Dressed in a brilliant peacock-blue sari, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan is surrounded by a sea of reds, pinks, greens, oranges and golds in the costumes worn by her students as she leads them through ...

LITTLETON — For dancers of Bharatanatyam — a South Indian classical dance style — an “arangetram” is the culmination of years, often more than a decade, of practice. As instructor Manasa Jayanthi ...

Classical Indian dance schools that teach several styles of dance are found throughout New Jersey Recitals (including debut performances) often run more than two hours and encompass a wide range of ...

At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...

With their painstaking, precise movements, the women look like Hindu statues of goddesses come to life. Barefoot and clad in yoga gear and flowery, flowing pants, five women and one child assemble in ...

Leaping about onstage in purple and blue silks, Anika Kavalla, of Abington, danced to the demanding tempo of Hindu music for almost three hours. Last October, the 16 year old debuted before 200 guests ...

Lakshmi Pramoda Bapatla, a 16 year old junior at John Jay Senior High School, East Fishkill, New York mesmerized the audience at her Kuchipudi Rangapravesam (Indian Classical Dance Graduation) with an ...

But rewind two decades back, when the internet was still in its infancy and not as widely accessible, and most knowledge existed in physical formats such as books, letters or word of mouth. At the ...