Current Projects
Classically Yours - Indian Classical Music and Dance with a twist. Traditional dance, traditional music , contemporary choreography designed for the 21st century. Read more...
Bhrama Vishnu Siva - Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali with its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he was the first non-European and the only Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Read more...
Dancing the Ramayana - The Ramayana is an epic story, a cultural masterpiece which has greatly influenced art and culture in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia. Read more...
Aakrisht - A high energy and virtuosic dance and music collaboration by the next generation of artists. Read more...
Sacred Beats of Benares - Sanju Sahai, one of the most accomplished Tabla players in the world takes you on a journey to the banks of the River Ganges in Benares. Read more...
Raga Jazz - The opening of the Global Rhythms series promises a rich fusion of contemporary and traditional sounds, global percussive styles, raga melodies. Read more...
Bach to Benares Expect the unexpected in the second of our Global Rhythms events devised by tabla maestro Sanju Sahai. Read more...
Ancient Future Ancient Future is the journey and connection of the past and present - the richness of a cross cultural musical history presented in a modern way.Read more...
Jaymini & Sanju...
Sanju Sahai (also known as Vishnu Sahai) , is currently one of the finest and most sought after Tabla players of his generation. Belonging to the Benares Gharana (lineage) and being the 6th generation of Tabla players in the lineage, he began playing at an early age. See more...Jaymini Sahai is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the new generation of UK based South Asian dance artists. She began her Kathak training in the UK in 1983 at the tender age of 6. See more...
Kathak...
Kathak is the major classical dance form from the northern part of India. The word Kathak stems from the Sanskrit word meaning to tell a story. This dance form traces its origins to the the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars, or story tellers. See more...Classical Music...
Indian classical music is categorized under two genres. These are Hindustani and Carnatic. Broadly speaking, Carnatic music developed in the south of the country, while Hindustani is indigenous to the north.Hindustani music is based on the raga system. A raga is a melodic scale, consisting of notes from the basic seven known as sa, re, ga, ma pa, dha, and ni. See more...