Playing the Parai a traditional Indian percussion instrument popular in the South of India, was once stigmatised, relegated to communities considered “untouchable” in the caste hierarchy. Adavi Arts Collective, a popular Bengaluru-based troupe that has been breaking barriers with the instrument and introducing it to the metropolitan cities, is back with its new performance piece titled ParaiAattam: Our Celebration, Our …
This week we enter December and I can’t even comprehend how the year flew by. ‘Sonia Romero: Taken Root’ “Taken Root” at Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery in Westchester celebrates Sonia Romero’s contributions to the Los Angeles art landscape as the creator of permanent public artwork in the city. Debbie Allen Dance Academy’s “ Hot Chocolate Nutcracker ” at …
