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With the backdrop of the Shanti Stupa pagoda, the Dhauli Kaling Dance Festival has become a destination for tourists to visit Bhubaneswar.

A dance festival that brought together diverse dance forms

From Mumbai, the renowned Kathak exponent Rajashree Shirke and her troupe were invited.

2 March 2020 2:56 AM IST

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Remembering Kuchipudi dance-drama pioneer Vedantam Raghavayya

Several leading lights of Andhra had clamoured for the status of the Kuchipudi dance-drama form as a classical Indian...

3 Feb 2020 6:10 AM IST

The most fascinating session was Transparent Critiquing in which four dancers volunteered to create their work

The highs of a historic 39th Natya Kala Conference: A hard act to...

To attend the 39th Natya Kala Conference (NKC) at Krishna Gana Sabha (KGS) in Chennai was a privilege.

7 Jan 2020 2:13 AM IST

Surupa Sen and Pavitra Reddy; Anita Ratnam; poster for the annual arts festival at Kalakshetra.

Margazhi is season to celebrate the aesthetic of Rukminidevi Arundale

Way back in the years I was researching and working towards a PhD in dance I was a regular visitor to Madras in every...

30 Dec 2019 8:17 AM IST

Aloka is known for her researches in Sabda nritya, also explorations of Yantra Tantra and Mantra, and she created visual geometric formations using wooden sticks and arranging her disciples in such formations. It drew the attention of the audience applauding these formations.

Konark Dance Festival has gained a formidable international reputation

Every evening, invariably in order to showcase indigenous flowering of Odissi, there is one troupe presenting Odissi.

10 Dec 2019 5:40 AM IST

Shirin Vajifdar displayed great courage to study dance from Jaipur gharana doyen Sunderprasadji (Photo: Jeroo Chavda)

Shirin Vajifdar: She had courage to study dance at a difficult time

Shirin studied under the great maestro and went for further training in dance to Madame Menaka's Nrityalayam dance...

28 Nov 2019 7:29 AM IST

The magnetic Madame Menaka and the Tiger of Hastinapur

Madame Menaka was a legendary dancer, a contemporary of Uday Shankar, Ram Gopal, Rukmini Devi and Balasaraswati.

11 Nov 2019 5:34 AM IST

Ragini Devi with the poet Vallathol at Kerala Kala Mandalam.

Ragini Devi: The first American female dancer in the male bastion of...

Born in Michigan in the US in 1896, as Esther Sherman, she had been deeply fascinated by Indian dancing from the age of...

15 Oct 2019 1:46 AM IST

The song Charakhada as a metaphor of time itself the cycle of life and death is intense, where Kathak and tabla rhythms interspersed with silences as the song charts time itself with kattanwali, the feminine weaver keeping time.

Faqeer Nimaana: Shah Hussain's poems presented as music & dance by a...

There is always a buzz when it is announced that Beej and Sanjukta Wagh will be presenting a new work.

17 Sept 2019 1:16 AM IST

Chitrasena and Vajira

Sri Lankan dance legend Chitrasena: A contemporary of Uday Shankar

Chitrasena and Vajira will always be remembered for their work, forging links between tradition and contemporary dance.

26 Aug 2019 12:53 AM IST

Opening with the Mangalacharan, dancers Praveena, Minal and Lakshmi, in colourful costumes and attractive hairdos, a la one sees in Ajanta frescoes, offered flowers to the God presiding over the stage.

Little known facts on barrister-dancer Nataraj Vashi and his...

Praveena received a scholarship to study architecture in the US. Nataraj also got admission in Chicago University.

13 Aug 2019 1:35 AM IST

On Tagores 150th birthday celebrations, Papiha, under the guidance of Yog Sundar, had produced Our Gurudev or Aamader Gurudev.

An extraordinary story of a prince of Gujarat: Dancer Yog Sundar

On July 16th, the renowned dancer and choreographer Yog Sundar celebrated his 98th birthday in Delhi.

30 July 2019 1:34 AM IST