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Kuchipudi dance guru Pasumarthy Keshav Prasad at Kuchpudi village in Krishna district. File

Kuchipudi doyen Pasumarthy Keshav Prasad passes away

T. Appala Naidu

He was an authority and promoter of Kuchipudi history and dance

Bijayini Satpathy

Bijayini’s new solo explores the mind of a woman

Parshathy J Nath The Odissi exponent’s new work ‘Call of Dawn’ combines three musical pieces in raag Ahirbhairav

Sharmila Biswas in Upeksha

Sharmila Biswas makes three powerful short films

Rupa Srikanth Odissi exponent’s films combine dance and music with a strong narrative

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’

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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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Anwesha Das’s varnam was packed with emotion

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Still a work in progress

Jonathan Hollander speaks on the positive transformation through dance

How Telugu concept-based cinema favours montage music

Classical Dance: Kuchipudi Dance

Alekhya Punjala:The Rudrama of dance

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A dance team from Bahrain presents ‘Meluha’

The why and how of Bharatanatyam

The five-day Natya Kala Conference ‘Nirikshana’ took a closer look at tradition and contemporary aspects of Bharatanatyam

A stage to perform

Sandra Pisharody’s Mohiniyattam recital as part of Rangaparichaya Festival in Irinjalakuda showcased her prowess as a dancer and choreographer

Beyond boundaries

Students of the National School of Drama, Varanasi, attended a Koodiyattam workshop conducted by SNA Kutiyattam Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram

The accent of this dance was on movement

The narrative provided Vyshnavie an ideal canvas to exhibit her skills

Dancer Baladevi Chandrashekar believes Bharatanatyam does not have to be diluted to be more popular

True to the course: Baladevi Chandrashekar, who launched her dance academy in the city, says Bharatanatyam does not have to be diluted to be more popular

Moonwalking their way into people’s hearts

What began as a tribute to MJ is now all the rage as the boy band of dancers create a buzz with their locking, popping and Bollywood jhatkas

Blend of bhava and technique

Shweta Prachande took rasikas through an emotional journey through her margam

Celebrating classical moves

It’s time to soak in the beauty of classical dances at the Music Academy dance festival

Bijayani Satpathy on why she wants to dance solo

Odissi exponent Bijayini Satpathy, the star dancer of the Nritygram ensemble, embarks on a solo journey

How Chennai’s Nimirvu Kalaiyagam is changing the narrative of paraiyattam

CMRL’s last session of the Metro Music Edit series saw a paraiyattam performance at Vadapalani Metro Station

Exploring navarasas in Gita Govindam

Bala Devi Chandrashekar’s ‘Padmavati — an Avatar’ depicted the different aspects of Radha-Krishna relationship

Meenakshi Srinivasan’s strikes a fine balance

Meenakshi Srinivasan’s performance blended style and artistic visualisation

The inimitable Kalakshetra experience

The mood was recreated at Koothambalam, as Rukmini Devi’s choreography was showcased during the annual art festival

Dancer Karuna Sagari talks about her latest production Chittam Azhagiyar

The need for plurality: V Karuna Sagari’s Chittam Azhagiyar is about diversity, courage, and identity

Bharathiyar’s poems depicted through Bharatanatayam

A New Jersey-based choreographer is exploring the timelessness of the poet’s work and philosophy through Bharatanatyam

How a management course helped Vyshnavie Sainath give her art and dance school a global reach

Managing her dancing dreams: Dancer Vyshnavie Sainath pursued a management course in her quest to give her art and dance school a global reach

Tradition and talent in balance

Antarangam had Bharatanatyam dancer and critic Nandini Ramani shares her experiences of learning from Balasaraswati

Kathak in focus

Antarang got off to an impressive start with Nalini-Kamalini duo and students of Mangala Bhatt

Stunning artistry

Satyanarayana Raju and Soundarya Igoor stole the show at the second day of Shishirachhanda Festival

When parks turn performing stages

Here is an initiative, which looks at parks as ideal performance spaces

Shijith Nambiar gives dramatic twists to traditional pieces

In a rare solo performance, Shijith Nambiar’s interpretations swung between meditation and ecstasy

The intriguing devotion of Rukmini

Kuchipudi danseuse Deepika Reddy’s show ‘Rukmini Krishna’ poignantly mirrored Rukmini’s unflinching admiration for Krishna

Surupa Sen: ‘He painstakingly taught us every aspect of his art’

Renowned Odissi dancer and director of Nrityagram, Surupa Sen admits to being strongly influenced by V S Ramamoorthy

V S Ramamoorthy: A visionary turns 100

Guru V S Ramamoorthy has influenced generations of dancers with his dedication and passion towards dance

Fragrances from many flowers

Adyasha Foundation’s Shishirachchanda Festival was charming

Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant expresses the joy within

Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant on how dance helped her come out of despair

Telling Tales

Seasoned choreographer Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant’s latest ballet aesthetically captured the tangible and intangible aspects of Shiva

Dancing dialogues across cultures

Blending Bharatanatyam and Balinese dance as a tightly-knit singular entity, “Pralaya” presented an engaging alchemy of various ideas through multimedia, masks, music and visual layers

Poetry has the power to move and elate: Arundhati Subramaniam

The poet brought the genre into focus on the second day of the Navadisha conference

Sridevi Nrithyalaya’ ‘Vande Mataram,’ — an ode to Mother India

Sheela Unnikrishnan’s ‘Vande Mataram’ was a conventional approach to patriotism

Navadisha conference captures different contours of Natya

Natya artistes and scholars in allied fields presented various perspectives of the art form

‘Thennadudaya Sivane Potri’ — pegged on Atta Veera Sthalas of Lord Siva

Sasirekha Rammohan took the audience on a journey of the Atta Veera Sthalas through her production ‘Thennadudaya Sivane Pottri’

Dancers don’t need wings to fly, says Ali Salami

French choreographer’s open space workshop, which aims to deploy the art in unlikely spaces, ends today

Learning to tango with Srinivas Vishnubhotla

Step by step: Srinivas Vishnubhotla, was in town to teach social tango on behalf of Hyderabad Tango Club

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

These dancers proved sceptics wrong when they entered the Guinness World Records

CBI books Leela Samson over irregularities

It relates to the alleged ‘unfruitful expenditure’ of ₹7.02 crore on the renovation of Koothambalam auditorium of Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai

’Conversations with the Nayika’: A dialogue on dance

Vidya Subramaniam holds forth on many a contemporary issue on classical dance in India

Konark Dance Festival: Pride of Odisha

The Konark Dance Festival stood out for its beautiful ambiance and select performances

Odissi dance choreography, Hansika, is adapted from the Russian ballet Swan Lake

Indian adaptation of a classic: Watch an Odissi dance choreography, Hansika, adapted from the Russian ballet Swan Lake

From form to formless: the journey within

In “Antar Rang”, Kathak exponent Hemant Kalita and his disciples articulated the movement of the soul through dance and mime

Kuchipudi connections

Bhavana Reddy on playing the ‘wise woman’ in a new interpretation of Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring” in Los Angeles, this weekend

Art is about looking inwards

The internationally renowned Kathak maestro, Jitendra Maharaj, conferred with the Attendance award in Bengaluru recently, says riyaz and sadhana must be so rigorous that audiences are drawn to performances and not forced to disappear

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