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With 15 pounds of bells on his ankles and sweat in his silver hair, Birju Maharaj stamps out ever more complex rhythms. Sometimes they sound uncannily like birds singing or rain falling. But always, ...

Let female kathak and tap dancers speak for you in Leela Dance’s “Speak: A Kathak and Tap Collaboration” this weekend at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The inspiration for this work comes from the ...

For Charlotte Moraga, classical Indian kathak dance is tied to culture and spirituality. As artistic director of the Chitresh Das Institute’s Youth Company, her dancers are in one of the 11 dance ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Like most classical forms of performing arts in India, Kathak - a ...

Led by Padma Shri Guru Shovana Narayan, this performance takes the audience on a journey through emotions moved by rhythm and melody. An intimate performing ensemble of dancers and musicians will join ...

PLANO, Texas — At Kathak Rhythms, a dance studio in Plano, every step the women are taking is a form of self-care. “It's definitely given me a lot of confidence and confidence in my mental stamina and ...

Classical Indian dance choreographer Usha Gupta was in Maui when she had an epiphany that led to the creation of Khoj – A Contemporary Kathak Dance Extravaganza. The Edmonton-based dance artist was ...

Grade 6 teacher Shika Harrypaul is on a mission to have Kathak, an ancient North Indian classical dance form, formally ...

NEW YORK — One of the strongest attractions of the free Battery Dance Festival is its setting at the bottom tip of Manhattan, with a glorious sunset backdrop of water, sky and the Statue of Liberty.