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Naveen Razak and Janaki Omkumar, students of Thrissur Medical College hit the limelight with their dance moves to the yesteryear hit number ‘Rasputin’

Medicos Naveen and Janaki turn Instagram favourites with their rocking dance number

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Medical students Naveen K Razak and Janaki Omkumar hit the limelight with their 30-second Instagram video of them burning the dance floor to ‘Rasputin’

A still from ‘Fever’

This Korean dance-fashion show is where tradition meets modernity

Gowri S Dance-fashion performance Fever hopes to revisit Korean traditions with a contemporary outlook

Team Bollymadras: Sindhuja Hari and Priyanka Nair

The ‘Dreamum Wakeupum’ girls: Priyanka and Sindhuja on their viral Instagram Reel

Gautam Sunder The Chennai dancers’ choreography for the popular Bollywood number has garnered over 15 million views, and is a social media superhit

‘Ahuti’, a Chitrasena Dance Company-Nrityagram production

Art across the Palk Strait

Meera Srinivasan The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

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Rahul Chakyar presented a four-hour Nirvahanam segment on a wooden stool

Koodiyattam on a wooden stool!

Achuthan T.K. Nepathya Rahul Chakyar showed how a dancer can create a huge impact even when performing in a small space

Dakshina Vaidyanathan Baghel

Dancers explore themes and emotions

Bhanu Kumar EVAM 2021 was a showcase of creative choreography, excellent dancing and well-composed music

Art is serious matter

Bhanu Kumar EVAM 2021 was a melange of themes and emotions

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In December, Kalakshetra also played host to their annual festival and sold tickets at 50% occupancy. At the Bharata Kalakshetra auditorium, director Revathy Ramachandran recently wrapped up the two-day Trinity Festival, which was streamed online too.

Curtains up: Chennai gets back onstage

On a roll Visually challenged students warm up before a dance practice at the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in Bengaluru. The school has made steady progress in teaching dance to such children since 1985.

Bharatanatyam by Ramana Maharishi Academy for Blind students: Dancing in the dark

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The ‘Dreamum Wakeupum’ girls: Priyanka and Sindhuja on their viral Instagram Reel

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How Yakshagana is adapting to modern times

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A fresh approach to Padavarnam

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Medicos Naveen and Janaki turn Instagram favourites with their rocking dance number

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Meet Pt. Birju Maharaj, the poet

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Koodiyattam on a wooden stool!

This Korean dance-fashion show is where tradition meets modernity

Dance-fashion performance Fever hopes to revisit Korean traditions with a contemporary outlook

Under the banyan’s shade

A. Janardhanan, honoured by ABHAI recently, speaks of his long and loyal association with Kalakshetra

Art across the Palk Strait

The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

Laxmipriya Mohapatra: Trailblazer and inspiration

Laxmipriya Mohapatra was the first dancer to perform the then-unnamed Odissi on stage

How dancer Anuradha Venkataraman interpreted Dante through the ‘Mahabharata’

Sometimes East can meet West as VIDEODANTE a dance production by Instabili Vaganti proves

Noted Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra dies at 86

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over her death and paid tributes to the departed soul

Kunhiraman Nair — the grand old man of Kathakali

Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was one of the last exponents of the Kalladikodan style of the art form

‘-Scape’ at Ranga Shankara preview: A long-distance dance duet

Two dancers, who are separated by thousands of miles, attempt an exchange of their stories, cultures and lives through their art

Dancers find the right angle

Dancers are experimenting with form and medium as they try to find new ways to reach audiences

When all roads lead to Chidambaram

How 40 years ago, the Natyanjali Festival offered dancer Alarmel Valli an epiphanic, transforming moment

Remembering Rukminidevi | Old meets new

The ‘Remembering Rukminidevi’ festival at Kalakshetra commemorated her ideas

Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, the man behind the Konark festival

Remembering Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, who dreamt of putting the small Odisha town on the cultural map

Leela Samson on Rukmini Devi

Aalaap, on behalf of senior Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Leela Samson and the Spanda Dance Company, will host a special panel discussion

