Akademi’s full scale symposium, Negotiating Natyam, held in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House, London, attracted a wide range of contributors and audience from the arena of South Asian dance both in the UK and world-wide. Drawing on performance, film, lecture-demonstrations and panel discussions, it celebrated and debated the classical dance form of Bharata Natyam from the past to the present day.
This one-day symposium embraced and explored the practice, performance and perception of Bharatanatyam. Negotiating Natyam brought together performance, film, presentations and discussion in a multi-media journey that took us from Bharatanatyam's multifarious origins to its contemporary manifestations.
