Italian by birth, Ileana Citaristi has been living in Odisha since 1979 in close contact with the people, language and culture associated with the dance form she is passionate about. She took to ...

Naome Sajnani, an 11th-grade student at Schreiber High School, performed Odissi, an Indian classical dance at her Manch Pravesh, her graduating performance and culmination of her studies at Malais ...

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28: The spiritual aesthetics of Odissi have won the classical dance form a varied audience all across the globe. Many young dancers from far off lands are attracted towards the state ...

It was a moment of immense pride for Mangalorean’s across India when Adria Cardoza, an accomplished Odissi artist from Mumbai ...

Dressed in a complex costume of bright colors, a white sash, and a crimson red turban, Kuldeep Singh, who calls himself “a painter who dances,” will perform Odissi dances in his show So Many Journeys ...

Students elegantly curve their hands before breaking into synchronised footwork at a class in New Delhi, where growing numbers are signing up for Indian traditional dance classes rooted in Hindu ...

Nanae Kezuka performs at the Odissi International in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Picture by Ashwinee Pati Bhubaneswar, Dec. 23: Maria Osmachko travels all the way from Ukraine to Odisha every year to learn ...

It is only half in jest that Kumkum Mohanty rues the absence of an equivalent of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code in classical dance. “All this jumping around to excite and impress ...

Join a transformative four-day residential Odissi workshop in Chulanur, blending dance, yoga, and nature for a holistic ...

Sharanya Mukhopadhyay is a UCLA graduate and a dedicated dancer in the Odissi style. She has been studying dance since the tender age of 4. She started learning Odissi under the tutelage of Srimati ...