Used to teaching folk dances to the children of Indian immigrants, instructors now field calls from people with no connection to south Asia. "All of these days it was small-scale, but now it's big ...

Here we take a look at performance pieces where Indian folk ... the dance routine and directed the performance. The resulting live show was a dance opera inspired by the cultures of South India ...

Folk dances are gaining popularity in Mumbai and denting the dominance of Bollywood. An instructor says simple, repetitive steps let dancers show love, laughter and even anger. One city dweller says ...

Around 5:35 p.m., participants in the encampment opened a circle in the middle of South Lawn. A group of students danced an Indian folk dance with neon pink and yellow sticks. Onlookers cheered, ...

While Margazhi in Chennai is often considered synonymous with the classical arts, it is also the time when heritage museum DakshinaChitra shines the spotlight on the folk arts of South India.