Travel Diaries
Travel Diaries Little Angels in Paris Just as we celebrate our founder, Neila Sathyalingam’s birth anniversary, we travel back in time to share a travel nugget from Little Angels, a multi-ethnic ensemble she co-founded. The Singapore Multi-Ethnic Ensemble Little Angels was formed in 1985 by three prominent dance teachers. Neila Satyalingam, Som Said and Yan ... Read more
Mar 11, 2022
Read More >The France Tour
The France Tour A detailed report of Apsaras Arts tour to France Over the years, France, as a country, has emerged as a hub for the performing arts and is an important destination in the international touring calendar of Apsaras Arts. We, at Apsaras Arts, have had the privilege of visiting France with our work ... Read more
Jan 13, 2022
Read More >Memories of an Odissi-dancer-to-watch from the International Dance Festival at Bengaluru
Memories of an Odissi-dancer-to-watch from the International Dance Festival at Bengaluru By Soumee De Early on a chilly January morning, when I landed from sunny Singapore at the Bengaluru airport, I was both anxious and excited to be represent Singapore at the International Dance festival, hosted by World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific, Karnataka chapter at ... Read more
Dec 6, 2021
Read More >NAVADISHA 2016
NAVADISHA 2016 An opportunity to network with the Indian Dance Fraternity from the Northern Hemisphere By Aravinth Kumarasamy For the past two decades and more, I have been attending the Natya Kala Conference in Chennai, and a few other such international dance conferences in India and Singapore, in addition to the many ASEAN conferences in ... Read more
Jul 31, 2021
Read More >Remembering Rukmini Devi Festival 2020
Remembering Rukmini Devi Festival 2020 By Vidhya Nair The annual Remembering Rukmini Devi Festival is held in the last week of February-early March to coincide with Smt Rukmini Devi’s birth anniversary which is February 29th. I was privileged to attend the festival in 2020 [ my last trip overseas before the pandemic hit!]. The ambience ... Read more
Jun 30, 2021
Read More >A dance tribute by one thousand Bharatnatyam dancers to the Lord of Dance
A dance tribute by one thousand Bharatnatyam dancers to the Lord of Dance By Loganayagi Govindarajan Back in 2010 , Apsaras Arts was invited to participate in the celebration of Thanjavur Big Temple (Periya Kovil) for turning 1000 years old. The temple was called The Brihadeeswara temple in the town of Thanjavur, southwest of Chennai. ... Read more
May 31, 2021
Read More >Memories from Durban
Durban Trip This month, Vijaya Nadesan, Academy Principal shares memories from 2002 of a trip to Durban by seven members of the Apsaras Dance Company led by co-founder Neila Sathyalingam. “The first stop was the wide stretch of the beautiful beach. We had a wonderful time strolling along the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. ... Read more
Apr 30, 2021
Read More >Touring to India with “Alapadma”
By Kshirja Govind “No matter what, as dancers, we should all bond well and become a cohesive unit to bounce energy off each other. This simple advice went on to become the unofficial motto of our India trip. The energy we were bouncing of each other between dancers, between the dancers and the musicians, and ... Read more
Jan 25, 2021
Read More >Experiences from New York Kathak Festival
By Shivangi Dake Robert In December 2018, I got to know about the New York Kathak Festival. They were accepting applications from Kathak artists around the world and I sent in my application. In Jan 2019, I received a reply from the team which said “We enjoyed reviewing your application and are excited to share that ... Read more
Dec 30, 2020
Read More >The Tour to Sri Lanka, which meant so much for Neila Mami
The Tour to Sri Lanka, which meant so much for Neila Mami By Yashvini Raveendra “All of the dancers and the rest of the team made a vow. A vow to make Neila Maami proud and show people the talents that has been produced by Apsaras Arts. We do know for a fact that even ... Read more