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Akram Khan, modern dancer, draws in a big way from traditional dances
Akram Khan is an internationally renowned dancer who performed at the opening ceremony of London Olympics. Listening to him at G5 A theatre last evening one realised he is such a good thinker. This is probably because he has imbibed multiple traditions, influences, he is trained rigorously in Kathak and Bharata Natyam and is now mainly a modern dance performer, there is the Sufi influence, he is born and brought up in London of Bangladeshi immigrants and he has a deep sense of empathy. As a boy he experienced racism during the days of the British Nationalist party. All this has given him a wide perspective.
He was also in Peter Brook’s famous theatre presentation Mahabharata and toured different parts of the world with the troupe since the age of 13. His reference to Brook’s famous book Empty Space appealed to me more as I cherish that book for its insights into theatre.
As Anuradha Parikh, artistic director of G 5 A and architect, said in interaction with him, she saw Akram Khan 20 years ago at the NCPA innovatively using space.
Akram Khan said Indian classical music was also great in terms of its use of space, it could give us such a wonderful experience using little space.
He said he found the Guru
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Sitara Devi
Indian dancer and actress (1920–2014)
Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and abroad; including the Royal Albert Hall, London (1967) and at the Carnegie Hall, New York (1976).[2]
At a young age Devi met Rabindranath Tagore. He out of affection described her as Nritya Samragni ( नृत्य सम्राज्ञी ), meaning the empress of dance, after watching her performance when she was just sixteen years old.[3] Some people consider her as the Kathak queen.[4]
Early life and background
[edit]Sitara Devi was born in Kolkata (then Calcutta) on 8 November 1920, that coincided in that year with the festival of Dhanteras, the eve of the Indian festival of Deepavali.[5] She was named Dhanlakshmi, in honour of the goddess of good fortune who is worshiped on that day.[1][6]
Devi's paternal family was of Brahmin heritage and from the city of Varanasi, but had settled in Kolkata for many years. Her father, Sukhdev Maharaj, was a Brahmin gentleman and a Vaishanavite scholar of Sanskrit, and e
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