Three concerts this weekend showcase South Indian traditions, Africa’s musical roots and the Christmas music of Latin America. A film screening spotlights Minnesota’s Hmong leaders.

Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance.

The much-awaited Indian Dance Festival has begun at the historic shore temple in Mamallapuram, attracting artists and audiences from all over the country.

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Ketut Nita Wahyuni lifts her folded hands prayerfully to her forehead as a priest leads the temple gathering. The 11-year-old is preparing to perform the Rejang Dewa, a sacred ...

Hundreds of Hindu devotees in northern India participate in an annual dance festival dedicated to the snake Goddess Manasa. People flock to the Kamakhya temple in the Assam region to see believers ...

KOCHI, India (Reuters) - A man in Kerala has become the first Muslim to receive a doctorate in a classical dance rooted in Hindu mythology which is traditionally the preserve of women. K.M. Abu, 47, ...

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 ...

The ancient human ritual celebrates the synthesis of the body and the soul. Civilizations have embraced stylized movement for centuries as a vital life force, a spiritual experience, an offering to ...

JHU Shakti, Johns Hopkins's competitive Indian classical dance team, won first place at the Origins National Dance Championship in Chicago on April 12. Their performance, which was choreographed by ...