Every artist confronts her past, and, in the case of the Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy, that past is both a country and a colonial legacy. Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern ...

SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth) concluded a spectacular three-day classical dance festival at the enchanting amphitheatre of Sunder Nursery ...

LITTLETON — For dancers of Bharatanatyam — a South Indian classical dance style — an “arangetram” is the culmination of years, often more than a decade, of practice. As instructor Manasa Jayanthi ...

Celebrate Onam 2025 with Kerala’s classical dance forms. From the dramatic Kathakali to graceful Mohiniyattam, experience the ...

At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...

As a principal dancer and 17-year member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company, Seibi Lee was accustomed to a question her master teacher often asked. “He spent years preparing us for what happened ...

In 2013, several of Smitha Krishnan’s friends reached out, asking if she was available to teach Mohiniyattam — a form of classical Indian dance originating from the southern state of Kerala — to them ...

Neo Bharatam emerges as a unique dance form blending multiple classical traditions and personal stories. The rise of digital ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Rogel Ballroom of the Michigan Union filled Sunday for a night of Indian music and dance. The ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook LSA junior Mithra Arun shares her culture through Bharatanatyam dance in her showcase "One Step ...

On these pages — the arts section of an American newspaper — “contemporary dance” is a label usually given to a certain aesthetic of Western concert dance. What we call “contemporary” is an amalgam of ...