A Sinhalese Bharatanatyam guru, who learnt the art in Chennai under Adyar Lakshmanan in the early 1960s, has added a Sinhalese flavour to the South Indian dance in order to popularise it in the ...

The chances of lay audience understanding Bharatanatyam or any classical dance recital in its entirety are slim. They may enjoy the visual experience, but are likely to not get the theme conveyed ...

When a known traditionalist like Priyadarsini Govind strays beyond the Bharatanatyam margam, one’s ears perk up. What’s the world upto? Is the classical style going out of style? “Not at all,” says ...