Pallabi Chakravorty, an Associate Professor in the Dance Program at Swarthmore College, will visit Westphal on May 18 and 19 for a guest lecture and Kathak Master Class as a 2017 Rankin Scholar. Dr.

Chitresh Das, a renowned practitioner and teacher of the kathak form of Indian classical dance, died Sunday in Marin County. He was 70. The San Francisco-based Chhandam School of Kathak, which Das ...

There is something eternal about Kathak, from the swirl of a lehenga to the accuracy of footwork and the subtlety of expression. Having danced since the age of three, I find myself fascinated by the ...

Fans of Indian dance have reason to celebrate, as Google unveils a new Doodle featuring Sitara Devi, a legendary performer of classical Indian Kathak dance. Devi was born in Kolkata 97 years ago ...

Name a classical dance form that's pan Indian, nay global: Kathak. In nautanki form or raas, bhaand or royal courts, proscenium stage or Bollywood, Kathak has had a pride of place. Delhi just had a ...

Deriving its roots from Vedic Sanskrit word, ‘Katha’ that means story, and ‘Kathakar’ implying the person who tells the story, Kathak is all about narrations through complex steps, movements, poise, ...