Coming of Age - Photograph

Coming of Age – Photograph

Series name	Present
Description	This is an A5 portrait, colour photograph taken by Vipul Sangoi at Akademi’s production ‘Coming Of Age’. The event took place on the walkways of the Royal Festival Hall in London in August 2000. Over seventy dancers performed Indian classical, fusion contemporary and folk dancing to packed audiences. ‘Coming of Age’ was produced to mark Akademi’s 21st birthday.
Date of Creation / Publication	2000
Creator	Sangoi, Vipul
Associated Person/ Organisation	Rajkumar, Tara; Royal Festival Hall
Location	London
Collection and Reference Number	Akademi Collection (GB 2661 AK)
Catalogue Number	AK/PRE/11
Copyright	The Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable
Access to originals	The originals belong to Akademi.
Series notes	Akademi: South Asian Dance, previously known as The Academy of Indian Dance, adopted its new name in the early 1990s, a turning point for the development of the organisation and the refocusing of its aims.
Collection notes	The digitised material from the Akademi: South Asian Dance Collection consists of documents and images from the establishment of the company, when it was called the Academy of Indian Dance up to the present time. Also included are flyers, photographs and education material pertaining to various productions, workhshops and seminars.