Patruni Chidananda Sastry’s recently released dance video on YouTube triggered a quiet discourse on LGBTQ representation in classical dance. ‘Dancing dysphoria’ follows the struggles, both mental, as well as physical that a non-binary person has to go through while navigating the idea of gender. Sastry uses the grace and aesthetics of Bharatanatyam to convey the conflict. For Hyderabad-based Sastry, dance speaks louder than words. When in class V, Sastry watched Chitra Visweswaran, the renowned Bharatanatyam dancer, perform on stage in Kharagpur centred around the Hollywood film Godzilla. “My

A group of older people formed a dance team to entertain at community centers and ballparks, and they call themselves the Pacemakers. Now, they're inviting men and women over the age of 60 to join them. When the COVID pandemic hit, the Pacemakers didn't miss a beat. They simply moved their weekend rehearsals to Zoom and kept on dancing. Their success is all the more remarkable because it was born out of adversity. "We wear our ages, our year of our birth, on our jerseys for a reason," founder Susan Avery

Guillermo De Fazio and Giovanna Dan are directors, performers, partners, choreographers, and teachers who live and breathe tango. Their touring production, Tango Argentina, brings a cast of eight dancers and four musicians to the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Jan. 20. In a world starved for human connection — thanks, COVID — the sight of four couples literally dancing cheek-to-cheek may induce an emotional reaction in the Santa Fe audience. The feelings may be even stronger for the dozens of local dancers who recently lost their Tango

When Britney Spears spoke out in June during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, she talked about how those in charge of her conservatorship had strictly governed her life for 13 years, calling the arrangement “abusive.” But she also emphasized one way she had held on to some control. She kept on dancing. She “actually did most of the choreography,” she said, referring to 2018 rehearsals for her later scuttled “Britney: Domination” residency in Las Vegas, “meaning I taught my dancers my new choreography myself.” There was “tons of

(WXYZ) — It’s News Years, and you know what that means! It’s time for New Years resolutions and all that jazz; but what about setting one you might actually keep? Ricardo Souza, New York City based Brazilian professional dancer, thinks you should give dance a try this year, and here’s why. “Dance is such a powerful and transformative artform that we can all benefit from. It doesn’t matter what type of dance you want to try, just go and do it! Dance has the power to positively impact

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I was leaving the theater late, close to 11, the last to descend from our dressing room at the top of a winding staircase backstage. The stage was empty and dark except for the ghost light—the industry name for a single bulb left on center stage. The other lighting fixtures, curtains, and wings had been hoisted up into the flies exposing brick, large set pieces, thick ropes. I paused just behind the ghost light, savoring the uncommon solitude of an empty theater. I was 20 and dancing in

Age is just a number, and wholesome content on the internet is a great reminder of this. A video of a septuagenarian ice skating with his teacher has delighted many online, inspiring others to pursue hobbies they didn’t get to do earlier. Own Trail CEO Rebekah Bastian recently shared a beautiful video of her father, who is battling stage 4 cancer, dancing in the ring to soulful music. “He decided to learn how to ice skate a few years ago, and just did this performance with his teacher,” the

The Paramparaa Foundation in collaboration with LifeCykul Digital Platform today announced the launch of Paramparaa Dance League which will feature 2 leagues, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam. It is a league where the ancient art of "Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam" meets on an ultra-modern platform LifeCykul. The competition will take place on LifeCykul Digital Platform. The Paramparaa Dance league is open for participation now, and the first Round Jury Results will be announced on December 17, 2021. The grand finale will be a physical event and will be held at Sri