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Difficult dance: Cambodian tradition under threat

Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger here and the tilt of a head there, as she passes on a centuries-old art form.
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G Venu: Notating 1,300 classical dance gestures, one mudra, one rasa at a time over decades

One day in late December, Gopalan Venu, more popular as G Venu sat holding his knees, his back ramrod straight, on the plush sofa of a green room, where shortly, his play, Sakuntalam, was to be ...
The Star

Cambodians strive to keep their ancient dance alive

Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger here and the tilt of a head there, as she passes on a centuries-old art form.
The Chicago Maroon

Apsara Reimagines Classical Indian Dance With Navarasa

Apsara, the classical Indian dance RSO on campus, performed its annual spring show last Saturday. Presented in collaboration with UT/TAPS, Navarasa: Reimagined, Exploring Classical Emotions through ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s Mittal Institute and MITHAS Host ‘Intersections’ Conference: The Art and Academia of Indian Classical Dance

On Sept. 27 and 28, Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) hosted Intersections, a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian ...