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Documentary (2011) Stirring the Culture Couldron of the Indian Ocean:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xn-3wnfTaw Ramli Ibrahim, founder of Sutra Foundation, shares the ethos behind Sutra’s trans-cultural performances focussing on Odissi. This is a succinct documentary narrated by Sutra dancer Shantona Bag on Ramli Ibrahim and Sutra’s...

Creating New Audiences for Dance – A forum by Shantha Ratii Initiative SRI

Sunday, 28 February 2021 5pm Kuala Lumpur/Singapore2.30pm India9am London12pm Moscow8pm Sydney(75 mins duration) YouTube Livestreamhttps://youtu.be/153fn1jEbFQ How can we get more bums on seats, more eyeballs on our screens?Expanding audience numbers for artforms...

Harenthiran Pulingam, Principal Dancer of Sutra Foundation performs for ‘Oh, Odissi! One-World’ Episode 4

Dear friends, Sutra principal dancer Harenthiran Pulingam performs for the Oh, Odissi! One-World online festival presented by Siddhartha Nayak, Houston-based Odissi Academy. Harenthiran performs two compositions of different qualities (tandav & lasya) of Guru...

Malaysia’s Doyen of Dance – Datuk Ramli Ibrahim live on Bernama TV

Dear friends, Watch Datuk Ramli Ibrahim in an online interview by Bernama TV speaking about arts in times of difficulty! Video link:

Suryastaka by Geethika Sree, Principal Dancer of Sutra Foundation

Hi Everyone, Recently Sutra principal dancer, Geethika Sree was invited by Guru Smt Aloka Kanungo (Founder/Director of Kolkata-based Shinjan Nrityalaya) to perform Odissi at their second season of the Odissi Young Dancers Festival. Sutra videographer, Jayaselan...

Happy Chinese New Year

The solstice winter whistles away as it ushers the new moon, building a vortex of hope during the festivity. A wishful state caresses amidst the tumult of crackers and reverberating cymbals. As we hope for that light at the end of the tunnel there is a need to...

Arousing the Body, an Exhibition of drawings by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim

Dear Friends, To say that Ramli Ibrahim has always been fascinated by the body would have been an understatement. However, not many would know that Ramli has always drawn since he was very young. For the last 4 decades as a dancer, teacher and choreographer, Ramli has...

Remembering Dr Sunil Kothari

Sutra Foundation was privileged to be part of a compelling tribute to art historian and dance critic, the late Dr Sunil Kothari, presented live at Natarani Theatre of Darpana, Ahmedabad on 21 Jan, 2021. It was hosted by well known actor, dancer and activist Mallika...