For them, the coming of winter marks the season of celebration. They consider it a period of pleasure like spring and merry-making. The Santh-als, a primitive tribal community living in the mineral-rich Sukinda valley under the Jajpur district in Odisha, commemorate arr-ival of the winter in a different fashion.

The recent “Youth Festival” celebrated in Delhi was an occasion that had all forms of dance and entertainment in one platter. With a blend of classical and contemporary dance forms, sparkling laser and beam show, eye-catching puppet shows and live performances of rock bands, the Youth Festival in Central Park, Delhi, had it all.

At my dance studio and many other dance schools, teachers organise dance gathering at different clubs, lounges or restaurants.

Vijayalakshmi is not new to classical dance. Belonging to the current generation of Mohiniyattam dancers, she is acknowledged as one of the most eminent exponents of this dance form today.

For many dancers this festive season a way to celebrate and rejoice, it is a break for some and loads for work for others.

He has a feather-weight body. Lithe, elastic like a rubber.

Scottish Dance Theatre set the Indian stage on fire during their four-city tour between Oct. 18 and Nov. 2

The Ramayana is one of the greatest epics ever written, with an enormous influence on cultures of Asian countries mainly India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bangladesh and South-East Asian countri

Dance speaks before and beyond words. It is visual and visceral, present and immediate, yet triggers the subconscious and a sense of shared consciousness.

That dancers work physically is a well-known fact. But that they also work a lot mentally is a lesser-known fact. As dancers and choreographers they need to keep thinking all the time about new choreographies and moves to make the next dance show more successful and attractive than the earlier one.