With the recent popularity of Bollywood films, many Americans have now become familiar with the captivating dances from Hindu and Indian culture. But the dancing, and costumes worn when performing the ...

When watching Indian classical dance, there's a lot going on: the folding and unfolding of the dancers' pleated costumes, their eyes moving back and forth between thick black eyeliner, their hands ...

47-year-old K.M. Abu will be the first Muslim to receive a doctorate in Mohiniyattam. HT (HindustanTimes) Photo An Indian man in the southern state of Kerala has become the first Muslim to receive a ...

KOCHI, India (Reuters) - An Indian man in the southern state of Kerala has become the first Muslim to receive a doctorate in a classical dance rooted in Hindu mythology which is traditionally the ...

(RNS) — Throughout the United States, South Asian Americans young and old have come out to dance garba, the folk dance that began as a devotional form of worship and has now become a cultural ...

At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...

BLOOMINGTON — Bharatanatyam, one of the oldest classical dance traditions of India, will be presented during a public performance Sunday at the Hindu Temple of Bloomington-Normal. "This is a ...

LAFAYETTE — One Sunday morning as teenage girls gathered to rehearse the graceful steps and sculpture-like poses and gestures of classical Indian dance, Manju Lind reflected on how much this dance has ...

There will be divine dancing Sunday in Miller Outdoor Theater when choreographers Rathna Kumar and Jothi Raghavan lead a troupe of Indian dancers in their original work, Srishti. Srishti is the ...