Taiwanese dancer Maya Chou’s passion to become a star was born out of an obsession. “When I was at the age of eight or nine, I found that I had a strong connection with music and dancing. I spent my ...

As the late '70s disco hit Stayin' Alive fills the Addison dance studio, instructor Maya Apodaca glides across the floor. She knows it is more than a soundtrack. On Aug. 23, 2023, it became her ...

Choreographing a full length dance work is a complex task. Shahrin Johry, tried to do just that in Maya Dance Theatre's first production for 2016, Ka. But, being relatively new to choreographing full ...

Like Callas, Plisetskaya deployed her passionate personality and charisma to conquer audiences, and to disguise a less than ideally refined technique. Her jumps were phenomenal – like men’s jumps, ...

May 2 is the late dance teacher and kathak exponent, Maya Rao’s birth anniversary. In her memory, her daughter Madhu Nataraj, also a dance-choreographer, is organising the Dr Maya Rao Kathak and ...

The Covid 19 threat had already crept in and the city of Mumbai was gearing for a lockdown to control the spread. Programmes scheduled were about to be shut down. On the eve of the ban of public ...