“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” the musician Elvis Costello famously said, expressing the ineffable nature of art, and how its special powers resist translation. Linda Murray ...

Bollywood cinema is known for its elaborately choreographed song-and-dance numbers—a phenomenon that reflects the importance of dance in the art of Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Himalayas for ...

Every artist confronts her past, and, in the case of the Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy, that past is both a country and a colonial legacy. Satpathy performs Odissi, a dance style from the eastern ...

Drawn to the lavish dance numbers in films from India, or just bored with their gym workouts, people are flocking to Bollywood-style dance classes that mix traditional Indian folk dances with hip-hop ...

“But the director said, ‘That’s such a cool idea. Let’s try it,’ “ she remembers. “And when you’re welcomed, that’s how you gain confidence.” The Adaa Dance Academy has competed in local Indian dance ...