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When Nandini Menon took Bharatanatyam into the Dreamtime

Anu Shivaram -
  A steady current of energy radiated from the artist, captivating the audience and charging the auditorium with intensity. True to her chosen theme of...

Vir Das: The light and darkness of Fool Volume

Sruthi Sajeev -
  Vir Das may be labelled a comic, but, much like his jokes, there’s more under the surface. His latest special Fool Volume attests to...

Janaki Rangarajan honours Andal in Amuktamalyada

Chitra Sudarshan -
  Amuktamalyada is an epic poem in Telugu written by the great Vijayanagar emperor Krishna Deva Raya in the sixteenth century. A great warrior, polyglot...

Mask & Muses: Prekshaa Art’s weekend of theatre

Anu Shivaram -
  Sydney theatre company Prekshaa Art and Culture recently presented Mask & Muses, a theatre festival held over a weekend. A remarkable celebration of artistic unity, the...

Dr Chandrabhanu on Bharatam Reprise: revisiting a legacy

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Distilling over forty years of pioneering work into one three-hour long performance is no easy feat when you’ve as celebrated an oeuvre as the...

Sringaram – Tales of Love: A captivating ode to love

Shampa Bhattacharya Bruweleit -
  As a committed artist-activist, dancer Swaroopa Prameela Unni inevitably brings elements of her advocacy into her performances. At the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2025 earlier this...

It’s melody as well as community at Keerthana Music School

Chitra Sudarshan -
  Uthra Vijayaraghavan’s Keerthana Music School celebrated its 20th anniversary recently. At a special event held at Melbourne's South Oakleigh Secondary College in late May, students...

Suresh and Shobana: Seven Notes of the Noted

Sumathi Krishnan -
  With expertise in Bharatanatyam, nattuvangam, and choreography spanning over three decades, Suresh and Shobana have made a significant impact on the classical arts scene...

Simran Sunil Vudayagiri: Nritya Archana

Sydney Srinivas -
  Dancer Simran Sunil Vudayagiri, in her role as one of the Ashta Nayikas (Eight Archetypal Heroines), is longing for her lover, perhaps Krishna. She adorns...

Melbourne Comedy Festival, bringing the desi swag

Khushee Gupta -
  The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is in full swing, and this year, something exciting is happening - South Asian comedians are taking the spotlight...

Sindhu Nair, WA’s Multicultural Artist of the Year 2025

Sumathi Krishnan -
  Perth-based dancer and teacher Sindhu Nair has won the Artist of the Year award at the Western Australian Multicultural Awards this year. It is the...

‘Cry of the Hour’ at Adelaide Fringe: Abhaya activism continues

Nilanjana Sarker -
  The horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital in August 2024 shocked the world. The widespread activism in...
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