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Unnath Hassan performing.

Bharatanatyam dancer Unnath Hasaan making his mark

Unnath Hasaan is an artist at Dooradarshan and has directed many dance ballets and choreographed various dance repertory...

24 Oct 2017 12:49 AM IST

The Cambodian dancers performances included a charming group composition with coconut shells used like manjiras, a Komeng Provence choreography performed annually to a cave spirit with the boys dancing while playing mouth organs, an umbrella dance and concluding with an entertaining dance holding Cambodian and Indian flags.

Indomitable spirit of intangible culture

A hallmark of current IIC director Air Marshal (Retd) Naresh Verma's focus has been amplifying the international...

17 Oct 2017 1:37 AM IST

The torch bearers of classical dance

Today's torch bearers are the epitomes that have taken the baton forward with responsibility and competence.

12 Sept 2017 1:02 AM IST

Airbound Musui by K.S. Radhakrishnan

A festival celebrating 70 years of diplomatic ties with Thailand

A long and varied Festival of India' will be held in Thailand, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations...

1 Sept 2017 2:22 AM IST

Samapravaaha was a very special event organised by the National Centre of Performing Arts, which proved that the entire dance community and dance lovers can join hands and stand up together to raise funds when the need arises.

Magical Samapravaaha: A dance confluence to help Kerala

On the show day there were nearly 100 people backstage but there was not a single moment of negativity or feeling of...

24 Oct 2018 12:33 AM IST

Saroja attributes the reason for the dipping interest in fine arts to the increasing focus on academics.

Dancing for a cause

The dance festival organised by the Rasika Ranjani Sabha gives impetus to flowering talent in the field of Indian...

4 Oct 2018 12:30 AM IST

The inauguration of Kri Foundations two-day Madhavi Dance Festival at the Stein auditorium

The impassioned yearning of a seeker for the divine

Conceived and choreographed by Bharatanatyam artist, Vaibhav Arekar, Naama Mhane is woven round Sant Naamdev's spiritual...

18 April 2018 2:14 AM IST

Artistes perform at Triveni Auditorium.

What the Bharatanatyam arangetram signifies

Tara tends to keep heels grounded while doing the Kudittumettu' toe/heel step.

31 July 2018 12:43 AM IST

The couple in action. (BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN BENGALURU)

Krishna Rao & Chandra leave behind a rich legacy of dance scholarship...

Born in December 1912, Krishna Rao took to dance seriously in 1939 and married U.K. Chandrabhaga Devi in February...

26 Feb 2019 2:10 AM IST

Specialised in Bharatanatyam and Odissi, the veteran dancer has practiced many dance forms such as Manipuri, Kuchipudi, and Chhau.

Her dance of life

Sonal was the youngest recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1992 and in 2003, she became the first Indian woman dancer to be...

19 Feb 2019 1:39 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

Being a Bharatanatyam dancer, Narthaki specializes in the Thanjavar-based Nayaka Bhava tradition and has become a known face associated with this dance form in India and abroad. (Photo: narthakinataraj.com)

Awarded Padma Shri for my talent; not physical differentiation:...

Narthaki Nataraj became the first person from the trans community to receive a Padma Shri, the third highest civilian...

6 Feb 2019 12:34 PM IST