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 ...

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 ...

A Bharatanatyam dance school — exclusively for members of the transgender community — was opened in Chennai recently. Classes are held every Sunday, and dance enthusiasts can learn the art form free ...

Emerging from Tamil Nadu, Bharatanatyam is a revered Indian dance form with over two millennia of history. Notable for its hand gestures, rhythmic footwork, and graceful movements, the dance offers ...

CHENNAI: As a child, the weekend meant lazily laying back on the couch, munching away on the leftovers from the night before, while watching my favourite movie, '101 Dalmatians'. But to my ...

When I signed up for a Bollywood dance class, I honestly thought that I would end up getting annoyed with how white the supposedly Indian class was. Coming from an Indian family, I was gently pushed ...

Nikolina Nikoleski came to India when she was just a couple years shy of 30. The ballet dancer from Croatia — she’d trained at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen in Germany — had won a scholarship from the ...