What happens when Ms Pac-Man meets Indian dance?
- Grace Wood
Ms Pac-Man and her 1980s video game contemporaries may not seem the most obvious inspiration for classical Indian dance routines. But three performers are channelling the 8-bit characters for their latest venture.

A sister act in modern Indian dance
- Ashish Khokar
Madhuri and Mayuri Upadhya have just turned 25 in the dance field, running perhaps India's best modern dance company.

Manipuri musician beaten to death for objecting to noise outside South Delhi home
- Jimmy Leivon, Sakshi Chand
Identified as C Vikram Singh, the musician had been living in Kilokari village for several years.

mitr, friends
An Ode to Friendship: Kuchipudi and Odissi in Conversation
- Anita Vallabh
mitr, friends, a collaboration between Kalanidhi Dance and the Bijayini Satpathy Dance Collective, premiered on September 12, 2026, at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center.

Milestone Mudras
- Alwin Benjamin Soji
Samanvay Festival celebrates the golden jubilee of Sri Rajarajeswari Kalaniketan.

Groundbreaking debut
- Shilpa Nair Anand
Meet Apurva Arthur, the first woman student to perform mizhavu arangettam at Kerala Kalamandalam.

Rhythm meets technique
- V.V. Ramani
The recently held Smriti Festival celebrated the artistry and beauty of footwork in Kathak.

Making space for new narratives
- NC Srinivasaraghavan
From reimagined epics to literary adaptations, Kalakshetra's 3 day Kathakali festival showcased the dance form's evolving repertoire.

Finding their footing
- V.V. Ramani
'Bhavesu Nayakah' at Aikyam 2026 showcased 4 young male dancers.