Dancer Aditi Mangaldas's production 'Within', inspired by the Nirbhaya incident, returns to the stage with a performance at ...

Much of India's cultural and artistic history is tied to dance. In Indian classical dance alone, there are nine different forms, including the Northern India genre known as kathak, which dates to 4 ...

That said, of all the classical Indian dances, Kathak is the one that is especially introduced as ‘a storytelling dance’. The name ‘Kathak’ is derived from the Sanskrit word Katha or ...

Ritika Arora, a passionate Kathak dancer and choreographer, dreams of combining her love for dance with acting in Bollywood.

Kumudini Lakhia, an eminent Kathak dancer and choreographer, passed away at 95 in. Honored with the Padma Vibhushan, she established the Kadamb Centre for Dance and Music. Her influential work in ...

At Kadamb Centre, she developed technique, vocabulary and repertoire of Kathak dance. She also worked as a choreographer in Hindi film "Umrao Jaan" (1981), among others. Prime Minister Narendra ...

Aditi Mangaldas, one of India’s foremost Kathak exponents, who began her dance journey under Lakhia’s watchful eye at Kadamb, echoes Krishan Maharaj. “That’s what made her a force of ...

Kumudini Lakhia: The Kathak legend who liberated the dance form from its darbar roots With every twirl and glance, she transformed Kathak into a mirror of the contemporary world—bold ...