Music/Dance

SXSW 2021: Madame Gandhi wins music video award at SXSW festival – a global star in waiting…

Harvard MBA graduate’s music video draws high praise from leading festival and another more established Indian American pop icon… A…

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SXSW 2021 – ‘Alone Together’ – music documentary on pop star Charli XCX reveals artistic process and creators say losing control helped…

World premiere of film on British pop star making album under lockdown… ONE OF THE FINAL SXSW major sessions involved…

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Akademi Dance Film Festival 2021: Artistic director Subathra Subramaniam tells us about this new initiative exploring lockdown, sexuality, motherhood, artistic practice and other topical subjects…

Dance company has commissioned new work and will be talking to Hetain Patel, winner of the prestigious Jarman Prize… ONE…

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Bird Bites: International Womens’ Day (listings March 7-); creative and professional women: festivals, theatre, talks, books and films…

We look at how UN International Womens Day on Monday March 8 is being marked… Women of the World (Wow)…

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Patricia Rozario, Naga Munchetty, Charlie XCX, Jameela Jamil and Tabu lead women’s success at the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Awards (Acta)…

A celebration of South Asian creative talent… SHE MIGHT not be a Dame in the official sense but Opera singer…

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Riz Ahmed – shortlisted for two major acting awards for film, ‘Sound of Metal’; Bafta longlists,chance to see online BFI ‘Mogul Mowgli’ and stage show, ‘The Long Goodbye’…

After the success of ‘Flee’ at Sundance, Wembley’s favourite son was back in the news… IT’S BEEN quite the week…

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Are you a really an ‘asianculturevulture’? Test your knowledge with our festive annual quiz 2020 – Answers page…

Do you know your Dev Patel from your Riz Ahmed? Or your Nitin Sawhney from your Anoushka Shankar? Read on…

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Our cultural highlights of 2020 – what are yours?

It’s been a strange and challenging year in many ways but many of us did find solace in arts and…

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Are you a really an ‘asianculturevulture’? Test your knowledge with our festive annual quiz 2020

Do you know your Dev Patel from your Riz Ahmed? Or your Nitin Sawhney from your Anoushka Shankar? Read on…

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Nitin Sawhney to curate ‘Journeys – 150 years of Immigration’ festival for Royal Albert Hall 150th birthday anniversary celebrations

Star has also been commissioned to compose oratorio (a musical narrative) recognising milestone and will showcase the best of diversity…

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