Janmashtami was celebrated across India with vibrant festivities, cultural traditions, and spiritual reverence, uniting ...

"Manipuri classical dance has not received the fame and recognition it requires and deserves. Sadly, I observe a lack of leadership in the art form as compared to other national classical dances.

PETAKH TIQWA, Israel: A leading manipuri dance troupe captivated the hearts of hundreds of Israelis here taking them on a journey across the rich artistic landscape of the north-eastern state.

“Manipuri is still a living dance form,” says Sinam Basu Singh, a Manipuri dance exponent who is in the city with his troupe as part of a SPIC-MACAY programme to bring the arts to young student.

Manipuri dance gained new significance in 1919, when Tagore was quite taken by a performance during his Assam tour, leading him to invite the guru as faculty to Shantiniketan.

Manipuri dance has both Lasya and Tandava or vigorous movements As a dance form, Manipuri is traditional and ritualistic, and playing the drums is an integral part of it.

Sharon Lowen is a respected exponent of Odissi, Manipuri and Mayurbhanj and Seraikella Chau whose four-decade career in India was preceded by 17 years of modern dance and ballet in the US and an ...

I moved to the US in 1992 to do my MA in Dance from the University of California. When I went there, I realised barely anyone knew about Manipur or Manipuri dance,” she says.

Staged to commemorate the founding of Manipuri Dance Visions, a Pasadena training academy, the performance featured Sohini Ray and Sucharita Sharma, women who appeared in contrasting male and ...

Manipur is a nation of dancers and it naturally follows that the Lai Haraoba should be a community, group affair. Manipuris put it this way: “Every girl who weaves can dance.” ...