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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

In its stunning exhibition of classical Indian dance, “Shakti Chakra – the Energy Cycle,” Natya Dance Theatre examines powerful forces that have been central to the human experience since the dawn 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, ...

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 ...

Adapted from the 2013 F.Y.I production, Beyond Bollywood – The Rhythms of Dance, this performance explores the origins of the classical Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam, and its impact on contemporary ...

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 ...

Hyderabad: A breathtaking convergence of six Indian classical dance forms enthralled audiences at the “Natya Thoranam” event, organized by Amrita Cultural Trust. Held at Shilpakala Vedika on Saturday ...