Introducing Asit Ghosh
Obhi and I have already introduced our two guest singers for The Story of Gitanjali: Manini and Sayan. Now I am introducing another of our artistes: Asit Ghosh (Pintu). He will
Introducing Manini Mukhopadhyay
Obhi has already introduced one of our two guest singers for The Story of Gitanjali – Sayan Bandyopadhyay. Now it is time for me to introduce the other: Manini Mukhopadhyay. I
Practical arrangements
Whenever I have had to travel for a performance, someone else has taken care of the travel and accommodation arrangements for us. As a result, I have had a lot
Getting ready for the premiere … and Indian dance vs sport?
Today, I placed the print order for the final version of the poster I introduced in my previous post. Obhi and our designer, Debangana Banerjee, thought that my name should
A poster for the premiere of Chitrangada
Here is the latest version of the poster for the charity gala premiere of Chitrangada in Brussels on Sunday, 23 September. It was designed by Obhi with advice from Debangana Banerjee, who
Translating Chitrangada into different languages
In my previous post, I included the English trailer for Chitrangada. Here is the Spanish version of it: And here is the French version: For Shyama, the first film we made
Introducing Chitrangada to a global audience
First of all, let me introduce this 36-second introductory trailer for our film version of Chitrangada, which was designed by our friend Enrique Nicanor and Obhi: As you’ll see, the trailer
In the meanwhile …
It has been a long time since my last post! In the meanwhile, I performed the role of Shyama in a production in India, I performed Shyama in Egypt with my team from Santiniketan
Expressionist dance
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Timelike dew on the tip of a leaf. Rabindranath Tagore, 1915 (from The Gardener – poem 45) When I was a child
Dance – a dynamic sculpture
Poupée (Tagore’s adopted grand-daughter, aged 2.5) tries to speak to me with the whole of her body. Meeting me on the boat, she expressed her delight in the form of
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