Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger ...

UNESCO declared it an intangible cultural heritage in 2003, noting that it takes dancers "years of intensive training" to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Touché, in contrast, began with Royal and fellow dancer João Menegussi standing ...

Parakh Madan gained acclaim for her role as Aanchal in Bhagya Lakshmi. With a classical dance background, she excels in portraying complex emotions. The current plot intensifies as Lakshmi faints ...

Fernando Bujones, 50, a prodigy who became one of the leading male classical dancers in international ballet and who once declared, "Baryshnikov has the publicity, I have the talent," died Nov. 10 at ...

Fernando Bujones, artistic director of the Orlando Ballet and a Cuban-American ballet prodigy who earned a place among the great classical dancers of the late 20th century, died of skin cancer ...

Padma Shri Yamini Krishnamurti dies at 84 Yamini Krishnamurti, renowned Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi exponent, passed away at 84 in New Delhi. A celebrated classical dancer, she received numerous ...

Bharatanatyam, which developed in Hindu temples in South India, is one of the world’s oldest classical dances — and possibly one of the most complex. Local audiences will have a chance to experience ...