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 an art that is in tradition for a long. The origin of Indian classical dance traces back to “Natya Shastra” .It is a Sanskrit text. History says that the first text of this ...

You may have witnessed narratives through dance, but here is a book that narrates tales of dance forms. Odissi dancer-guru Jaya Mehta pens her new book Nritya Katha Dance Stories for Children after ...

India is famous for its rich cultural heritage and classical dance forms are one of its most treasured artistic traditions.

April 29 is celebrated as International Dance Day. On this occasion, DH spoke with women who, like the author, began learning Indian classical dance like Odissi and Bharatnatyam later in life, to ...