How does one approach improvisation and intense emoting in abhinaya in Bharatanatyam? Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy shares her process in performance and discussion. A unique and eminent artist nationally and internationally respected, Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy is lauded as a living legend. Having completed over 70 years of dancing, Raghupathy is perhaps one of the rare Bharatanatyam […]

When Eyes Speak and UCR Dance Program presents a performance and discussion with Yashoda Thakore. The legacies of hereditary dance have many facets. Dr. Thakore leads her audience through her Kalavantulu practice and philosophy in this presentation. Yashoda Thakore is an exponent of Kuchipudi and Devadasi Nrityam and a practitioner of Yoga. She was awarded […]