When watching Indian classical dance, there's a lot going on: the folding and unfolding of the dancers' pleated costumes, their eyes moving back and forth between thick black eyeliner, their hands ...

Saturday, April 29 is World Dance Day. And fittingly, that holiday falls on day two of the ninth annual American Natya Festival. Organized by St. Louis-based Soorya Performing Arts, this weekend’s ...

Texas-based Odissi Dance Company hosts a festival of classical Indian dance June 25 at the Cubberley Theater. Courtesy Debojyoti Dhar/Odissi Dance Company. On June 25, shimmering silk costumes, bright ...

LAFAYETTE — One Sunday morning as teenage girls gathered to rehearse the graceful steps and sculpture-like poses and gestures of classical Indian dance, Manju Lind reflected on how much this dance has ...

Padmarani, who was born in Sri Lanka, combines versatility with an international reputation as a dancer and teacher par excellence. As a selected artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts Tour ...

Part of what makes Indian dance, including its Bollywood incarnation, so much fun to watch is its variety — the colors, the costumes and the fusion of dance styles from across the ages, from ...

In 2013, several of Smitha Krishnan’s friends reached out, asking if she was available to teach Mohiniyattam — a form of classical Indian dance originating from the southern state of Kerala — to them ...

Dances of India has been around for over 30 years, which President Nartana Prem said was unexpected. Prem’s parents, Dr. B.N. and Asha Prem, founded the company in 1976, and were not sure how ...

The UF Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) presents "Triveni Sangam: A Confluence of Three Rivers" on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the P.K. Yonge Performing Arts Center. The production's name ...

It is a drizzly Tuesday afternoon in February, and Chitresh Das is carrying a large suitcase of tablas while darting up the steps of the Cultural Integration Fellowship, a brick building on the corner ...