NEW DELHI – Sattriya, a classical dance form rooted in the monastic traditions of Assam, stands as a testament to the vibrant cultural heritage of India. Emerging from the sattras—monasteries ...

Abstract: Indian classical dance is the combination of gesture of all the body parts. It has varied forms and is generally a combination of single hand mudra, double hand mudra, leg alignment, hip ...

This week on WUKY's Open Studio host Tom Musgrave talks with dancer and choreographer Lakshmi Sriraman, who brings the beauty of Bharatanatyam, one of India’s oldest classical dance traditions, to ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have extracted the building blocks of precise hand gestures used in the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam—and found a richer ...

Hu Yan, a Chinese classical dance professor with the Beijing Dance Academy, explains the essence of traditional Chinese dance during the East-West classical dance dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.

While surfing the streaming services during the pandemic, I stumbled across a documentary titled “Black Art: In the Absence of Light.” It focused on the lack of representation of Black artists in the ...

It's 2pm on an October afternoon. Leading Kathak expert Padma Shri Shovana Narayan is on stage at the British Council New Delhi, teaching a masterclass on the classical dance to a bunch of children ...

Kuchipudi dancer Arunima Kumar became the first Kuchipudi dancer to be conferred King Charles III s Honorary British Empire Medal. (PTI Photo) Renowned UK-based artist Arunima Kumar was conferred the ...

Kalaanjali School of Dance will present Krishnaarpanam, a classical dance performance, on October 19, between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Bengaluru. The performance will bring alive the many hues of ...

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 ...

The historic Purana Qila is set to become a grand stage for Indian classical dance with the launch of inaugural edition of "Indraprastha Nritya Mahotsav", starting from Friday. To be inaugurated by ...