Recently, New York City’s Drive East Festival showcased accomplished performers of classical Indian dance and music. For many observers, this was an unprecedented opportunity to see just how uniquely ...

Dancing has become a lost art form in today's rap videos. Granted, you have Childish Gambino performing Gwara Gwara, and Neza African dance steps in his polarizing, yet brilliant “This Is America” ...

On Sept. 27 and 28, Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) hosted Intersections, a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian ...

Classical dance in India is based upon and influenced by the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian text that is the foundation for performing arts. With so many unique and beautiful dance forms—each with a ...

Classical ballet has a familiar place in our minds. We know who invented it, the major stars and the eras they pioneered, and the classics of the repertoire—Christmas comes, and so does “The ...

One of my earliest memories of classical dance was watching Mikhail Baryshnikov in “White Nights” brazenly win a bet with 11 consecutive pirouettes. The raw beauty and heroism of the moment stayed ...

Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Watching and moving What’s online: Robert Garland’s “Return,” Justin Peck in Miami, Wayne McGregor in London and a class from the L.A. Dance Project.