It was a path ordained for Nellai D Kannan. Son of Nellai P.S. Devaraja Iyer, a well-known mridangist and namasankirtanam bhagavathar in Tirunelveli, he grew in a house that resonated with the sounds ...

Watching so much of the geometry of the dance form accentuated by lithe movements of young dancers, it was a different experience to see the performance of a senior artist where the technique was ...

Padma Subrahmanyam’s ‘Krishnaya Tubhyam Namaha’, compiled, tuned and conceptualised by her in 1974, was unconventional and endearing. The audience saw a theatrical picturisation of Krishna’s life ...

HYDERABAD: As the music plays, the rostrum metamorphoses into an elysium, unfolding abstract art where each movement channels a tale of grace, meaning, and emotion, like rhythmic poetry. Each dancer, ...

‘Prakrti to Para, An Exploration of Sakthi’, conceptualised and visualised by Bharatanrithyam dancers Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkatraman of Nrithyodaya, was an exploration of the Divine Mother from ...