The eleventh edition of Odissi dance festival ‘Naman’ was held in ADA Rangmandira in Bengaluru. The first day featured group items and a few solo dances by the students of Nrityantar. The second day ...

The colours are diffused, the shots are blurred, and the rumble of a train often punctuates the two-hour recording. Yet what the home video captures is priceless – a filmed document of the early days ...

It is only half in jest that Kumkum Mohanty rues the absence of an equivalent of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code in classical dance. “All this jumping around to excite and impress ...

Dance is the oldest of all art forms. The various mudras (finger movements) and Bhangis (body movements), expressions, and rhythms were designed to convey feelings. In the past few years, Odissi dance ...

While watching Odissi exponent Sharmila Biswas’ ‘Sutra’ recently in Kolkata, there were several questions that arose in my mind. Questions about history. History of dance. Representation of that ...

DELHI : When Zofia Lichota puts on the elaborate costumes for an Odissi dance performance, it’s always a perfect fit. The Indian classical dance form from the state of Odisha has found for itself a ...

Guru Sutapa unravels the running theme behind her presentation of the divine flower: Parijat, the emotions which shaped her creativity, and the perpetual influence that Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra had ...