This coming weekend, Indian dance enthusiast Gaitrie Devi (Devi Bollywood Dance) will be hosting a special guest who will be performing and guiding instructional workshops on Bharata Natyam (South ...

Since the heady days of the classical arts renaissance associated with India’s independence movement, hardly anyone examined the process by which Sadir, for centuries performed by hereditary dancers ...

Natya aficionados might have found that during my presentations, new terms are used for traditional items of the repertoire. Here is the explanation: Varnam or Nrityopahaaram (an offering of dance and ...