Kathak, one of India's eight classical dance forms, is renowned for its intricate footwork, rhythmic patterns, and powerful storytelling. Over centuries, it has grown through various gharanas, ...

Three generations of Kathak’s Lucknow Gharana performed at BSV's centenary, blending tradition with modernity, reaching global audiences online.

In the vibrant world of Indian classical dance, Shivani Varma stands as both a torchbearer and a trailblazer. A distinguished disciple of the legendary Pt. Birju Maharaj and Guru Shovana Narayan, she ...

Kathak is one of the eight classical forms of Indian dance. It is comprised of powerful movement and technique, using percussive footwork and rhythms rooted in the Indian classical music system, ...

If you're getting inspired by Mouni's favourite kathak routine, we bring to you a list of muscles engaged while practicing this dance form and the benefits attached to it before you sign up for a ...

Learning a traditional dance form is quite task, but what would you call learning something that is even more ancient than your traditional dance form? As people do not know the history of Kathak and ...

Sitting in the front row, watching a dance show, she patiently unpacks for me the cycle of nine-and-a-half beats to which the piece being performed is set. "That's why it's called Navardha Tala," she ...

Chitresh Das, a mesmerizing Kolkata-born performer of the North Indian classical Indian dance form Kathak and a great educator in the form throughout the Bay Area and the United States, died of an ...

Making an art form thrive in a foreign land is challenging. It is further demanding to keep it up to the original standards without diluting it. However, for Pali Chandra who has been performing and ...

Each ‘style’ (as in ‘Bharatanatyam’ and ‘Kathak’ featured in BBC Young Dancer) has its demanding, characteristic physical vocabulary and repertoire to express this. But all share a common, ...

Pandit Birju Maharaj, the Kathak maestro, passed away in Delhi today (Monday). Dancer and choreographer Mayur Vaidya is among the few artists who was close to Pandit Birju Maharaj and learned Kathak ...