Which Indian classical dance form is a combination of two distinct dance traditions?

India's classical dance traditions reflect centuries of cultural evolution, storytelling, devotion and artistic expression ...
The New Yorker

How Classical Is Indian Classical Dance?

Every artist confronts her past, and, in the case of the Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy, that past is both a country and a colonial legacy. Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s Mittal Institute and MITHAS Host ‘Intersections’ Conference: The Art and Academia of Indian Classical Dance

On Sept. 27 and 28, Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) hosted Intersections, a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian ...
The Baltimore Sun

Praneetha Akula uses classical Indian dance to bring the joy of learning to Maryland students

At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...
The New Yorker

Akram Khan’s “Gigenis” Mines the Drama of Indian Classical Dance

Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...
The New York Times

A Dark Tale for a Dark Time, Told Through Indian Classical Dance

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The choreographer Akram Khan’s “Gigenis,” based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming for him. By Marina Harss A ...
Cleveland.com

Largest Indian music, dance festival outside of India is Cleveland cultural must-do

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Did you know that for nearly two weeks in April every year, Cleveland is the home to the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India? Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival draws ...
The Telegraph

Kolkata’s classical dancers slam Ananya Panday’s ‘bharta-natyam’ in ‘Chand Mera Dil’ song

Classical Indian dance forms, known for their discipline, precision, and deep cultural heritage, are traditionally viewed with great reverence. Some modern interpretations, however, explore fusion ...
The Oak Ridger on MSNOpinion

Review: African, Korean, Indian dances delight Oak Ridge audience

“When I think of roots, I think of lineage and mothers. Tradition is passed on primarily through the mothers," dancer Ramya S ...
Chicago Reader

An oral history of Ragamala

Onstage at Ragamala 2018, from left: Ganapathi Ranganathan on kanjira, Patri Satish Kumar on mridangam, and Saraswathi Ranganathan on veena Credit: Courtesy of the City of Chicago In fall 2013, ...
The Atlantic

The Music of India: And Its Role in Indian Dance

INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...