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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · 8d

Darkness and light in our highlights
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Anniversary celebrations Milap #40 and Darbar - Indian Classical Music at #20; #diwali; and illuminating explorations of dark histories Shobana Jeyasingh Dance #wecaliban The Singh Twins Kew Gardens #floraindica

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · 15d

Human experience, and humanity above all.
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#astitva #queersouthasian
#fatherhood
#nartanfestival
#roshni #kathak
#bn #bharatanatyam
#globalhindutva #edwardanderson
#karlsingporewala #zoroastrianism @SoasGallery
#humanity

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · 22d

Stories, histories, drama.

Check out our newsletter highlights tinyurl.com/Highlights-593

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Sep 12

Challenging and cutting-edge dance, a tabla wizard and a 100 strings – our highlights over the next couple of weeks tinyurl.com/Highlights-592
#wecaliban #thetempest #shakespeare #contemporarydance #indianclassicaldance #kalaripayattu
#kathak #bn
#sukhvindersingh
#sarangi #santoor

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Sep 8

‘… an alertness in the body and spirit that says, this moment is everything’

Bharatanatyam artist, ceramicist and performer #VidyaThirunarayan ‘Clay, cues and cardboard houses: A day in the double life of a Performer-director’ - tinyurl.com/Holy-Dirt

Photos: Robert Golden

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Sep 5

London, Leicester, Cardiff, Manchester- catch a show near you.
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#summerfestivals #autumnprogrammes
#thelostbreath
#utsav
#odissi #kuchipudi #kathak #bn #bharatanatyam
#sitar #ustadshujaatkhan
#indianslideguitar #sarangi
#iammrinal #pialiray
#movingstillness

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”

👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections

🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Aug 22

Segue from summer into September with outdoor free dance, musicians making waves, conversations and dance to make you think - our bank holiday double issue newsletter highlights
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@pagravdanceco @RWCMD

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jul 4

From the big names to the hidden gems - Pulse spotlights excellence wherever it is found.
Summer festivals - dance, music & film, student showcases, exhibition. #pulsehighlights
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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 30

‘The spinning bodies and swirling skirts mesmerised onlookers… the spraying of sand was matched to perfection by a gentle breeze that lifted the grains of sand.’
‘Garbh’ at the Richmond Arts & Ideas Festival Read Anita Chanda's response:
pulseconnects.com/garbh

pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 20

Midsummer music plus dance, exhibition and films to help you savour the season.
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Tanika Gupta @tanikagupta.bsky.social · Jun 12

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A Tupperware of Ashes | Official Trailer | National Theatre at Home

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 16

‘In India, dance is not merely performed; it is lived. It seeps into the body through ritual, mythology, familial memory, and collective inheritance.’
Pratiti Ghosh reflects on politics of performance in India and the UK.
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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 16

‘In India, dance is not merely performed; it is lived. It seeps into the body through ritual, mythology, familial memory, and collective inheritance.’
Pratiti Ghosh reflects on politics of performance in India and the UK.
tinyurl.com/PratitiGhoshbl…

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 13

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 10

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 10

'Her footwork was crisp, and her stage presence, magnetic.'
Annapoorna Kuppuswamys 'Arangetram: Reflections of a Dancer' poses the question:
'...do we want our art to remain the domain of a privileged few, or can we work to democratise it?'
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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 10

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‘Like an expanding crepe-paper ornament’: Serpentine unveils its first movable pavilion

Marina Tabassum has built emergency homes for the delta-dwellers of the Ganges using grass and bamboo. Her Serpentine pavilion – part tropical glasshouse, part 70s office block – is a chic, meditative...

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 6

From images on camera to images in stone - with live performances conjuring images on stage and in the mind - check out our highlights tinyurl.com/Highlights-582
#ankh #kathak #garbha #bn #bharatanatyam #images #qawwali

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ancient India: living traditions
British Museum London, until 25th October 2025
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‘…handsome, coherent… approachable and attractive… but not the whole story’
Our review of the exhibition - pulseconnects.com

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · May 27

Please join us for a performance by two outstanding odissi artists: Elena Catalano and Katie Ryan.
Drishti- The Gaze of the Beloved focuseson the power of the eyes to convey meaning and emotion both in storytelling and in non-narrative dance.

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · May 23

Half term, dance, theatre, festival, exhibition – all in our double issue newsletter tinyurl.com/Highlights-581
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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · May 22

Durga Tilak is a materials scientist interested in examining where art and science meet.

In her blog ‘On Metrics and the State of Being in Classical Dance’ she discusses and seeks equilibrium.
What are your thoughts?
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · May 19

I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · May 15

Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.

The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.

Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.

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pulseconnects.bsky.social @pulseconnects.bsky.social · May 16

‘..it is not the eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts in the chests that grow blind’
Let us see, hear and feel.
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