featured in 2000      KATHAK  by Sapna Rangaswamy, Baroda  e-mail: rangaswamy@satyam.net.in     ARTISTES AT THE ROYAL DARBAAR  by Sapna Rangaswamy, Baroda  e-mail: rangaswamy@satyam.net.in     SEEING THE ELEPHANT (DANCE)  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Bill Bissell     DANCING FOR BODY AND BRAIN  by Vasumathi Badrinathan  e-mail: vasumathi@cheerful.com     JAAN R. FREEMAN artistic director of the Freeman Repertory Dance Company  WRITES ABOUT HIS INDIAN EXPERIENCE     KAISIKI NATAKAM: A REPORT ON A REVIVAL PROJECT  by Anita Ratnam (courtesy SRUTI, Issue 190, July 2000)  e-mail: aratnam@vsnl.com     CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS : A DEVELOPMENT TOOL  by Dr. AMBIKA KAMESHWAR - Director - RASA     Kanchana Sastri's experience of the  EXPLORATORY DANCE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP  conducted by Anita Ratnam  e-mail: k_sastri@hotmail.com     OBSERVATIONS ABOUT DIASPORA  by Anita Ratnam (Nritya Sammelan 2000: May 5 - 7, Durban, South Africa)  e-mail: aratnam@vsnl.com     REFLECTIONS ON NAVADISHA  by Anita Ratnam  (Excerpts courtesy SRUTI, Issue 188, May 2000)  e-mail: aratnam@vsnl.com