Wednesday Wisdom
Aharyabhinaya in Odissi
#WednesdayWisdom | Akademi’s latest blog bringing pearls of wisdom from South Asian dance. This week, Odissi dancer Pallavi Basak Vijay illustrates the meaning and background of the style’s ornamentation, hair-style and costumes.
Introduction to Kalarippayattu
#WednesdayWisdom | Akademi’s latest blog bringing pearls of wisdom from South Asian dance. This week, Bharatanatyam artist Geetha Sridhar shares her knowledge on the use of mudras in the ancient martial art technique Kalarippayattu.
Mudras in Yoga
#WednesdayWisdom | Akademi’s latest blog bringing pearls of wisdom from South Asian dance. This week, dance artist Ashwini Kalsekar introduces us to some of the most important mudras in yoga.
Hasta in Manipuri – Part 2
#WednesdayWisdom | Akademi’s latest blog bringing pearls of wisdom from South Asian dance. This week we share part 2 of our series on hasta in Manipuri with dance artist Debanjali Biswas.
Hasta in Manipuri – Part 1
#WednesdayWisdom | Akademi’s latest blog bringing pearls of wisdom from South Asian dance. This week we share part 1 of our series on hasta in Manipuri with dance artist Debanjali Biswas.
Distinct single-handed hasta from the Bharatarnava
#WednesdayWisdom | Artist Suhani Dhanki Mody explores the distinct hasta from this Sanskrit text on ‘Nartana’.