INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...
On International Dance Day, choreographers reflect on the evolution of dance in Hindi cinema, from classical-inspired movements of the past to today’s globally influenced choreography. Retaining the ...
Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...
Right from India's first talking film, “Alam Ara” (1931), music and dance cemented themselves as staples of movie narratives. Drawing from centuries-old traditions of North and South Indian classical ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Did you know that for nearly two weeks in April every year, Cleveland is the home to the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India? Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival draws ...
“Naatu Naatu,” the musical centerpiece of the Telugu-language blockbuster RRR, made history this year as the first song from any Asian country’s film industry to win a Golden Globe, and it may make ...