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 ...

In a serene setting that celebrates nature, Kalakshetra alumni Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon launched Sakhi, a dance school that blossomed into a vibrant arts education center for the community.

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 ...

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 ...

AMHERST, N.Y. — An Amherst woman is sharing her passion for Indian classical dance by creating a new group. It's called Kala Seva Arts and Cultural Society. Bharatanatyam is a dance style Bharathy ...

The Sarasota Opera House stage regularly features historic works of opera, ballet and music. But, If institutional memory serves, it had never before been the venue for a performance of the ancient ...

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 ...

Payal Kadakia was just 27 when she came up with the idea for the popular app ClassPass, but it wasn't her first time building ...

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 ...

Thousands of years ago, one of India’s oldest classical dance forms, bharatanatyam, was born. These days, it’s still being practiced on the other side of the world here in North Texas through dance ...