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 ...

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 ...

Indian classical dance is far more than an art form—it is a celebration of India's rich cultural heritage, storytelling ...

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 ...

With their painstaking, precise movements, the women look like Hindu statues of goddesses come to life. Barefoot and clad in yoga gear and flowery, flowing pants, five women and one child assemble in ...

When Ms Zoe Tan took the stage last October, the lawyer by training was stepping into a practice defined by rhythm, control and expression. She was performing Kathak – a classical Indian dance known ...

Delhi is all set to turn the spotlight on Indian classical dance with the Festival of New Choreographies — KalaYatra 2026, a five-day event curated by Padma Vibhushan awardee Sonal Mansingh. The ...

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