

Aditya Prakash: Music is critical
Photo courtesy of Soumya Bhattacharjee I think music is critical in these times. Not just music for entertainment, but music to help us become more introspective- Aditya Prakash Recently, The Park Hotels presented its ninth edition of The Park’s New Festival, Curated by Prakriti Foundation, this contemporary festival brings together a melting pot of talent for an unforgettable cultural medley. One of the major attractions of this festival was ‘THE COLLIDING WORLDS PROJECT’. I


Beyond words... dancing as story telling
Dr.Selçuk Goldere, Head of Dance department, Hacettepe University. He graduated as an actor from Theatre Department-Acting Maindivision of Ankara University. He has worked as a dancer and choreographer in between the years 2000 and 2009 in Ankara State Opera and Ballet-Modern Dance Department/MDT. He has taught some of the main theatre and dance courses like dramatic and epic acting, stage, physical acting skills, dance techiniques and choreography for contemporary dance at Ç


The Accordian: from Jazz to Baroque
Photo courtesy of Madanmohan Samanta Mirco Patarini was born in Spoleto (Italy) and in 1978, he began to study music at the CDMI (Italian Musical Didactic Centre). In 1980, he started to study the free bass accordion and in 1981 was judged first at the Italian pre-championship of Castelfidardo. He won numerous prizes and awards in Italy. In 1988, he began to collaborate with the firm “Farfisa-Bontempi” as musical adviser and here he started his evolution through the world of