Press release

Dear Friend,

I am writing to inform you about Akademi’s 25th Celebrations at the ICA and other exciting events taking place in May 2004.

AKADEMI – SOUTH ASAIN DANCE UK PRESENTS …

NO MAN'S LAND EXPLORING SOUTH ASIANNESS

Saturday 22 May 2004 10am - 4pm, ICA Cinema 1

Bookings: 020 7930 3647

'South Asianness': new nationality or convenient catch all? The term has achieved wide currency today - often for the sake of political expedience - but it is hotly disputed within the Diaspora as well as the regions themselves. Is 'South Asianness' a diverse and resilient state of being or just 'Indianness' in disguise? To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Akademi, in collaboration with the ICA, presents Sunil Khilnani (author of The Idea of India and a forthcoming biography of Nehru) in a one-day symposium examining the origin, development and relevance of the term to those living within the bounds of this pan-national label.

With Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (The Independent), Daud Ali (School of African Studies), Jeevan Deol (St John's College, Cambridge), Andrée Grau (Roehampton Institute), Shobana Jeyasingh (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company), Keith Khan (Moti Roti), Sanjoy Roy (The Guardian), Sanjay Sharma (University of East London), Pavan Varma (Nehru Centre), Parminder Vir (Carlton TV).

"We have something buried underground, but not yet excavated that ties us together" - (Sudha Koul 2002)
GAURI SHARMA TRIPATHI PRESENTS 'VYUHA'- A SQUARE CIRCLE

TUESDAY 4th MAY 2004


In her latest solo work, Gauri Sharma Tripathi explores the configurations of battle through a unique choreographic language that synthesises traditional Kathak with a new and dynamic dance vocabulary.

For tickets please call the South Bank ticket office on 08703 800 400 or book through www.rhf.org.uk

MALAVIKA SARUKKAI DANCES AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC

in

“KASI YATRA, A Journey of a Courtesan in Varanasi”

TUESDAY 4th MAY 2004

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7, 7pm Contact: Veronica Hall 020 7352 4336 raassociation@yahoo.co.uk

ANGIKA presents ‘BHAKTI’ at THE ROBIN HOWARD THEATRE, THE PLACE 6TH – 8TH MAY 2004

Box Office: 020 7387 0031 or www.theplace.org.uk

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Daredevas
By Gavin roebuck for The Stage

Akademi, the progressive South Asian dance organisation, introduce a new generation of British-based dancers in a rare display of Bharatanatyam, kathak, odissi and South Asian martial arts with a contemporary spin. The dancers all ably perform solos with a committed zeal.

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