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The history of performance spaces of most Indian Classical dances is stereotyped as one from temple to court to stage. Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, the International Dance...

Hong Kong based female impersonator Sanjay Vadapalli has been a professional dancer since the age of 16. He is a disciple of Padmashri Dr Nataraj...

Not only India, but the entire musicians’ community across the world is now forced to rethink and reinvent their positioning and marketing strategies in post-COVID-19...

Nava Pallava – young dancers’ festival was held at Daga Nikunj by Odissi exponent Sharmila Biswas to give a platform to young and upcoming performers,...

It is believed that when God closes a door he opens a window somewhere else. The corona pandemic did the same for the dance community....

The ethos of Lockdown provides the opportunity to develop inventive perspectives on the dance content. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayayan the iconic thinker on dance and arts...

Young Khagendranath Barman travelled all the way from Guwahati to the then Madras to learn Bharatanatyam under Dr.Rukmini Devi Arundale, whom he fondly calls Atai...

The COVID-19 lockdown has allowed dancers a space to reflect. I prompted dancers Purva Dhanashree (Vilasini Natyam), Arupa Lahiry (Bharatanatyam), Shashwati Garai Ghosh (Odissi) and...

Chidakash Kalalaya celebrated Bhanotsav -a ‘meagre-modes’ of Indian drama. Padma Prabitakam -The lotus consent -written by Sudraka was the first day’s fare. Artistic Director Piyal...

Super-hit Bollywood films Anarkali, Pakheezah, Bhumika, Umrao Jaan or the South Indian film Sringaraam conjure a romantic vision of a set of women artists in...