odedra’s first dance collective piece is stunning and unforgettable…. (European premiere)
A well-established soloist with a background both in Kathak and Bharatanatyam, Aakash Odedra has choreographed his first piece for his…
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14 February
‘#JeSuis’ – behind Aakash Odedra’s first full length work as a choreographer and tackling the forces of darkness. . .
Star soloist presents first complete choreography piece for others and talks about challenges and why personal stakes are high… HE…
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Jan- 2018 -27 January
Jaipur Literature Festival (#ZeeJLF) day 2: Drawing dots – filmmakers sizzle, crowds swoon – ‘Padmaavat’, Manto and even ‘Bandit Queen’ come under scanner, The Troth world premiere (review)
Directors Anurag Kashyap, Nandita Das, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui…are we in Cannes or at a book festival? WHETHER it was Bollywood,…
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25 January
‘The Troth’ – Indian First World War story turned into dance and imagined as silent film…
Classic short retold as dance with backdrop of real war footage… FOR THE FIRST time a British dance company has…
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12 January
‘Sigma’ – Bharatanatyam and juggling meet and have a ball…
Original, different and unusual, this dance show has already attracted a lot of plaudits… BHARATANATYAM and juggling might seem strange…
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May- 2014 -27 May
Alchemy dance: from darkness to liberation in Aditi Mangaldas
May 27 2014 Chitra Mogul reviews one of the dance performances at Alchemy, the festival of many things South Asian,…
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