Soompi

10 K-Pop Idols Whose Classical Dance Backgrounds Make Them Beautiful Performers

While most K-pop choreographies are based in more hip hop style dance than classical or ballet-type movements, there’s no denying that a foundation in classical dance lends a special grace and power ...

11-year-old Puducherry girl performs Bharatanatyam underwater to raise awareness for plastic pollution

Thaaragai Aarathana, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and certified diver, performed the classical dance beneath the sea, ...
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

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 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 ...