Performance Art

How the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, now in its third edition, created an ecosystem for art in India

Twelve venues. 108 days. 97 artists. 31 countries. And more than half a million visitors expected. That’s the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 for you. The art extravaganza has gotten bigger, more ambitious in it third edition.

Performance politics: Not just a dance form, Lavani is a commentary on gender, caste, sex

Lavani has been represented problematically in most existing literature and cinema. To understand why, it might help to understand the politics that the dance associates itself with.