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Actor-dancer Rima Kallingal is in her element when we meet at the Fine Arts Hall in Kochi, Kerala. She is “happily tired” for she and seven members from her dance company, Mamangam, have been practising daily for the past two months for…

Watch | All about Kattaikoothu, a traditional Tamil folk dance form The quaint Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam is located eight kilometres from Kanchipuram town in Tamil Nadu. For the first time since the pandemic, the school which specialises in…

Sushil Hazarika from Assam is making social media users fall in love with his impromptu Bihu dance | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Social media is loving the video of an Assamese man — Sushil Hazarika, doing the Bihu dancing gracefully…

Kuchipudi exponents Raja and Radha Reddy at Virasat – 2013 at Shobhavana, Mijar, near Mangalore on January 12, 2013 | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS In the hallowed realms of artistic expression, where rhythm and melody intertwine to create a…

Manikandan (centre) during a workshop | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Sometime in the 16th Century, a group of people from Bellary in Karnataka, migrated to Tamil Nadu. They brought with them something precious: their song and dance.…

Rebecca Spurgeon, the festival director | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jagirti, Whitefield, presents a three-day dance and music festival called Swartaal. The festival, curated by artistic director of Jagriti, Rebecca Spurgeon, will…

Parvathy Menon | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kuchipudi dancer Parvathy Menon from Ernakulam, was in Bengaluru to present her solo dance drama Jwalamukhi. This was presented at the 45th Mohini Nrityotsav 2023 in Bengaluru, which was…

‘Colours of Krishna’ by Nrityantar | Photo Credit: Srivatsa Shandilya “My approach to group choreography involves creating a work that is both innovative and meaningful with contemporary interpretations and relatable themes, fostering a…

Express News Service The book’s title perhaps says it all: this is the story of how B Manjunath Setty became Manjamma Jogathi. The path to the tumultuous transformation, however, cannot be summarised as succinctly.…

Shamitha Hettige and Vithya Arasu will perform Anurakti at Bengaluru and Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Anurakti, an Indo-Srilankan dance production by the rising choreographer-dancer couple Shamitha Hettige and Vithya…