The Best Keeps Getting Better
BY ANANTHA KRISHNAN It’s the middle of December and the festival of music and dance that I have come to […]
Odyssey of an Odissi Dancer
BY ANANTHA KRISHNAN Not many could walk into an entirely new land, learn all the facets of its culture, adopt
The Globe Trotting Lord of Dance
BY MEERA VAYAPOOREE His powerful & dynamic dance performances have made him one of Bharata Natyam’s most important modern-day, international
Dramatic Rescue in Kerala
An Englishman, goes the story, is walking his dog in a Kerala village when he encounters a Kutiyattam actor. The
Learning to Love Dance
By Deepa Seetharaman One Sunday, 12 years ago, right after we went to the temple, my mother took me to
Kuchipudi’s Houston Hero
By Kalyani Giri Bharath Soumitri Guntupali, 17, is the first male dancer to graduate from the Anjali Center for Performing
The Best of Both Worlds
By Lavina Melwani Saris and Chennai may be worlds apart, but there is a young Hindu dancer who seems to
Dance is my Heartbeat
By Kalyani Giri It’s a home where the Gods reside comfortably. An intriguing array of Ganesha figurines bounteously occupy shelves
Spreading Joy through Dance
On October 23, 2000 at the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, Sharanya Mukhopadhyay won the Princess
The Krishna Plays
By Kumud Mohan Suddenly there was pin-drop silence. A refined gentleman in a silk kurta and dhoti, a tika, or