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Pulseasian music and dance The World’s First Audio Magazine INSIDE Listener’s Guide Rāga in popular music In The Frame Dance in Sufi: Zen Reviews Malavika Sarukkai, Aakash DrawingTwo artists one passion Odedra, Sanjukta Sinha, Seeta Patel, Kamala Devam, Hetain Patel, Chandralekha Group, Beeja, Manganiyar Sonia Sabri Musicians, Sunil Kant Kathak innovator Gupta/Jyotsna Srikanth, AR Rahman, Soumik Datta/ Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain/Ranjit Barot/Sabir Piali Ray Khan, Ravi Shankar Premier Promoter Summer 2010 - Issue 109 Geetanjali Lal £7.50 | $15 | €9.50 In Conversation Celebrating sound in print www.pulseconnects.com kadam connecting asian dance and music communities April / May (Preview) Southbank Centre: www.southbankcentre.co.uk presents Lakes Alive: www.lakesalive.org June Greenwich + Docklands International Festival: www.festival.org London performances in collaboration with Red Earth: www.redearth.co.uk July Winchester Hat Fair: www.hatfair.co.uk Milton Keynes International Festival: www.ifmiltonkeynes.org Stockton International River Festival: www.sirf.co.uk September Mintfest: www.lakesalive.org Bristol Do: www.thebristoldo.com Sufi:Zen Akademi Hampstead Town Hall An intimate 213 Haverstock Hill dance experience London NW3 4QP that unites T 020 7691 3210 F 020 7691 3211 E [email protected] the stillness of Zen meditation www.akademi.co.uk www.tinyurl.com/sufizen with the www.southasiandance.org.uk rapturous Sufi:Zen commissioned by Without Walls and motion of Lakes Alive, supported by Lanternhouse and Sufi dervishes Southbank Centre Unlocking Creativity 3 —releasing your inner voice A four day residential Hari – outrageous, brilliant, provocative, makes creative mischief Rama – refi ned, commanding, innovation in tradition course in choreography Eva – incisive, questioning, intellectual but playful Gauri – vibrant, intense, embracing the big picture 22nd July to 25th July2010 Arun – cutting edge, cool Prathap - intricate, abandon UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3JA Jesse – soulful, upbeat 5 reasons to be there Course Fees £250 Non-Residential / £350 Residential —experienced and visionary choreographers to inspire and guide you 4 nights accommodation with evening meal). —high calibre musicians with fl air for dance collaboration —dedicated focus on realising your creative desires For more information and bookings —confi dence to take the plunge in a supportive yet critical environment Katie 01582 876 038/ [email protected] —connect with fellow dancers in a hive of creative activity kadam connects asian dance and music communities advert_unlockingCreativity3_halfpage.indd 1 4/6/10 18:42:22 Start your Pen! Activate your TalkingPEN with Issue 109 by touching the play symbol with your PEN Contents Upfront 17 Young Pulse Hiten Mistry who gave his 2 Editorial and Letters arangetram recently is 3 News interviewed by Kavya Kaushik. 4 Listings 18 Piali Ray Features The director of sampad shares her experiences of setting up Dance art synergy 6 Dance in Drawing one of UK’s most dynamic 6 Two artists who capture movement Isabel Putinja gets an insight South Asian art’s agencies. into the inspirations and technicalities of drawing Reviews movement with visual artists Subodh Poddar and Noelle Dance Williamson. 20 Ganga Nitya Vaahini (Malavika Sarukkai) 9 Listener’s Guide Triple Bill (Aakash Odedra/ In the concluding chapter of Sanjukta Sinha, Seeta Patel/ the eight-part series Dharambir Kamala Devam, Hetain Patel) and Surmeet Singh take a look at how raga is influencing 21 Sharira (Chandralekha Group) popular music. From the Heart (Beeja) Sonia Sabri 10 Geetanjali Lal 10 Taking kathak forward Abhay Shankar Mishra talks Music to the Queen of the Jaipur 22 Manganiyar Seduction Gharana. (Manganiyar Musicians) Darbar Festival (Sunil Kant 12 In the Frame Gupta/Jyotsna Srikanth) Akademi’s Sufi:Zen production captured by the lens of Simon 23 Music of AR Rahman (London Richardson at London’s Philharmonic Orchestra with Southbank Centre. guest artists) Darbar Festival (Soumik Datta/ 14 Sonia Sabri Shiv Kumar Sharma) Shezad Kahlil talks to the dancer who is pushing the 24 Shraddanjali (Zakir Hussain, boundaries of the form with Ranjit Barot,Sabir Khan) every new production. Nine Decades Volume 1 (Ravi Shankar) Sufi:Zen 17 Dance in the great outdoors Cover Photo - Terence Lewis, contemporary/Bollywood image by Subodh Poddar This Page - Photos: 1 - Kali Chandrasegaram, Sangeeta Ghosh, Sonia Sabri by Noelle Williamson / 2 - Sonia Sabri | Photo: Simon Richardson / 3 - Sufi: Zen | Photo: Simon Richardson asian music and dance Published by Kadam Asian Dance and Music Annual subscription £30 with free delivery. c/o The Hat Factory, 65-67 Bute Street, Luton, LU1 2EY Pulse TalkingPEN is priced at £14 with free delivery. +44 (0) 1582 876 038 Cheques payable to Kadam, c/o The Hat Factory, 65-67 Bute Street, Luton LU1 2EY. Editorial Team For online subscriptions and payments please visit Pulse Sanjeevini Dutta Commissioning Editor www.pulseconnects.com Summer 2010 * Issue no 109 S Ryan and J Harrison Assistants ISSN 1476-6019 Disclaimer Subscriptions & Advertising Pulse is published by Kadam Asian Dance and Music. 