When she was 13, Mariamal dreamed of learning Bharatanatyam. However, she could not pursue dance as classes were unaffordable. Now 50, Mariamal is finally living her dream, learning Bharatanatyam at ...

Before her students arrived at the bright and airy dance studio called Kala Vandanam in St. Paul's St. Anthony Park neighborhood, Suchitra Sairam reflected about her unusual journey from dancer to ...

The floors shine in Sairam’s St. Paul dance studio. In order to reach it, she has to descend a narrow stairway into a brightly-painted basement. It’s perfect studio space, Sairam said. She and her ...

A 32-year-old Chennai-based Bharatanatyam teacher Chezhiyal Neelakesi, brings the dance form to the underprivileged communities in India’s largest resettlement site of Kannagi Nagar. The divides of ...

When Arthy Ahmed launched her Bharatanatyam class in Dhaka, many in the classical dance circuit saw it as a side project at best, and a waste of time at worst. "They told me, don't spend your energy ...

When I was twelve, every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. I would stand in ballet shoes on cracked wooden floorboards. Ms. Connie would pull her arms in and push them out from her chest, her back curving and ...

Bharatanatyam dancer Sohini Roychowdhury led a masterclass, Nrityasutra, at Mumbai's NGMA, introducing 100 schoolchildren to classical dance. Organized by the Ministry of Culture, the session launched ...

Step into the rich world of Indian classical dance with our Intro to Bharatanatyam class, led by the talented Shivani Joshi. This session offers a beautiful introduction to Bharatanatyam, one of India ...