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 ...
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 ...
At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...
The Classic City Bhangra is a nationally competitive dance team at UGA. Out of the five Indian dance teams on UGA’s campus, Classic City Bhangra is the only team practicing Bhangra, a folk-style dance ...
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 ...
In 2013, several of Smitha Krishnan’s friends reached out, asking if she was available to teach Mohiniyattam — a form of classical Indian dance originating from the southern state of Kerala — to them ...
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 ...
JHU Shakti, Johns Hopkins's competitive Indian classical dance team, won first place at the Origins National Dance Championship in Chicago on April 12. Their performance, which was choreographed by ...
Discover why Indian classical and folk dancers are built different! In this video, we explore the unique physical conditioning, flexibility, stamina, and strength required for traditional Indian dance ...
LOS ANGELES, CA – A Southern California dance academy is preparing to bring the vibrant spirit of India to the global stage ...
On Saturday, Feb. 3 The Classic Center was alive with Bollywood music, mixed with current pop and rap songs like “FE!N” by Travis Scott to Taylor Swift. There was cheering from the crowd, and students ...
Charlotte-area organizations like El Alma de la Luna, Dances of India and Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective elevate ...