Restating a lifelong vow made to theatre

Does one choose the life of an artiste, or is it a predestined calling that cannot go unanswered? As an observer and commentator I feel this is perhaps a question every performer may ask himself solitarily at a moment of contemplative introspection at some point in life. In an interview with the Sunday Observer Montage Namel Weeramuni,

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The Never Ending Story:

Fantasy film inspires popular culture

There certainly are some films that we can never forget because they bring back a lot of memories. Some of them we have enjoyed as children and cherished them deep within our hearts ever since. There have been films we have been watching over and over again, for they had such a big impact on viewers. Such a cinematic creation can be called a successful effort,

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Balanchine's sparkling emeralds

There is no other person like George Balanchine who wrote ballet into history, longer than anyone else. Every company around the world, East or West, holds his works in their repertories and none of them gather dust. No ensemble has escaped his eyes, no dancer his choreography and no composer his music. He never deviated from classicissm or from an original plot but his great creative ideas at times,

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