FREMONT, CA – MILANA, an experimental performance blending Kathak dance, Indian classical music, and jazz, premieres on March 15, 2025, at Jackson Theater, Ohlone College. The production features ...
FOR Shika Harrypaul, a Grade 6 teacher at Crawford International and a lifelong student of Kathak, the vision is clear: Indian classical dance should not only be taught, it should be valued as ...
Kathak dancers wear “ghungroo,” or cuffs of jangling ankle bells, while performing the ancient Indian dance form, which is contrasted against American tap in Leela Dance Collective’s “Speak,” set for ...
WORCESTER — A number of different elements will be working in harmony together at the Classical Musical Melody of India concert at 7 p.m. June 3 in Mechanics Hall. The concert is a fundraiser for Joy ...
For the past year, percussionist Sameer Gupta’s nonprofit, RootStock Arts, has presented bite-sized programs of classical Indian music at Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery. By turning the ...
Mr. Maharaj choreographed for Bollywood, but was chiefly known for carrying the torch of Kathak, one of India’s major dance traditions. By Alastair Macaulay Birju Maharaj, who was revered in India as ...
Serving as a bridge between tradition and innovation, history and progress - Indian Kathak and American Jazz Tap dance - continents and ages apart share parallel stories of struggle and perseverance ...
In May of 1970, at a San Francisco concert venue best known for reverberating with the sounds of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, three masters of Indian classical music took the stage for a ...