Here’s why Sakuntalam, Venu’s Kutiyattam piece, is as central to contemporary India as it is to classical dance ...
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 ...
Silver jewellery, the flick of an eye, and intricate hand gestures that flow to the melody – Chau Hoi-shan, known by her stage name Shanti, skilfully weaves sounds and movements into her Bollywood ...
In accordance with the National Education Policy’s for the first time, Indian classical music, dance, theatre, and visual arts have been incorporated into primary and middle school textbooks (Classes ...
The sixth edition of Shivaarghya, a rare festival spotlighting classical male dancers, was held at Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi on ...
MUMBAI: If someone had told 12-year-old Manas Ahire, a slum boy from Filterpada, Powai, that he would one day be a classical dance teacher, he would have probably dismissed it out of hand. Dance was ...