LA JOLLA, CA – The Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego’s 17th annual Music and Dance Festival from March 19 through March 24, at the Jewish Community Center here was a great success with over 6000 ...

The "Dance of Masks" refers to Chhau, a powerful tribal martial dance from Eastern India. It is famous for its vibrant energy and the highly expressive masks worn by the performers. Chhau began in the ...

Fans of Indian Classical dance are in for a treat, as the Samved Society for Performing Arts brings back the Pandit Durgalal Festival for its 36th edition. It is organised by Kathak exponent, Vidushi ...

People have been dancing for as long as we can remember. Some evidence shows that dance began as a way to communicate and connect before language became complex. Early humans probably used rhythmic ...

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 ...

When Ms Zoe Tan took the stage last October, the lawyer by training was stepping into a practice defined by rhythm, control and expression. She was performing Kathak – a classical Indian dance known ...

“While the world sees the grace and beauty in a dance recital, I involuntarily spot muscle fatigue, and any possible strain on the dancer’s spine, knees and ankles,” said Prashanth Nagaraj, an ...

Mahesh Kale has made one thing clear: Indian classical music does not need saving, it needs momentum. Ahead of Swarsandhya in Hyderabad today, the National Award–winning vocalist speaks with the ...

Scientists are teaching robots the classical Indian dance Bharatanatyam to improve how machines move. (Image: UMBC) US scientists teach robots Bharatanatyam to improve machine movement. UMBC team uses ...

The highlight of the festival was Sattriya, one of India’s eight classical dance forms from Assam. Celebrating India’s rich cultural heritage, classical dance forms such as Sattriya, Chhau, Kathakali ...

Delhi is all set to turn the spotlight on Indian classical dance with the Festival of New Choreographies — KalaYatra 2026, a five-day event curated by Padma Vibhushan awardee Sonal Mansingh. The ...

For National Award–winning actor Rituparna Sengupta, returning to the classical stage is never a casual act, it is an act of reverence. When she performed at the prestigious Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan ...