Srinidhi Chidambaram, celebrating 50 years in Bharatanatyam, reflects on her unconventional training under Kamala Lakshman.

LAKE FOREST, CA – Nithiyashree Moorthi, a student of Mahalakshmi Balaji of the Rudralayam Dance School, performed her Arangetram on August 13 at the Lake Forest Civic Center. She began with the Kali ...

Regardless of the universal values that Mohiniyattam has to offer, I often like to pose questions like – “Why do you dance?” and “What does Indian classical dance mean to you?” to the Indian audience ...

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s hotly anticipated next film starring Tom Cruise has set a fall release date and unveiled its evocative title, “Digger.” A first poster and teaser for the Warner Bros. and ...

My Arangetram at age seven. I think it was the beginning of my entire life as an artist, and I refer to that moment a lot. A Kansa, gua sha, and some copper balls to infuse water with copper energy.

Albert Birney’s visually inventive low-budget feature follows a man in the 1980s who gets sucked into a virtual world. A collection on the streaming platform highlights the wide-ranging work of the ...

“She watched and waited as you emerged into this world”. These were grandmother Saraswathi’s words to me, as I was preparing for my arangetram. I was an excited nine-year-old who loved to dance and ...

The movies that saved movies from themselves. Pluribus is a direct refutation of the hot new ‘collectivism’ trend. Richard Linklater salutes Godard, redeems himself. This looks like the strongest year ...

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