It’s a Saturday, and the decisive, guiding beats of the dhol — a double-headed drum from India — and shouts of “hadippa” (a Punjabi word meaning “hooray”) reverberate through a Sandy dance studio. The ...

As most children celebrating Holi get busy this time of year throwing colorful powder at one another, girls and boys at the Syosset-based Hamsaasya School of Dance are also throwing on colorful garb ...

CULTURE. HERE’S CRISTIANA RAMOS. COSTUMES. JEWELRY. MAKEUP AND MOVEMENT. EACH STYLE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER. AND. MOHINIYATTAM. LOTS OF CURVES AND GRACE. THERE’S A LOT OF INTERNAL MOVEMENT THAT’S ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Nritya Katha – ‘Dance stories for children,’ published by The National Book Trust of India has nine stories about nine different Indian dance forms. In each story, a child ...