Before her students arrived at the bright and airy dance studio called Kala Vandanam in St. Paul's St. Anthony Park neighborhood, Suchitra Sairam reflected about her unusual journey from dancer to ...

The floors shine in Sairam’s St. Paul dance studio. In order to reach it, she has to descend a narrow stairway into a brightly-painted basement. It’s perfect studio space, Sairam said. She and her ...

From a tale based on William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and an intense story of the sufferings of three women to a series of ...

Shoba Narayan is a trailblazer. She’s made history not once but twice in four years. Her Broadway Principal debut in 2017 as Natasha in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 was not only a ...

Muthuswami Dikshitar’s compositions have been celebrated for generations not just by musicians but also dancers. For instance ...

With a fast-changing cultural scenario across the globe, traditional dance forms have certainly witnessed many transitions over the years now. Poorvi Bhave who carved a niche for herself in ...

When she was 13, Mariamal dreamed of learning Bharatanatyam. However, she could not pursue dance as classes were unaffordable. Now 50, Mariamal is finally living her dream, learning Bharatanatyam at ...

If you love to dance, India is the place to be. The country is home to some of the world's oldest dance forms, including folk dances like Bhangra, and classic styles like Odissi and Kathak. Each dance ...

Mumbai: The Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Matungaone of Mumbai’s oldest and most respected institutions for ...

Lingayat poet Devara Dasimayya’s words resonate as a bitter reproof today. Dasimayya wrote the verse around 12th century, at a time when Kannada Vachana poetry was growing with the progressive ...