featured in 2001      WHAT IS CHOREOGRAPHY? WHAT IS INNOVATION?  WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY?  WHAT IS DANCE?  Concluding day special   21st Natyakala Conference - 200, Chennai, India      HOW HONEST ARE THE CRITICS?  by Ranjith Bhaskar, Chennai  e-mail: ranjithbhaskar@yahoo.co.uk     “THE ARANGETRAM SCENE”    TRANSLATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   by Ramaa Bharadvaj  e-mail: angahara-ramaa@yahoo.com     MUSICAL STYLE OF THE BALASARASWATHI SCHOOL  THE DHANAMMAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Gowri Ramnarayan     "JAGRUTI" - THE AWAKENING  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Padmini Ravi  e-mail: fathu98@hotmail.com     THIRUKKURUNGUDI AND KAISIKI NATAKAM REVIVAL  by Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil Varadachari Satakopan  e-mail: sgopan@computer.net     MAHARI  by Rahul Acharya, Bhubaneswar  e-mail: rahul_acharya@rediffmail.com     MOTION. EMOTION. COMMOTION!  a note on contemporary choreography from a South Asian dance-artiste  by Anita R. Ratnam, Chennai  e-mail: aratnam@vsnl.com     NUANCES OF MRIDANGAM FOR DANCE  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by K S R Anirudha     INDIAN - AMERICAN SAYS  by Ramaa Bharadvaj  e-mail: angahara-ramaa@yahoo.com     A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF ODISSI DANCE  by Rahul Acharya, Bhubaneswar  e-mail: rahul_acharya@rediffmail.com     AN AESTHETIC FALLOUT!  by C P Unnikrishnan  e-mail: bharathamuni@satyam.net.in     WHAT IS BHARATANATYAM?  An essay by Sruti Editor-in-Chief N. PATTABHI RAMAN, a SRUTI special feature  e-mail: sruti@eth.net     SELECTING THE PADAM IN LOS ANGELES  by Anuradha Kishore Ganpati  e-mail:nasha1@aol.com     SEARCHING FOR A NEW DEFINITION OF CREATIVE DANCE  by Dr Sruti Banerjee, Calcutta  e-mail:nkbndy@cal.vsnl.net.in     HUMBLE AND MEANINGFUL LESSONS  by Padma Chebrolu, Ohio  e-mail: padma@culturalcentreofindia.com     SPECIALITY AND UNIQUENESS OF ODISSI DANCE  by Rahul Acharya, Bhubaneswar  e-mail: rahul_acharya@rediffmail.com     THE MUSICAL GENIUS OF THE TANJAVUR QUARTETTE  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Gowri Ramnarayan     ADAPTING TRADITIONAL THEMES IN DANCE - THEATRE  by Anita R Ratnam  e-mail: aratnam@vsnl.com     NO ROOM FOR CULTURAL FACISM IN INDIA'S MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY  by N Pattabhi Raman  Editor, Sruti  e-mail: sruti@eth.net     A DANCE TEACHER'S DIARY  by Padma Chebrolu, Cultural Centre of India, Ohio  e-mail: padma@culturalcentreofindia.com     AN ALIEN WORLD. REALLY?  by Lada Guruden Singh, New Delhi  e-mail: ladasinghg@yahoo.com     Kutiyattam proclaimed as "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO!!!  by Sudha  Gopalakrishnan      THE ROLE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE IN EDUCATION  by Suprava Mishra, Rajkot  e-mail: supravamishra@yahoo.com     MATHURI, KOYA AND LAMBADI DANCES OF ANDHRA  Credit: P Narsing Rao  e-mail: pnarsingrao@nrityanjali.org     CREATIVITY AND TRADITIONS  by Dr. Kanak Rele  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)      TAKING DANCE TO ITS AUDIENCE - the ‘Chaali’ experience  by Bharat Sharma  Project Director  e-mail: sharmabh@hotmail.com     ENGAGING THE METROPOLIS:   New Challenges to Bharatanatyam  by Geeta Chandran  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)      NEW DIRECTIONS, OLD WAYS  The Second East West Encounter in Mumbai 15th-19th March 2001  by Ashish Khokar, Bangalore  e-mail: ashishkhokar@hotmail.com     BODY LANDSCAPES  by Tripura Kashyap, Bangalore  e-mail: tripdance@hotmail.com     THE SACRED RIVER:   a Festival of Carnatic Music, its dance, and Flamenco    by Rajika Puri, New York   e-mail: rajikapuri@hotmail.com     BHARATA NATYAM IN BARODA  by Sapna Rangaswamy, Baroda  e-mail: rangaswamy@satyam.net.in     MOVING MARGINS: INDIAN DANCE IN THE UK  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Naseem Khan, Chitra Sundaram, Ginnie Wollaston and Piali Ray     GURU K.P. KITTAPPA – A TREASURE HOUSE OF BHARATANATYAM  (Natya Kala Conference 2000)   by Dr. Sucheta Chapekar     TAKING A CLASS IN INDIANNESS  Viji Prakash teaches Bharatanatyam and more   by Anu Ganpati