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"a milestone moment for kathak….has moved the form forward ... extraordinary dancer who has important things to say”. Pulse Editorial ________ Again, we enter a period where ‘migrants’ ‘foreigners’ ‘refugees’ are words tarnished ‘dirty’ and ‘negative’ by the media and harboured by politicians for political

Storyland Festival 14

Hounslow basked once again in stories as StoryLand Festival returned with the second south Asian storytelling Festival. Once again StoryLand brought UK’s foremost storytellers to Hounslow such as – Peter Chand, Roop Singh, Vayu Naidu Co, Rez Kabir, Seema Anand and Tell Tale as well

SEENUNSEEN

The women’s centre Co-ordinator was a bit sceptical about workshops on the subject of Yerma … “ Women these days have a lot of choices, they can walk away, they can do this, that… so not sure this subject would work”.  Immediately after the workshop,

THE MAKING OF KARNA

The war fought in the Mahabharata was not just down to Arjun, but his brother, Karan. Abhay Mishra Shankar, the kathak artist in residence at the Bhavan (London), explores the little known hero in this piece using pure kathak. This dance piece is based on

The Wizard of the Moon

When the Wizard shows off his new rocket to his family, it accidentally takes off to the Moon with his mother in it. He and the children are in a race against time to rescue her so she can keep her appointment at the hairdresser.

People Who Live in The Skies

Once upon a time, not too long ago, there lived people in the skies…where they built their houses, roads, shops, schools, train and police stations… But one day a fierce wind blew that made them look down to the ground…. and what they found was