Kathakali plays with a new-age sensibility

Sadanam K. Harikumar’s experimental works are known to explore the pysche of women and transgenders. The latest is Shikhandi

Becoming the voice of a dancer

S. Rajeswari, recipient of the M.S. Subbulakshmi award, on how she chose to sing for dancer Kumari Kamala

Understanding Rukmini Devi

On her birth anniversary, a relook at the dancer-choreographer’s monumental vision for dance

The 31st Pt. Durgalal festival was all about dance

The Pt. Durgalal Festival was a fine tribute to the Jaipur gharana maestro

Dancers explore themes and emotions

EVAM 2021 was a showcase of creative choreography, excellent dancing and well-composed music

Art is serious matter

EVAM 2021 was a melange of themes and emotions

Celebrating Tyagaraja

A group of dancers paid tribute to his compositions

A legend in his lifetime

A new documentary traces the life of dance guru, choreographer and musician Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar, whose pursuit of dance remains pure and unsullied

Tribute to the legendary Kathakali artiste Mathoor Govindankutty

Mathoor Govindankutty was excellent in his portrayal of female characters

Curtains up: Chennai gets back onstage

As audiences and artistes head back to performance spaces and offline events, a look at how the scene is shaping up in the city and elsewhere

Pristine and powerful recital of ‘Ravanolbhavam’

An evening of Kathakali and percussion showcased a complete Purappadu, a single Melappadam and a performance of Ravanolbhavam

Meet Ricky Pond, the Internet’s favourite #DancingDad

Ricky Pond’s children created a social media account for him as a joke. Then, their father suddenly became a celebrated ‘dance-fluencer’

In record time

Madurai R. Muralidaran set a record with the presentation of 50 jatis by 125 dancers who came online from around India and the world

An imaginative kaleidoscope

Eminent artistes came together to offer rich variety at the GV Ramani Natya Kala Foundation’s online festival

Vishwakiran Nambi’s short film explores a woman’s relationship with the kitchen

It brings out true life experiences on screen using movement vocabulary

Hidimbi reborn

A new dance series presents research-oriented performances using good production values

Kutty Kahani: Epics retold in a nutshell

Animation, catchy tunes, storytelling — Kutty Kahani has all the right ingredients to grab children’s attention

Shaping a cultural economy

How four dancers have used the pandemic to explore financial sustainability in the arts world

The rhythms of two worlds

At 77, the celebrated Sudharani Raghupathy looks back at a long and eventful journey filled with legends, phantoms and restraints

The women behind the Chhau mask

Chhau dance, with its martial origin and strenuous body movements, was once a strictly-guarded male domain. Now several all-women troupes are all the rage

Inspired by Bharatiyar’s works

To celebrate the works of one of the greatest Tamil poets, Subramania Bharathi, the U.S.-based Odissi dancer Prasanna Karthik decided to present some

Why it’s time to stop labelling

In an online discussion, four dancers emphasised the need to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary

‘Kalyanasougandhikam’ highlights the fine classicism of Kathakali

‘Kalyanasougandhikam’ brought alive the blend of elements unique to a Kathakali play

Folk arts of South India in focus at Margazhi Village Festival

DakshinaChitra’s Margazhi Village Festival will present the folk arts of South India

‘Just Dance 2021’ review: Groove those WFH blues away with this fun family experience

We played Just Dance 2021 on the Nintendo Switch and found the video game provides wholesome entertainment to make being house-bound a bit more fun

A virtual series by Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts reimagines dance for the online medium

Through a series of virtual performances and conversations, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts adapts movement and dance to the online medium

Light, camera, concert

A first-hand account of how artistes record performances for the virtual audience

This dancer’s new book engages more conversation on mental health issues

Anita Peter hopes ‘To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive’ will help in breaking the stigma around mental health

Chandralekha’s experiments with the dancing body

Chandralekha experimented not only with form but also with content to create a unique dance idiom

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