The floors shine in Sairam’s St. Paul dance studio. In order to reach it, she has to descend a narrow stairway into a brightly-painted basement. It’s perfect studio space, Sairam said. She and her ...

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A 32-year-old Chennai-based Bharatanatyam teacher Chezhiyal Neelakesi, brings the dance form to the underprivileged communities in India’s largest resettlement site of Kannagi Nagar. The divides of ...

Parama Padam, a solo Bharatanatyam performance, became the new dance production for the latest global tour of Apsara Arts in 2017. Mohanapriyan Thavarajah had just stepped inside the famous shrine in ...

Emerging from Tamil Nadu, Bharatanatyam is a revered Indian dance form with over two millennia of history. Notable for its hand gestures, rhythmic footwork, and graceful movements, the dance offers ...

When my nephew informed me that I had been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, I was happy, and my thoughts went to my parents, my gurus and Kanchi mahaswami, says Padma Subrahmanyam. I feel honoured to be ...

Bharatanatyam and Malavika Sarukkai are like 'conjoined twins' – often mentioned in the same breath. The veteran danseuse who has captivated audiences with her performances for over 50 years, ...

IT WAS a proud moment for seven-year-old P. Manisha as she performed Bharatanatyam in front of an audience of nearly 1,000 people after training for three years. “I was not nervous because I really ...