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September 2025

GIA Magazine

Rooted in Indian aesthetics, we explore how art travels, how it is received by audiences and critics, and how it connects with wider international contexts through a multi-cultural lens.

Where the performance of culture meets the practice of reflection, and Indian arts and artists are represented on stages and at festivals worldwide.

We are a public-interest, non-commercial digital magazine and multimedia platform amplifying the voices of Indian and South Asian dance artists across the globe.

REVIEWS

Global &
US Performance

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A Review of Camille A. Brown’s I AM

A Bold Assertion of Selfhood and Determination by Anita Vallabh

Churchill: David Payne’s Commanding Stagecraft

At the Calderwood Pavilion on October 7, 2025, the stage is set with restraint and...

REVIEWS

South Asian
Performance

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Kalanidhi’s Resonance: Celebrating Kuchipudi’s Choreographic Voices

A Review by Anita Vallabh

Sonali Skandan’s Lessons From My Mothers

A Poignant Tapestry of Immigrant Life. Review By Aditi Dhruv

Kāvyam: The Poetry Within

Review by Anita Vallabh

Memory, Myth, and the Timeless Sita Within. A Review of Anita Ratnam’s A Million Sitas

Presented at the MAHAL Dance and Dialogue Festival, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, on October...

SYMBALLEIN: A Performance by Renjith Choorakkad & Vijna Vasudevan.

Aalaap’s Sthira: Navigating the Constant-Dynamic, October 15, 2025 at KG1 Studio, Chennai.

Grace and Gravitas

A review of Dr. Neena Prasad’s performance By Anita Vallabh Ph.D

Emotion and Illusion: A Review of Explorations and Yavanika

Explorations, by Anubhava Dance Company

Range, Inclusivity, and A Night of Energy, Grace, and Mixed Results

Indo-American Arts Council’s Erasing Borders Dance Festival, 2025

Features

A Young Innovator Shaping the Future of Dance

Anita Vallabh in conversation with Manya Yellepeddy

A Conversation with Dr. Neena Prasad

Sunanda Narayanan in conversation with Mohiniyattam artiste, Dr. Neena Prasad

From Medicine to Music: A Journey with the Veena

Seema Lala in Conversation with Dr. Lushen Govender — Johannesburg, 14 September 2025.

When Hypocrisy Becomes the Hyphen Between Thought, Word, and Action

This reflection has been on my mind for a while. As I prepare for GIA’s...

When Hypocrisy Becomes the Hyphen Between Thought, Word, and Action

This reflection has been on my mind for a while. As I prepare for GIA’s...

ANIKAYA Birds Intensive at Benin

Wendy Jehlen in conversation with Anita Vallabh

Dancing Interculturally

India has been the historic melting pot of centuries yet, forty-six years after Independence, the...

A Conversation with Dr. Neena Prasad

Sunanda Narayanan in conversation with Mohiniyattam artiste, Dr. Neena Prasad

A Young Innovator Shaping the Future of Dance

Anita Vallabh in conversation with Manya Yellepeddy

From Medicine to Music: A Journey with the Veena

Seema Lala in Conversation with Dr. Lushen Govender — Johannesburg, 14 September 2025.

You Are Your Desires

How An Ancient Indian wisdom template will help you tap into your desires and shape your destiny

Notion Press, Chennai

Hasta Mudrā-s

Hand Gestures of Indian Dance

Vedathek Publishing House, Bangalore

Abhinaya Darpanam

Mudrā-s: Single Hand Gestures

Vedathek Publishing House, Bangalore

Message in Movements

Abhinaya Darpanam, An Illustrated Translation

B.R. Rhythms, New Delhi

A Space for Performance,
Reflection, and Cultural Inquiry

Where voices from the Indian and South Asian dance world, both on stage and behind the scenes, are seen, heard, felt, and respected.

Celebrating Bhangra: A Cultural Journey

Episode: 2

In this episode of Sarang Arts for Social Justice, host Anita Vallabh and co-host Manasa...

Reflections with Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and Dr. Joshua George

Episode: 1

In this episode Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and Dr. Joshua George share the thought process behind...

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