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As you all know, four dance genres were recognised as classical as India gained Independence: Kathak, Manipuri, Kathakali and Bharatnatyam. This number has doubled with a few others banging at the door.

Time to reclassify Chhau as classical?

What seemed a straightforward way of explaining a few basics of this traditional performing art genre sparked a fair...

7 March 2018 2:42 AM IST

Participants at the Jagran-Mexico AIDS conference.

Pantomime dance-theatre takes up core issues to change hearts & minds

Jagran workshops with students, on site and in schools, have now become an annual feature.

20 Feb 2018 1:43 AM IST

The story is a simple human story set in World War I.

An invisible chapter of history comes to life

Both amusing and heart rending, the supercilious recruiter dances out the inducements of glory and money to the naive...

7 Feb 2018 7:25 AM IST

Photo: Avinash Pasricha

The living masters of intangible Indian cultural heritage

Good lighting is just one of the integrated elements of the quite superb presentation of Odissi choreography by Srijan.

23 Jan 2018 1:11 AM IST

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. Its the rhythm of your life. Its the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy .

Everything in the universe dances

Every art communicates uniquely through its mode of expression and so dance goes beyond even making music or the word...

9 Jan 2018 12:55 AM IST

Dance is not just for dancers

Since dance has been around as long as humans have moved on two feet, much has been said about it in recorded history.

26 Dec 2017 7:13 AM IST

The family: Erwin Ishan Traxl, Perkha Ahmed, Shovana Narayan Traxl and Herbert Traxl

A story of survival, resilience & redemption

Married to a former Austrian ambassador to India, Herbert Traxl, Shovana has lovingly researched the life and times of...

22 Dec 2017 6:45 AM IST

The difference between very good and excellent is a thin sliver, but when you see excellent you will never mistake it for anything else. The difference between very good and excellent is a thin sliver, but when you see excellent you will never mistake it for anything else. (Photo: Sanjit Debroy)

Is good, good enough in dance?

Mastering dance is a process without end. The Padmavibhushans of the dance world believe that they always remain...

12 Dec 2017 6:24 AM IST

Shruti Chatur Lal Sharma and Suman Kanawa at the Third International Yoga Day in Taiwan

Euphonic Yoga: Raga, taal, Kathak and yoga, all in one

The benefits combining elements of yoga with dance have been explored since the birth of modern dance a century ago &...

28 Nov 2017 6:30 AM IST

Vocalists Pandit Rajan and Pandit Sajan Misra have just completed 50 years singing together.

Spreading the message of peace through music

Through their distinguished lineage, their music carries the sound the most ancient living city on the earth Kashi.

16 Nov 2017 6:14 AM IST

French Mohiniattam exponent Brigitte Chataignier.

Dance of the Enchantress is meditation in joy

The film is so much more than a documentary; it is an aesthetic experience that evokes rasa through the music, dance and...

14 Nov 2017 2:26 AM IST

Sanjukta Panigrahi

What is Odissi actually?

The state of Odisha is known as the land of temples.

31 Oct 2017 1:24 AM IST