Telling stories through elaborate dance and music while keeping in touch with their Indian roots. A local dance group in Connecticut, Layavinyasa, is helping children keep in touch with their heritage ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X By day, he’s a software engineer. Come evening, however, Kaladhar Bejjanki logs off his ...

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 ...

At Children’s Manor Montessori School in Germantown where Praneetha Akula was teaching and performing, a little girl got to see herself in her teacher. The pre-K student announced that she knew how to ...

AMHERST, N.Y. — An Amherst woman is sharing her passion for Indian classical dance by creating a new group. It's called Kala Seva Arts and Cultural Society. Bharatanatyam is a dance style Bharathy ...

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 ...