Nice article on Kalakshetra in Sruti magazine. The comparison to Shantiniketan is especially interesting.
http://www.sruti.com/2008/sruti_magazin ... hp#special
Kalakshetra Then and Now
From a holy to a happening place - V. RAMNARAYAN
Kalakshetra. A holy place for the arts. That is what Rukmini Devi and her associates intended it to be when she opened this international school in sleepy Adyar a little over seventy years ago. Today, it remains an island of serenity in the midst of galloping consumerism and rampant globalisation.
I remember a friend’s protest a couple of decades ago when asked to remove his footwear before entering the Kalakshetra theatre. “Is this a temple or an auditorium?â€