It is a drizzly Tuesday afternoon in February, and Chitresh Das is carrying a large suitcase of tablas while darting up the steps of the Cultural Integration Fellowship, a brick building on the ...

Chitresh Das, a renowned practitioner and teacher of the kathak form of Indian classical dance, died Sunday in Marin County. He was 70. The San Francisco-based Chhandam School of Kathak, which Das ...

Join our very own Jasmine Simpkins as she delves into the traditional Indian dance of Kathak, one of the eight forms of classical Indian dance. The name Kathak derives from the Sanskrit word for ...

This will be about how kathak is etymologically drawn from the word katha and how kathak, we think, has been the most resilient classical dance form in India,” begins Madhu Nataraj, founder STEM ...

Although Indian classical dance is ... four of these freshly codified dance styles—bharatanatyam, kathak, ... but they are hard to follow unless you are versed in the meanings assigned to each pose.

Indian classical dance forms that define what art really is. ... Kathak, a dance from Northern India, is known for its elaborate footwork, high-speed spins, and expressive gestures.

Dance festival in the city celebrates classical Indian dance forms Odissi, Kathak and Bharatnatyam. Story by Raima Ganguly • ...

It fills me with deep pride, and sometimes concern, as Kathak strengthens its presence in Indian cinema. For decades, ... (2002), revealing how classical dance can enrich cinema.

Chau with her Kathak dance teacher Neesha Jhaveri. Photo: Consulate General of India, Hong Kong “Through learning Sahaja Yoga, I began to explore Indian culture, art and dance,” she says.

Kathakali, a traditional classical dance form that originated in Kerala, highlights the storytelling aspect of a narrative art form. Kathakali adopts tales from the Indian epics, mostly religiously ...

TASHKENT: Indian movies, classical dances, yoga, and the Hindi language have gained considerable prominence across Uzbekistan, leading many local Uzbek women—fr ...