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Young dance talents mesmerise, they need right platform to thrive

Lalgudi Jayaraman's thillana in mand ushered in the concluding moments of the well-rounded performance.

18 July 2019 12:51 AM IST

The inauguration ceremony.

Artistes pay homage to a phenomenon called Balasaraswati: The great...

The singing, the Nattuvanar's Jati recitation with the dancer's rendition through movement, all in simultaneity, have to...

12 Jun 2019 1:08 AM IST

Lakshmi Viswanathan

Manodharma: Evocative abhinaya of the inner dancer a world beyond...

Abhinaya comprising gestures and facial expressions was never intended to be a structured part of the dance.

4 Jun 2019 12:51 AM IST

Rajashri Praharaj

Performers enthral at Natya Vriksha's International Dance Day...

The curtain-raiser at 9 am had over a hundred enthusiastic dancers participating in the Body and Movement workshop...

14 May 2019 1:07 AM IST

When Tamil became the voice of the heart in the Spring Festival of...

The Tillana brought in the spirit of pure joy, with the Mangalam based on Saint Thirunavukkarasar, set in Ragam Surutti.

2 May 2019 1:27 AM IST

Vidya Subramanian

Music and dance intertwine at Nehru Park as classical arts invite...

Inspired expressions from Indian performing arts and visual arts have kept alive and reinvented the heroines from our...

15 April 2019 12:32 AM IST

Navtej Singh Johar

Bhagat Singh to Buddha: Dance, theatre mix in out-of-the-box...

Bhagat Singh senses a hidden melancholia beneath this joi de vivre, with a deep involvement in love stories ending in...

1 April 2019 11:47 PM IST

Amrita Lahiri: The best dancer of all (Photo: Vinay Jain)

Paying homage to Shiva, king of dancers, with performances in...

The festival of Maha Shivaratri becomes an especially auspicious occasion for many dancers to pay homage to the Lord of...

12 March 2019 1:53 AM IST

Mohantys ability to blend different styles of movement in one frame, each keeping its identity and yet being part of an integrated whole, made it all a rivetting experience.

Scintillating Dhauli Kalinga, and its historic message of duty and...

Vadya Vani BBSR presented a tala vadya display with musician Ramahari as conductor and mardal expert Dhaneswar Swain's...

21 Feb 2019 12:53 AM IST

Satyanarayana Raju

Men break gender barrier in Bharatanatyam

Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai taught male dancers like U.S. Krishna Rao and the Indo-Burmese world-famous dancer Ram Gopal .

7 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

Having watched Kalakshetras Ramayana countless times, one is reminded of Rukmini Devis statement about the difference between creativeness which comes from within and is a matter of conviction and internal evolution, and inventiveness which is more mechanical.

Rukmini Devi's Ramayana series: an evergreen legacy

Whoever may come, Rukmini Devi's magnum opus will remain a benchmark in the arena of creative work.

16 Jan 2019 1:10 AM IST

Sreelata Vinod and Sangeeta Isvaran

Moving frames during Markazhi: A divine time for music and dance

Moving river art reflects in its entirety different streams, as the modern paintings all round the gallery show.

1 Jan 2019 1:05 AM IST