Performing arts in 2022: Real, virtual or both
The Hindu
Looking back at the changes 2021 brought in, here’s hoping we can strike that perfect balance in the coming year
As the sun sets on 2021, one is filled with diverse emotions. There is optimism, which fills you with hope and promise for 2022, wishing it brings happy transformations and opens newer vistas, and creates the right balance between tradition and progress.
When a sudden unforeseen situation throws life out of gear, it also paves way for change. Only time will tell whether the new paths thus carved will remain permanent or they will just be temporary measures to ease out the current uncertainties.
The pandemic changed life for so many of us. The abruptness of the change left the entire community floundering. With no other way out, all minds started thinking of meaningful alternatives. For the performing arts community, this came about in the form of virtual concerts.