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Classical Indian dance is teaching robots how to move and use their hands

Hands move constantly during conversation. They signal emotion, stress a point, and form full languages such as American Sign Language. Behind this everyday motion lies a complex challenge. Each human ...
PBS

Step into the World of Bharatanatyam, a Classical Indian Dance Form

A Potomac, MD dance studio teaches Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Step into the world of Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form that has been nurtured and celebrated for centuries ...
The New Yorker

How Classical Is Indian Classical Dance?

Every artist confronts her past, and, in the case of the Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy, that past is both a country and a colonial legacy. Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern ...
Seattle Magazine

Cleopatra’s Story Told Through Traditional Indian Dance

In 2013, several of Smitha Krishnan’s friends reached out, asking if she was available to teach Mohiniyattam — a form of classical Indian dance originating from the southern state of Kerala — to them ...
The New Yorker

Akram Khan’s “Gigenis” Mines the Drama of Indian Classical Dance

Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...
The New York Times

A Dark Tale for a Dark Time, Told Through Indian Classical Dance

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The choreographer Akram Khan’s “Gigenis,” based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming for him. By Marina Harss A ...
The Lowell Sun

Westford Academy senior masters classical Indian dance, marks milestone moment in upcoming performance

LITTLETON — For dancers of Bharatanatyam — a South Indian classical dance style — an “arangetram” is the culmination of years, often more than a decade, of practice. As instructor Manasa Jayanthi ...
The Michigan Daily

One Step Closer Koncert educates campus community on Indian classical dance

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook LSA junior Mithra Arun shares her culture through Bharatanatyam dance in her showcase "One Step ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s Mittal Institute and MITHAS Host ‘Intersections’ Conference: The Art and Academia of Indian Classical Dance

On Sept. 27 and 28, Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) hosted Intersections, a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian ...
Chicago Tribune

Raina Parekh, who’s serious about classical Indian dancing, takes reins for Metea Valley. ‘Really like this.’

Metea Valley’s Raina Parekh is serious about classical Indian dancing as well as volleyball. And that worried Mustangs coach Dave Macdonald a little bit during the offseason. He couldn’t imagine the ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Thanks to SummerDance, no special gear — nor liquid courage — required for this lively Indian folk dance

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