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Pandit Ravi Shankar has been edging towards the creation of a symphony for decades: first Dear Readers came his virtuosic duets for sitar and violin written for We have come to expect a high standard of Photo: Rachel Cherry performance with Yehudi photographs as descriptors of dance, and these Menuhin, then the two remain our principal tool in remembering thematically accomplished and connecting with dance. A less common Line between earthly and Concertos for Sitar and media is drawing and painting. Sometimes Orchestra. Now in the year the reduction of dance movement to a few spiritual of his 90th birthday, a fully- essential lines gives a more intense experience Vertical Road, the latest contemporary ensemble fledged symphony composed than detailed representation. The minimalism piece from Akram Khan Dance Company by Panditji will be unveiled at of Subodh Poddar’s calligraphic approach premiers at The Curve in Leicester on 16th the Royal Festival Hall on 1 July (cover), gives an interesting contrast to Noelle September, followed by premiers in Germany 2010. The new composition Williamson’s freehand runny line (p.8) which and London’s Sadler’s Wells. Based on the will be played by the London can incorporate ink blobs that add to form and universal myth of angels, which exists across Symphony Orchestra (with texture. cultures, the dancers too are drawn from a wide Anoushka Shankar on sitar), Both artists are attracted to dance of all geographic area including North Africa and the in a programme that will styles: Western and Indian, classical and Middle East. also feature Philip Glass’s contemporary. They do not make a distinction The Khan-Sawhney collaboration continues Violin Concerto No. 1 and – perhaps rather than the outward form, in Vertical Road, with producer Farooq Adam’s Shaker Loops. The they are capturing the flow of energy. As Ash Chaudhry lining up an impressive list of co- event is awaited with great Mukherjee put so succinctly in his interview producing houses and the Abu Dhabi Authority excitement by music lovers of (issue 108), “The only thing really pure about for Culture and Heritage. all persuasions. dance is energy.” The Company will be in residence developing the We wish Ravi Shankar The First Lady of kathak dance, Kumudini production, at Jerwood House, DanceEast in July, many happy returns on his Lakhia, recipient of the 2010 Padma Shri award, and in August at the Curve in Leicester. CICD taking 90th birthday. is captured in a cameo by Williamson. It’s a advantage of this wonderful opportunity, have FREE 1st July 6.15pm– rare treat as Kumudiniji gave up the stage to arranged a kathak workshop with Akram Khan on 6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall An develop the form. Today she is hailed for her Sunday 8th August at the Curve Theatre. For further introduction to the music of contemporary approach to choreography information contact CICD on 0116 2552862 Ravi Shankar. and producing a new generation of artists like Daksha Seth and Aditi Mangaldas. Picasso-like she continues to re-invent herself (p.20). In the week of the Naad Festival of Kathak (12–13 June, Bhavan, London), we have an interview with Sonia Sabri, one of the UK’s most original interpreters of this form. She has absorbed the grace and finesse of her Guru Nahid Siddiqui and has continued to learn with prominent teachers and choreographers. She mentions Geetanjali Lal (p.10). A magnificent photograph taken by Avinash Pasricha shows Geetanjaliji in the glory and dignity of her age. Multiple images Kumudini Lakhia by Noelle Williamson Lastly, we celebrate the re-opening of the much-loved mac, home to sampad and its Director Piali Ray. An exhibition tracing the Pulse salutes Kumudini Lakhia 21st Century space image courtesy mac history of sampad over the last twenty years runs at mac until the end of August. A trip down Kathak exponent Kumudini Lakhia was to see the exhibition and enjoy the park will honoured with a Padma Bhushan conferred by A twenty-first- make a great summer outing.