Points to reflect on during the Chennai Season


Solo Expressions in the Music Academy Festival


Music Academy's annual dance deluge


Mind boggling excellence all the way
in the 43rd Natya Kala Conference

Rama: The gold standard


Bharat Ratna!



When the Bansuri finds its voice:
Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage as a living tribute to Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Manasa-Art Without Frontiers presents
Nectar from the Blue Lotus
February 19, 2026 New Delhi


Sarasalaya presents
14th Sarasa Natya Mala
Feb 21 & 22, 2026 Chennai

NMACC presents MEHEK
By Aditi Mangaldas & Aakash Odedra
April 11, 2026 Mumbai

Celebrations in North Bengal in honour of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
- Shyamhari Chakra


Shivaratri Mahotsavam at Sri Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur
- Padma Jayaraj


Naadam Nrityotsava
- Vijay Shanker


A Kuchipudi offering of joy, lineage and lived devotion
- Sujata Chakraborty


Thematic Bharatanatyam performances with contemporary flavour
- Satish Suri


'Vivarta - Transformations' and 'Kalatra'
- Chandra Anand


A visually captivating 'Trayi'
- Dr. Mohammed Rafee


Mauli - A timeless tradition of devotion
- Vijay Shanker


Glitch in the Matrix: Where Devotee meets Deity
- Rajiv Rajamani


A Growtowskian night in Irinjalakuda: Discussions on
Western theatre and the Indian theatre tradition
- Sona Maria


Variegated solo dance performances
- Satish Suri


Anusmriti: Remembering Guru K. J. Govindarajan
through Sound, Movement, and Memory
- Dr. Parul Purohit Vats


Naivedyam: When offering becomes experience
- Anurag Chauhan


Vasai Fine Arts Festival of music and dance
- Vijay Shanker


Dhrupadi Ranga - Gitam, Badyam, Nrityam:
A celebratory confluence of classical Arts
- Krishnakshi Kashyap


Shashthi Varna Chakra
- Madhuri Sarkar


Madras Music Academy Dance Festival
Tradition: Reinforcement and Reimagination - Part 1
- V. Kaladharan


Madras Music Academy Dance Festival
Tradition: Reinforcement and Reimagination - Part 2
- V. Kaladharan


Soorya Youth Festival - A celebration of young artistes
- Dr. Hareesh Narayanan


The legacy of Manipuri Dance:
Tradition, Evolution, and Global Relevance
- Dr. Amrita Sengupta Dutta

Gautam Marathe: The eye-level God
- Rajiv Rajamani


Kintsugi: Golden fractures of the Mahabharata
- Satish Suri


Silver Jubilee year of Nritya Parva
- Tapati Chowdhurie


7th Dual Margam by BIC Bangalore
- Madhuri Sarkar


Amritanjali Festival of Classical Dance


Nada Abhinayam Festival
- Vijay Shanker


Reformatting Kathak solo: The Idea of Sahridayi
- Arohi Munshi


Enlightening Margazhi Fest in Mumbai
- Lata Surendra


Kerala Natanam at Margazhi Natya Utsavam
- Ambika Shankar


The Yoga of Kathak: Srija receives a standing ovation


From Mangala Gitam to Moksha: The narrative arc of Natya Katha-Krshna
- Bijoy Shivram


Centenary celebrations of Kuchipudi Guru Pasumarthy Krishnamurthy
- Sudha Sridhar


Three very distinct performances
- Rajiv Rajamani


Shraddhanjali as a tribute to Pt. Birju Maharaj
- Tapati Chowdhurie


Dr. Sunanda Nair: A legacy of 4 decades
- A.M. Hari Shankar


An absorbing Mohiniattam performance by Swapna Rajendrakumar
- SK Venugopal


Arunodaya 2025 - A journey of mentorship and sustained practice
- Rashmita Adhikari


Sparks from Varnamala: Igniting moments in a triptych of Varnams
- Satish Suri


The discipline of the embrace
- Anurag Chauhan


18th Guru Debaprasad Nrutya Parampara Festival:
An ode to Guru Debaprasad Das
- Priyanka Palta


Variegated terrains of sringara
- V. Kaladharan

The delicate balance: Notes from the in-between generation
- Shreya Kumar Gopal Rao

Dancing a holographic consciousness
- Dr. Lata Surendra


Democracy as Naṭya: Toward civilisational renewal
- Rohit Viswanath


Finding Shiva: A process of rebuilding my own truth
- Arnav Ajana



Padmarani Rasiah Cantú
- Anita Vallabh


Sathya at 60: What endurance looks like in dance
- Anurag Chauhan


Sathyanarayana Raju: A life in dance
- V.V. Ramani

Dr. Arshiya Sethi on SADI
- Shveta Arora


Ashwini Kalsekar: Kathak beyond borders
- Vijay Shankar


Dr. Sathyanarayana Raju:
From AgriCulture to Culture, Paddy fields to the Proscenium
- Srivatsa Shandilya



Guru Prabha Marathe (1936-2025)
- Ashish Mohan Khokar