Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern state of Odisha which is one of India’s eight classical dance forms. Although Indian classical dance is commonly assumed to be ancient ...

Even if your attendance was limited, you couldn't help feeling that history was made over the weekend during "Traditions Engaged," the three-day international festival of classical Indian dance ...

In an ambitious, uneven attempt to explore facets of a poetic text through several kinds of music and dance, the locally based Rangoli Dance Company and guests from India premiered Malathi Iyengar ...

Style Indian classical dance, with a twist, at Lincoln Theatre. October 9, 2011. By Pamela Kidron. The legendary Bharatanatyam exponent Leela Samson and her Kalakshetra Repertory Company danced so ...

Texas-based Odissi Dance Company hosts a festival of classical Indian dance June 25 at the Cubberley Theater. Courtesy Debojyoti Dhar/Odissi Dance Company. On June 25, shimmering silk costumes ...

Eastern Indian classical dance is one of eight classical styles from India. Stretching back thousands of years to the second century B.C., the sacred and ancient dance was first performed as an ...

Bharata Natyam is a classical style of Indian dance that dates back to about 2000 B.C. and focuses on Hindu temple tradition. The scriptures were difficult for the average person to read, ...

It was a mix of half-a-dozen numbers from Indian classical dance styles plus a folk number ‘Lavani' of Maharashtra that dancer P. Hymavathi presented at Ravindra Bharati. She took a single item ...

It’s not unusual for South-Asian girls living in the U.S. to attend dance academies to learn classical Indian dances or Western styles like ballet or hip-hop. For Indian boys, that opportunity ...

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