The week-long Nishagandhi Dance Festival, one of India’s iconic classical dance carnivals organised by Kerala Tourism, will get off to a colourful start at the verdant Kanakakkunnu Palace grounds on ...

Each dance has unique steps (even if many Bollywood choreographers like to combine different styles), and far from being random, these steps have very significant meanings. Bharatanatyam is a ...

Shreya Mohan, 13, of Prior Lake, has been dancing since she was 3 or 4 years old. When she tells people she dances, however, they’re usually thinking of leotards. They’re not thinking ...

Last year, seven transwomen made history at the Ernakulam Siva Temple with their arangettam performance of Bharatanatyam. It ...

Accompanying her were a group of musicians ... over a decade at Jin's dance school. Jin herself was the first Chinese dancer to complete an Arangetram in Bharatanatyam, which she did in 1999 ...

The final hour is dedicated to learning; we covered the Alarippu (“flowering bud”), an introductory dance piece, as well as a couple of short footwork intensive pieces. Second semester has brought us ...

Shashank Kiron Nair, a distinguished bharatanatyam dancer and carnatic vocalist, is all set to present Kala Sandhya. Trained under Mithun Shyam, Shashank has earned many awards, including the ...

Whether it is Alvin Ailey’s modern dance, Revelations, which arose as a monumental expression of the African-American experience in America, the Bharatanatyam dance of ... through complex movements ...

Leading Kathak exponent Pandit Rajendra Gangani has been selected for this year’s prestigious Nishagandhi Puraskaram, instituted by the Department of Tourism, for outstanding contributions to Indian ...

A south Kolkata based Bharatnatyam institution, South Kolkata Nrityangan is set to dazzle audiences with its annual gala dance show ... depth and versatility of Bharatanatyam, the show not ...