A team of researchers at Anna University in Chennai has accurately identified and categorized 108 foundational Bharatanatyam dance poses using advanced computational techniques. J. Jayanthi and P. U.

Before her students arrived at the bright and airy dance studio called Kala Vandanam in St. Paul's St. Anthony Park neighborhood, Suchitra Sairam reflected about her unusual journey from dancer to ...

It’s a warm summer morning. Priyadarsini Govind is at her performance space and black box theatre, KG1 studios in Royapettah, Chennai. She is sitting alone — on the floor — dressed comfortably in a ...

When Arthy Ahmed launched her Bharatanatyam class in Dhaka, many in the classical dance circuit saw it as a side project at best, and a waste of time at worst. "They told me, don't spend your energy ...

Dressed in a brilliant peacock-blue sari, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan is surrounded by a sea of reds, pinks, greens, oranges and golds in the costumes worn by her students as she leads them through ...

This solo Bharatanatyam recital by Isha Aggarwal, a disciple of Guru Sindhu Mishra, will witness a narrative plunge into the spiritual depths of the classic Ramcharitmanas. “This performance marks my ...

For the Ramaswamy family, Bharatanatyam dance is both lifeblood and business. For the Ramaswamy family, dance — specifically Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance form — is both lifeblood and ...