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 ...

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 ...

Utsav Educational and Cultural Society, a leading organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting India's classical dance and music traditions, particularly Odissi, is marking its 37th year ...

Is innovation a threat to tradition? But then, doesn’t tradition gather dust without innovation? And, if innovation is inherent, to what extent should it be accepted? Much water has flown since ...

For National Award–winning actor Rituparna Sengupta, returning to the classical stage is never a casual act, it is an act of ...

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This edited article by Lara Shaker was originally published on VOD News, an independent news site in Cambodia, and is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. In founding ...