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| Suresh Kaliyath in Ottan Thullal |
The PURUSH conference has not till its last day touched really on the MALE GAZE, which until recent years meant only the heterosexual aspect.The fact that such a dynamic conference is taking place in a very conservative Madras (where humour and audience are in short supply too!) and that too in Mylapore, the very bastion of traditional culture, is an achievement! Anita Ratnam and Hari Krishnan and their team of many young volunteers, have shown the way through professionalism and dynamism, what a benchmark in aesthetics (esp. of stage), range of performances (Navtej and Ottan Thullal the clear winners), time management and inclusiveness this event has been.
Ashish Mohan Khokar,
editor-attendance
chair-Dance History Society
