A conversation with Swapnokalpa Dasgupta on why Mudra 2026 is putting children at the heart of India’s classical dance future ...

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 ...

Leela Samson's latest book - Dance of Freedom - is a quick read at just 104 pages. (Images via Instagram / Spandan and Aleph Book Company) "Dance whichever way you like... and show the world why you ...

There is a firm belief among some practitioners of dance in India that a comprehensive and holistic approach to the study of dance is also a multidisciplinary one. The International Bureau of ...

Last month, more than 450 artists, scholars, and writers from around the world added their voices to a debate that has raged about the review of a dance festival held in Chennai in December. The ...

It is the emotive power of Indian dance that really stirs the soul of the Western audience as different from the dance forms they, themselves, are familiar with. The place and impact of India’s dance ...

In the celebrations of Deepawali, I was watching recently a beautiful Odissi dance performance, depicting the theme of the festival of lights. I am surprised that even educated Indians, who consider ...

South Asian arts organisation Samarpan will stage its debut Double Bill event in Cardiff featuring classical dance and live ...

Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, the ...