International Dance Day is celebrated every year on April 29 to honour the beauty, diversity, and global impact of dance. As a country rich in cultural heritage, India is home to a vast array of ...

Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...

Every artist confronts her past, and, in the case of the Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy, that past is both a country and a colonial legacy. Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern ...

Whether it’s lyrical movements, classical Indian style or a hip-hop take on the wildly popular Bollywood genre, dance is, without a doubt, one of the great visual icons of India. “I think dance is ...

A Potomac, MD dance studio teaches Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Step into the world of Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form that has been nurtured and celebrated for centuries ...

When Sarina Sallapudi was assigned to dance the role of a young Krishna in an upcoming performance of Indian classical dance by the SaiNrityalaya School of Dance, about the only thing the 9-year-old ...

When people think about dance, they often think about ballet, jazz and ballroom. San Anselmo dancer Barbara Framm wants to add Indian classical dance to the list. A longtime performer, Framm shares ...

Is innovation a threat to tradition? But then, doesn’t tradition gather dust without innovation? And, if innovation is inherent, to what extent should it be accepted? Much water has flown since ...

The Dance Centre’s popular Discover Dance! series features two beautiful and contrasting styles of classical Indian dance, famed for their intricate movements, percussive rhythms and rich storytelling ...