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 ...

The floors shine in Sairam’s St. Paul dance studio. In order to reach it, she has to descend a narrow stairway into a brightly-painted basement. It’s perfect studio space, Sairam said. She and her ...

Muthuswami Dikshitar’s compositions have been celebrated for generations not just by musicians but also dancers. For instance ...

When Troy High School junior Sharanya Swaminathan was 4 years old, her mom would play nursery rhymes, and Sharanya would immediately start moving. Her mom took notice and put Sharanya in a group class ...

Dance, at its most powerful, serves as a bridge between cultures. Bharatanatyam dancer Apeksha Niranjan is one such traverser of boundaries. She has innovatively blended Bharatanatyam with the lilting ...

Before her students arrived at the bright and airy dance studio called Kala Vandanam in St. Paul's St. Anthony Park neighborhood, Suchitra Sairam reflected about her unusual journey from dancer to ...

Mumbai: The Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Matungaone of Mumbai’s oldest and most respected institutions for ...

Asia Society is pleased to collaborate with World Music Institute for Dancing the Gods, an annual festival of Indian dance celebrating its 13th year, featuring some of the leading performers of Indian ...

The term ‘classical’ has gained a whole new meaning in today’s world. Boundaries have become porous and artistes are redefining the genre in their own distinct way. While collaborations reign high in ...

When Arthy Ahmed launched her Bharatanatyam class in Dhaka, many in the classical dance circuit saw it as a side project at best, and a waste of time at worst. "They told me, don't spend your energy ...