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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – Bharata Natyam & Beethoven – 5K

by Riccardo Barone “East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently at God’s great judgement seat.” (R. Kipling). In their show Shakti and VasantaMala demonstrated exactly the opposite. Who ever thought two different traditions/cultures could meet in such a perfect and joyful marriage? From …

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Adelaide Fringe – Macbeth’s Witches – The Garage International at NACC

Every now and again, the Adelaide Fringe provides something so unusual and so strange that it is almost impossible to review. Well, my new polarising bench-mark is Macbeth’s Witches, created and largely performed by the indomitable Shakti, who is joined by members of her VasantaMala Dance Company. The thing about this show, which purports to …

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