The company of Mudra Dance Studio performs in "Gyaan" at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Mudra Dance Studio founder Namita Khanna Nariani (in the foreground) and her daughter, Eishita. Nariani and her ...

In Vidhya Subramaniam’s Cupertino garage there is lightening-fast movement, the booming sounds of feet shuffling over the wood floor and quick and deliberate hand gestures. This is the world of Mudras ...

This weekend, Mudra Dance Studio, a classical Indian dance company and school based in Aurora, premieres its new production “Gyaan.” The show's title means “truth through knowledge,” and it is a ...

Keep your hand straight my child,” coddles the teacher. Little hands contort into a 2,000-year-old mudra. Fingertips touch, neurons fire, and that little brain processes neuroplasticity at a magnitude ...

What if the most powerful stories weren’t spoken, but danced? In an age saturated with noise, dance remains a strikingly silent yet evocative storyteller. Its language doesn’t rely on words, but on ...

Mudras, yoga hand gestures, are an underrated aspect of asana that can shift your emotional state and intensify your practice ...

Scientists are teaching robots Bharatanatyam using AI and kinematic synergies. Ancient Indian dance guides machine movement, ...

“The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” opens in theaters tomorrow, starring the incomparable Dame Judi Dench and Richard Gere. One of the many beautiful things about the film is the lush setting. To ...

G. Venu’s latest book, Mudra, is a manifestation of his passion that he had nurtured as a student of Kathakali under the doyen Guru Gopinath. The 706-page book is divided into 24 chapters and contains ...

Barely had she got over her father’s sudden death that Hyderabad-based Vani Bhavani had to cope with a new role—breadwinner of the family. The 18-year-old felt overwhelmed. She had to give up on her ...