Swapan Majumder is an Indian exponent of Chhau dance and his wife Sucheta, a Bangladeshi, is a Kathak artiste. The dancer duo is now in Dhaka to conduct a workshop on dance. Noted Bangladeshi dancers ...

The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the epics ...

Much before many of India’s dance forms got global recognition, the unique martial Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj arrested the attention of the then British monarch and, subsequently, of international ...

Lucknow: LaTouche Road Puja Sangsad Society this year will be celebrating Durga Puja on a theme based on Chhau Dance, traditional dance form popular in Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. The puja would be ...

Shadhona's latest production, “Tasher Desh” is to incorporate the energetic Chhau dance from Purulia and contemporary Western from UK. Two renowned masked Chhau dancers from Purulia, Biren Kalindi and ...

Italy, America, China, Denmark, Turkey, Mongolia, Germany, France…,” says the old man who has stopped us in the square near the Seraikella Palace. He is 77 years old, gets a pension of Rs 2,000 a ...

Ranchi, May 25: Another male bastion has been stormed by women. This time it is Chhau, the 200-year-old tribal dance which is performed only by men. Chhau being a tribal war dance was restricted to ...

LUCKNOW With the rising trend of theme-based puja pandals in the city, an exciting new addition is on the horizon. The “Latouche Road Puja Sangsad Society,” the city’s third-oldest puja committee, ...

In a vibrant tapestry of history and heritage, the creative collaboration between Ileana Citaristi and sisters Mrinalika and Akshita Bhanj Deo stand as beacons of hope and inspiration. The ...