adagio
Overview page. Subjects: Dance — Indian Music — Music.
A composition atadagio tempo. A famous example is that written for str by *Barber (1938). A
Balasaraswati
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance.
(Tanjore Balasaraswati; born 13 May 1918 in Madras, died 9 February 1984 in Madras), Indian dancer.
Balasaraswati was
Bayadère, La
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance — Music — Dance.
A 19th-cent. term used in some Western countries for some forms of Indian dance, including the dance of the Devadasis.
Bharata Nāṭyam
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Hinduism — Indian Music — Dance.
The most widely practised and the most popular classical dance form of south India. Bharata Nāṭyam, in itspresent form,
Bipin Singh
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance.
(known as Guru Bipin Singh; born 23 August 1919 in Silhat, Assam), Indian dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
Born into a
Birju Mahārāj
Overview page. Subjects: Dance — Indian Music.
(born 4 February 1938 in Lucknow), Indian dancer and choreographer.
Maharaj represents the seventh generation of the family that originated
castanets
Overview page. Subjects: Dance — Indian Music — Music.
A percussion instrument, castanets consist of two shell-shaped pieces of hardwood or synthetic material that are joined in pairs, one
chhau
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance — Theatre.
A group of dances performed mainly in the adjacent areas of Mayurbhanj district of north Orissa, Singhbum district of south
Durgalal
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance.
(born 9 September 1948 in Mahendragarh, Rajasthan; died 31 January 1990), Indian dancer and teacher.
Durgalal was trained in
Indrani
Overview page. Subjects: Indian Music — Dance.
(Indrani Bajpai Rahman; born 19 September 1930 in Madras), Indian dancer.
The only child of the well-known dancer
