Bharatanatyam

Meeting and conversing with the Dhananjayans is to have one’s happy molecules re-energised. In Thiruvananthapuram, to inaugurate Regatta’s 51st Natya Sangeetholsavam, Padma Bhushan awardees…

Chettinad is a fever dream. On its sun-baked arid landscape, punctuated by cacti and laced with palm trees, majestic century-old mansions rise like castles in a children’s tale. Set in quiet…

Roja Kannan performing at Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Margam as envisaged by the Tanjore Quartet is a repertoire conceptualised to unfold the…

If ‘Pravaha’ was a case study in a B-school, it would raise a toast to the 4cs – Communication, Collaboration, Culture, and Conversations. Pravaha, A Sanskrit word, Pravaha means ‘flow’, the…

Dancing girls and musicians from Madras, a drawing by Christopher Green. | Photo Credit: British Library Online Archives The drone of the tambura, the resonant tap of the mridangam and the…

Shweta Prachande performing at The Music Academy’s 2023 Dance Festival | Photo Credit: S. Thanthoni The plethora of young talent looking for performance opportunities makes one wonder if…

The Ektha team | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s a platform that brings together anyone interested in dance,” says Saritha Lakshmi, the artistic director of Ektha, a space where a…

By Express News Service Bharatanatyam dancer and activist Sohini Roychowdhury was “emotionally injured” when visuals of American supermodel Heidi Klum at Halloween in…

Dancer Rukmini Vijayakumar is known for her new movement vocabulary | Photo Credit: Christopher Duggan On a cool December evening somewhere in Chennai, a dancer begins the third jathi in a…

Hema Malini, Kittappa Pillai’s star disciple, recalls what made him one of the most sought-after gurus Hema Malini, Kittappa Pillai’s star disciple, recalls what made him one of the most…