I recently read that sometime back, Solange Magnano, 37-year-old accomplished dancer, model and former Miss Argentina, died of complications resulting from elective surgery on her hips.

With a career in dance spanning over 60 years, and a series of awards to her credit, including the civilian honour of Padma Shree, Padma Bhushan and the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, this Kathak danseuse is best known for revolutionising Kathak by breaking the monotony, embracing change and incorporating the same in her dance.

As a professional dancer or even as a dancer who dances as a hobby, one tends to do lot of physical activity, we have to dance and practice choreographies, not just in the classroom, but also on our own. This can be very exhausting and physically very tiring.

Dancing all the time — be it at rehearsals, shows, appearances, performances, lectures, workshop, shoots and even concept development meetings — is part of a professional dancers life and it can surel

Every pious pilgrim in India wishes to pay a visit to Char Dham and Puri, better known as the Jagannath Dham or Srikshetra in Orissa, which is one of the four sacred sites where millions flock every y

A dancer needs to remain fit at all times. Your health can mean the world to you, so it becomes important that you take good care of what and how much you consume.

Freedom is every man’s birthright and it’s not just about seeking it from an oppressive foreign misrule, but also from one’s own internal demons.

Dancers in India have a special status; they are icons in their own right. Being a chief guest is not just a domain for filmstars and politicians, dancers also enjoy the privilege.

In the Bolivian highlands along the shores of Lake Titicaca, the Aymara Indian community celebrates St. James in the days leading up to his feast day every year with an unusual dance.

Whenever I am asked to pay a visit to any of the Arab countries, one thing that comes to my mind is the myriad restrictions on women with regard to clothing, and a very different lifestyle from Europe