Each dance has unique steps (even if many Bollywood choreographers like to combine different styles), and far from being random, these steps have very significant meanings. Bharatanatyam is a ...

Divya Hoskere is a young Bharatanatyam dancer and academician ... covered the vast stage of The Music Academy (she performed at the 2025 dance festival), she managed the grounded touch as well.

How they attune themselves to it determines the impact of the piece. At The Music Academy Dance Festival, K.P. Rakesh’s delineation of ‘Kshanamadhuna’ was an aesthetic delight.

“In Nalavenba, it’s said that swans learn their graceful gait from observing the enchanting Damayanti.” says Vidya Bhavani Suresh, a Bharatanatyam exponent and musicologist, whose upcoming performance ...

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THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR DANCE ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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The UK's official biggest dance songs of the week, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other physical formats, across a seven day period. Compiled by the Official Charts Company.

Alice Shields is a composer and librettist interested in ritual, theater and dance from around the world. Her work focuses on the unreal, with stories about women, the environment and the paranormal.

The week’s most popular current dance/electronic songs, billed to DJs, producers, and long-standing core artists in the dance/electronic genre, with an emphasis on electronic-based production ...

Donald and Melania Trump arrive at the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony on Monday in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of ...