A living
tapestry.
Five thousand years of dance, music, art, literature, cinema and craft — the many rhythms of India.
Eight classical forms and countless folk traditions.
Hindustani, Carnatic, folk, film and fusion.
Bollywood, regional cinemas and parallel films.
Sanskrit epics to contemporary Booker winners.
Miniatures, tanjore, madhubani, warli and beyond.
Dravidian temples, Mughal domes, colonial cities.
The 8 classical dance forms
Temple-born, devotional, geometric precision.
Storytelling through spins and footwork.
Sculpturesque tribhanga poses, temple traditions.
Elaborate makeup, epic mythology.
Drama-dance blend, brass plate dancing.
Delicate Ras Leela and Sankirtana.
The dance of the enchantress.
Vaishnavite monastic dance drama.
The two classical schools
Melodic classical tradition with dhrupad, khayal, thumri.
Kritis, ragas and structured composition.