Bharatanatyam is the among most popular and well-known of all Indian dance traditions, and the Natya Dance Theatre visited the Peck Pavilion Tuesday night to showcase this ancient genre. The classical ...
Chicago’s Natya Dance Theatre celebrates its 30th anniversary with “Dance India: Choreographing Traditions,” a series of performances and lectures running Thursday through Sept. 10. Natya Dance ...
The See Chicago Dance 2021 Legacy Award has been awarded to Hema Rajagopalan, Indian American artistic director of the Natya Dance Theatre. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporte Hema Rajagopalan, ...
“With Natya Dance Theatre, being contemporary is our tradition,” says artistic director Hema Rajagopalan. “Bharatanatyam doesn’t need to be a museum piece that only people of knowledge can enjoy.” ...
On these pages — the arts section of an American newspaper — “contemporary dance” is a label usually given to a certain aesthetic of Western concert dance. What we call “contemporary” is an amalgam of ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dancer/Guru Geeta Chandran along with her organization dedicated to promoting ...
Saturday, April 29 is World Dance Day. And fittingly, that holiday falls on day two of the ninth annual American Natya Festival. Organized by St. Louis-based Soorya Performing Arts, this weekend’s ...
NATYA VRIKSHA is all set to present the 18th edition of its special event, organised each year to mark World Dance Day. It is conceived and curated by senior Bharatanatyam dancer Geeta Chandran.
ST. LOUIS — Soorya Performing Arts is hosting its annual Natya Festival June 13–15 at Clayton High School Auditorium. The three-day event celebrates Indian classical dance with performances from top ...
Natya Vriksha's World Dance Day at India International Centre, curated by Geeta Chandran, showcased diverse dance styles, workshops, seminars, and performances by young dancers, emphasising the ...