INTERFACE, the International Festival of Alternative Contemporary Ex-pressions hosted by Sapphire Creations, offered many new experiences. Idan Cohen from Israel had, in 2010, charmed with a 'tomatina' to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. This time he picked on Krishna's mythical envy of Radha's golden complextion, to question identities, gender con-flicts and political borders. Holi wasn't the only piece to mix modern with Indian. Game On from Sydney had an Australian dancing impromptu - or seemingly so - to the staccato beats and fluid bols of an Indian tabla player. Indian groups too, opened new vistas of Contemporary Dance in the land of Uday Shankar. And in the year Cannes screened Kalpana, Interface delighted with Dan-zlenz, conducted by Arshiya Sethi.
