Recently, New York City’s Drive East Festival showcased accomplished performers of classical Indian dance and music. For many observers, this was an unprecedented opportunity to see just how uniquely ...

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 ...

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 ...

NTD’s 11th International Classical Chinese Dance Competition kicked off at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center in Chester, New York, on Sept. 11. Since its founding in 2007 by NTD, the sister media ...

Bharatanatyam, the oldest classical dance form, was originated in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Bharatanatyam is a blend of bhava, raga and tala, and was originally a temple dance performed by ...

Pune: Students of Dhruv Global School, Nande, Pune, secured first positions in national-level classical dance competitions in Bharatanatyam and Odissi.Get breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download the ...

Through the course of dynasty after dynasty, from the royal court to the battlefield, China’s 5000-year history has yielded a rich trove of cultural traditions and classical arts. The detailed ...

At the age of 11 years, when most children are afraid to even think of stepping on the stage, Sreya PR made her arangetram, the debut onstage performance of a student of Indian classical dance and ...

Indian classical dance is an art that is in tradition for a long. The origin of Indian classical dance traces back to “Natya Shastra” .It is a Sanskrit text. History says that the first text of this ...

India is a country rich in diversity and heritage. From the instruments of the South, to the bamboo dancing of the North East, there is just something in every state that will leave you in awe of the ...