For a beginner, adavus are the most boring part of Bharatanatyam. The drudgery of repetition can have a robotic effect. Leela Samson’s ‘Aesthetics in the Adavu’ for the Indian Performing Arts ...

Although there is no evidence of a linear evolution of Bharatanatyam over the last 2,000 years, Tamil and Sanskrit texts confirm its ancient roots. Scholars Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan and late Dr. V.

BANGALORE: Kinkini is a non-profit body which has been seeking to propagate, popularise and promote Indian dance for nearly two decades. And its annual nrityotsava is a much-sought-after event.

Doha: At the age of nine, Nehara Vinod Nair, a Kerala native who resides in Doha, has six record titles to her credit – youngest baker, youngest and fastest Bharatanatyam dancer, who performed all ...

A solo Bharatanatyam recital by Vamsi Madhavi, staged as part of the Nartanam Conclave 2018 at the Dr MCRHRD Institute auditorium, was two hours of pure bliss, thanks to the exemplary abhinaya and ...

Bharatanatyam is no more a regional pride, it has become global, as popular as Yoga in the classical dance genre. What got democratised after the disenfranchisement of the matriarchal hereditary ...

CHENNAI: As a kid I did not know what style of dance I was performing, I would just dance to any beat. All of us are art lovers in the family, but I think I am the first one to perform,” says ...

She is equally at home in the traditional world of Bharatanatyam as in the glitz of films – without losing focus of fitness This 5’6” dancer is excited about her cameo role, alongside Dhanush, in the ...

This coming weekend, Indian dance enthusiast Gaitrie Devi (Devi Bollywood Dance) will be hosting a special guest who will be performing and guiding instructional workshops on Bharata Natyam (South ...