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 ...

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, ...

For a bharata natyam dancer to hold her leg high is as shocking to an Eastern classicist as a ballet dancer standing on her head would be to a Western traditionalist. That’s partly the result of the ...

What if we were only human? We had forgotten identity? No land, no borders, no religion, no race? What if the struggle is within us? A script by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan poses these and other questions, ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Natya Dance Theatre is an acclaimed company and academy based in Chicago and dedicated to the art of Bharata Natyam. Rooted in Hindu spiritual ...

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.

Classical Indian dance is laden with paradox. Bejewelled performers in elaborate costumes are supposed to convey the immateriality of the material world. Actresses perfect the communication of emotion ...