Ahead of the launch of her new biography on Astad Deboo, author Ketu Katrak reveals the challenges of writing a book on a close friend, a unique artiste and a pioneer extraordinaire
09 December,2024 08:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
Four years after his demise, these excerpts from a new book on dance pioneer Astad Deboo give a glimpse of all that he loved, be it the city, food or his signature angarkhas
01 December,2024 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Team SMD
Back-bender and a beautiful mind, Astad Deboo was ahead of his times and under-appreciated. An exhibit put together by family and friends celebrates the genius’s spectacular journey from Jamshedpur to Mumbai via New York and Europe
04 December,2022 11:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
On Astad Deboo’s 74th birth anniversary, a team of his dancers has choreographed a moving tribute — titled Roots — to the legend who touched so many lives with his art
13 July,2021 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Sukanya Datta
On Astad Deboo’s 74th birth anniversary, four designers discuss how the legendary contemporary dancer used clothes to convey deep emotion, big ideas and great art
11 July,2021 08:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Costume designer Sandhya Raman, whose three-decade career has involved dressing dancers including Mallika Sarabhai and the late Astad Deboo, will conduct a workshop on the art together with NCPA Mumbai. She tells Mid-day.com costumes should be ‘like a second skin’
13 June,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Anuka Roy
For dancer-choreographers Astad Deboo and Anita Ratnam, crossing the 70 and 60-year mark has been as graceful as their moves. The artistes reveal their fitness mantras that keep them going in a physically demanding career
05 March,2018 11:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Snigdha Hasan
At this performance, the Korean gayageum meets Carnatic mridangam as Astad Deboo responds through dance
15 February,2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Prachi Sibal
"He left us in the early hours of December 10, at his home in Mumbai, after a brief illness, bravely borne," the family announced on social media
10 December,2020 08:50 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Choreographer Ashley Lobo mourns the death of Indian contemporary dance legend Astad Deboo
10 December,2020 03:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
