I was thrilled when Ranjana Dave, author of the Mahatandava blog, correspondent at The Asian Agenewspaper, and content coordinator for the Pad.ma online archive, interviewed me for an article she was writing on how the internet has changed access to rare dance footage for the better. The finished article, "Dance moves from reel to internet," turned out to be an excellent piece about the subject and the current state of rare and archival dance clips. The article especially focuses on Satyajit Ray's Bala documentary that I recently uploaded, and Ranjana offers some very interesting facts and insight. She confirmed that the narrator's voice was indeed Satyajit Ray's, an identity I had questioned despite the credits stating so! She also notes that, technically, all films released before 1952 (which would include Uday Shankar's elusive Kalpana) are considered out of copyright in India. I can do some dangerous things with that information! ;)
My blog gets coverage near the end of the article, and Ranjana has written in such glowing terms that I am honored! I've never thought of myself as a "curator" before- isn't that such a great term? But my favorite would be the adorable terming of the folks that work to keep access open as "dedicated foragers." A big "thank you" again to Ranjana for the coverage, kind words, and writing such an excellent article! The subject of dance archival access deserves the biggest audience it can get!
And that ends Minai's tooting of her own horn. :) To my knowledge this is my first "official" media mention which is very exciting! Here's a capture of the article from the Asian Age epaper edition on April 5:
My blog gets coverage near the end of the article, and Ranjana has written in such glowing terms that I am honored! I've never thought of myself as a "curator" before- isn't that such a great term? But my favorite would be the adorable terming of the folks that work to keep access open as "dedicated foragers." A big "thank you" again to Ranjana for the coverage, kind words, and writing such an excellent article! The subject of dance archival access deserves the biggest audience it can get!
And that ends Minai's tooting of her own horn. :) To my knowledge this is my first "official" media mention which is very exciting! Here's a capture of the article from the Asian Age epaper edition on April 5:
