Treating dance from the standpoint of classicism, tradition and optical beauty comes to the acclaimed Sattriya dancer Anita Sharma from her familiarity with the resources of the art and training in ...

Although to a layman (such as I), for a few fleeting seconds it might seem to resemble Manipuri dance, which is familiar to Bengalis, it shouldn't take long to distinguish the uniqueness and ...

Even before she could talk, Menaka PP Bora would itch to dance like her mother Indira PP Bora, a national award-winning classical dancer. Menaka would spy on her mother and her students dancing and ...

Nestling in the heart of South Delhi is the Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan under the Assam Association of Delhi. From its façade, a giant mural of two traditional Assamese performers watches over ...

Sattriya dance, which was included as one of the eight major dances in India, has been seeing tremendous growth in the public fora. TNIE speaks to two proponents of the art form, who recently ...

KOCHI: Krishnakshi Kashyap’s tryst with Sattriya Nrithya began a few years ago when she started performing the dance form on various stages across the country. Well trained in Bharatnatyam, she was ...

In another step to celebrate and make the Indian classical dance form of Sattriya known, Mumbai-based dancer Prateesha Suresh will conduct a lecture and demonstration of the dance form at Cymroza Art ...