Last month, more than 450 artists, scholars, and writers from around the world added their voices to a debate that has raged about the review of a dance festival held in Chennai in December. The ...

On Sept. 27 and 28, Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) hosted Intersections, a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian ...

There is a firm belief among some practitioners of dance in India that a comprehensive and holistic approach to the study of dance is also a multidisciplinary one. The International Bureau of ...

Leela Samson's latest book - Dance of Freedom - is a quick read at just 104 pages. (Images via Instagram / Spandan and Aleph Book Company) "Dance whichever way you like... and show the world why you ...

Sassi is ready to endure every difficulty to prove her loyalty and to protect her love. She is left stranded in a deserted forest, seeking out her lover. She roams with a parched throat and teary eyes ...

Dance is an expression of various emotions. Indian classical dance is also a form of artistic expression that has interested audiences worldwide. In a land as diverse as India, there exist numerous ...

In the celebrations of Deepawali, I was watching recently a beautiful Odissi dance performance, depicting the theme of the festival of lights. I am surprised that even educated Indians, who consider ...

It is the emotive power of Indian dance that really stirs the soul of the Western audience as different from the dance forms they, themselves, are familiar with. The place and impact of India’s dance ...

Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, the ...

Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passed away on February 22, 2023. The Mohiniyattam exponent, who was awarded the first Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram of the Government of Kerala, died at the age ...