The ancient temple dance art of South India was offered in devotional ritual as a part of worship... more
The exciting meld of a folk tradition of dance-drama in the "Krishna Belt" of Brijbhumi in North India with the court dancing favoured by later Muslim rulers... more
Kelu Charan Mahapatra and Sanjukta Panigrahi
”Odissi”
Recreated in the mid-2Oth century by a dedicated band of dancers, musicians, theatre artistes, writers and composers, Odissi, the lyrical lost art of temple dancers was the exquisite child of modern India... more
Recreated in the mid-2Oth century by a dedicated band of dancers, musicians, theatre artistes, writers and composers, Odissi, the lyrical lost art of temple dancers was the exquisite child of modern India... more
Kathakali can be described as the ‘ theatre of imagination’ Historically Kathakali is the end product of a long line of theatrical practices... more
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
”Manipuri”
The devotional dance of the verdant North-eastern starte of Manipur. The dance form Manipuri is part of the socio-cultural fabric of refined and aesthetic Meitei Vaishnava society... more
Radha and Raja Reddy, Swapanasundari and more
”Kuchipudi”
From its earlier form of a Missionary Group Tradition, Kuchipudi has evolved into being a highly entertaining and technically complex... more
The Dance of the Enchantress’, this genre was invented in medieval times for the delectation of courtly male connoisseurs of Kathakali... more
This is the most popular of Thyagaraja's operas as the story is of captivating interest. The Naukacharitam is a creation of the composer’s own imagination... more
Born in the village of Mandur near Varanasi, Ravidas imbibed the spirit of devotion to God from his parents as well as the holy precincts of Varanasi... more
