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All steps lead to Kalakshetra
Mumbai :: India | 3 months ago
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Rukmini Devi Arundale In the dappled shade of the big banyan tree, Kalakshetra students wait for the assembly to start. The bell rings at 8.30 a.m., and everybody rises: feet together, backs dancer-straight, and palms pressed in prayer. Seated on a
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In love with dance
Singapore :: Singapore | 7 months ago
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G ayatri Sriram enjoys every moment she practises and performs Bharatnatyam. I adore dance, I enjoy the process, says the graceful dancer. Gayatri, trained in the Kalakshetra tradition, was in the capital city to give her first ever performance in
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23 degrees of comfort, but at what cost?
Mumbai :: India | 9 months ago
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September 7, 2012 The Hindu Besant Arundale School in Kalakshetra, started by Rukmini Devi in 1973, is perhaps one of the very few schools in the city that can pull off an open classroom convincingly...Karunakaran Some children tend to catch a cold
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MADRAS 373 ?I?m a storyteller of the city?
Madras :: OR :: USA | 9 months ago
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Devika, Gandhian, educationist and promoter of traditional performing arts. Photo: Special Arrangement You will die of sweat, wailed my classmates at Maharani's College, Mysore, when I told them I was moving to Madras. There will be no Hindi movies,
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More battles ahead for Leela Samson
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
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The Hindu The first case against Leela Samson was filed by a group of 16 staff members File Photo A fresh round of a legal battle seems to be awaiting Kalakshetra Foundation director Leela Samson, who is currently touring the United States and Canada.
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Turning Kalakshetra to Kurukshetra
Chennai :: India | 11 months ago
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The internal squabbling in one of the country's older arts schools raises the larger question of how our state-funded cultural institutions need to be managed and administered. The State gets into the arts only to get the arts into a state. The
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A multifaceted legend
Mumbai :: India | 1 year ago
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Although she has not been around physically for several years now, her presence is still bold and striking in the world of dance and art. Even today, dance teachers mention her in their classes; dance historians study her life and art and the mention
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Turning Kalakshetra to Kurukshetra
Chennai :: India | 1 year ago
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The internal squabbling in one of the country's older arts schools raises the larger question of how our state-funded cultural institutions need to be managed and administered. The State gets into the arts only to get the arts into a state. The
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Case of missing the wood?
Mumbai :: India | 1 year ago
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Art and Kalakshetra seem to have taken a back seat with the focus on ousting an individual. The recent developments in Kalakshetra have saddened art lovers deeply, making one wonder if we as a people are capable of allowing art institutions to
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THE DIRT BENEATH THE CHARM
Chennai :: India | 1 year ago
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Srivathsan Leela Samson's resignation as the director of Kalakshetra has opened a can of worms...Srivathsan look at the murky side of Chennai's premier seat of the arts Various lobbies seem to be exerting pressure on the tranquil campus of
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