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From Janpath Road in the centre of Delhi, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts appears almost deserted. I’m at the wrong gate, but the security guard manning it lets me slide through anyway and points me in the
On the edge of Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas, lies an overgrown ashram reminiscent of the great ruins of the Mayans. Fifty years ago this year, the Beatles arrived at this unlikely location at the invitation of the
In the dying days of February, an audience gathered in the foyer of the Phu Sa Lab performing-arts space in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District. Representatives from the American embassy and other members of the diplomatic corps rubbed shoulders with activists,
Mai Khoi Do Nguyen has long been described as Vietnam’s Lady Gaga. In more recent years, as her political activism has come to the fore, her expressions of rude dissent, she has also been compared to Russia’s infamous protest band,
Like most professional musicians, Natsuko Yoshimoto has a story to tell about how she came across her instrument, a story characterised, as most are, by a healthy dose of serendipity. “I’ve had it for 13 years,” she says of her 258-year-old
There is, I will admit, a certain quality of movement to the dancers one cannot but find compelling. There is their weight, of course, their sheer solidity, and the manner in which it brings them to earth with an inevitability