The News & Advance1d
Visiting international professor brings Sri Lankan dance to Randolph
Randolph College’s Quillian Visiting International Scholar Sudesh Mantillake’s leads “Movement Rhizome: Quillian ...
The Sunday Times12y
When the sensuous and the energetic braided as one
The one, Odissi is lyrical, sensuous, fluid and completely feminine, while Kandyan Dance, the upcountry tradition of Sri Lanka is dynamic, unhesitatingly, and uncompromisingly masculine. Odissi uses ...
Wall Street Journal6y
A Rite of Passage for Kandyan Dancers
The National Women’s Dance Troupe of Sri Lanka practices for their performance of an extremely rare Pahim Path Mangalya dance on Aug. 9. Photo: Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal ...
The Sunday Times3d
New York City Council celebrates Sri Lanka’s Independence Day
The New York City Council celebrated Sri Lanka’s Independence Day, just ahead of February 4, in its Council Chambers, in the presence of a gathering of Lankans and Lankan-Americans.
The Daily Mirror9d
Kandyan Convention, Buddhism, Brownrigg and Soulbury Reforms
The Kandyan Convention, an agreement between the British Colonial rulers and Kandyan chiefs, was signed in 1815. It annexed the Kingdom of Kandy to the British Empire, giving Britain full control ...
Goethe2y
Choreography Camp 2021
This year's edition of the Choreography Camp, supported by the Goethe-Institut, happened in Colombo at Villa Natanda and focused on an interdisciplinary approach to dance and performance making. With ...