It’s an irony that Lord Nataraj, the creator of dance, is male while his creation has been the bastion of the female. Similarly, although the beauty and popularity of the classical dance style of ...

MALLESWARAM: Sanjali Centre for Odissi Dance will host Pravaha, an Odissi dance festival on Sunday at Seva Sadan, Malleswaram. The event is a tribute to Odissi dancer Kelucharan Mohapatra and will see ...

BENGALURU: With an aim to bring together and showcase varied styles and schools of Odissi dance, a dance festival, Naman was organised by Odissi institute, Nrityantar in the city over the weekend.

N R Group, Chairman, R Guru, Former Director General, Archeological Survey of India, Dr M S Nagaraja Rao, journalist K B Ganapathy, Professor Emeritus, University of Mysore, Dr M S Krishna Murthy and ...

It is only half in jest that Kumkum Mohanty rues the absence of an equivalent of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code in classical dance. “All this jumping around to excite and impress ...

In 1993, Ratikant Mohapatra convinced his father, Padmavibhusan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, to establish their personal dance institution Srjan. At the time, Kelubabu was in his late 60’s, happily and ...

Madhulitha Mohapatra, the Sangeet Natak Academy’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2018 awardee, believes Odissi became her national identity in Europe, Asia, and the Gulf. Speaking to The Hindu on ...

Anugamana, (the ongoing journey) presented by the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo at the Russian Cultural Centre recently, was an offering of Odissi dance showcasing the talent of Sri Lankan-born ...

Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Jayaprada took lessons in the classical Indian dance form of Odissi for an India-China joint film venture. Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Jayaprada took ...