Each dance has unique steps (even if many Bollywood choreographers like to combine different styles), and far from being random, these steps have very significant meanings. Bharatanatyam is a ...

Bharatanatyam, one of India’s oldest and most revered classical dance forms, is steeped in tradition and spiritual expression. Over centuries, it has developed into distinct schools or banis ...

and the rasika is able to “see the music and hear the dance”. Veteran Bharatanatyam dancer and scholar Nandini Ramani, a foremost disciple of Balasaraswati, recalls that such was the ...

Sia Viju reports for Mathrubhumi English on the inspiring journey of a young dancer who turned adversity into triumph.

The two women, both mothers of girls interested in the arts, came up with Lil Margazhi, a Bharatanatyam dance festival featuring performances by artistes aged between six and 14. The event will ...