For a beginner, adavus are the most boring part of Bharatanatyam. The drudgery of repetition can have a robotic effect. Leela Samson’s ‘Aesthetics in the Adavu’ for the Indian Performing Arts ...

A solo Bharatanatyam recital by Vamsi Madhavi, staged as part of the Nartanam Conclave 2018 at the Dr MCRHRD Institute auditorium, was two hours of pure bliss, thanks to the exemplary abhinaya and ...

Esha enters her first Bharatanatyam class hoping to wear a costume and perform on stage very soon or make a video for YouTube like her friend. She has been watching her sister dance and wishes to ...

Doha: At the age of nine, Nehara Vinod Nair, a Kerala native who resides in Doha, has six record titles to her credit – youngest baker, youngest and fastest Bharatanatyam dancer, who performed all ...

CHENNAI: As a kid I did not know what style of dance I was performing, I would just dance to any beat. All of us are art lovers in the family, but I think I am the first one to perform,” says ...

Bharatanatyam is no more a regional pride, it has become global, as popular as Yoga in the classical dance genre. What got democratised after the disenfranchisement of the matriarchal hereditary ...

This coming weekend, Indian dance enthusiast Gaitrie Devi (Devi Bollywood Dance) will be hosting a special guest who will be performing and guiding instructional workshops on Bharata Natyam (South ...