Mayadhar Raut, the Odissi dancer and guru, is credited with reviving it the 1950s and putting it on the proscenium ...

The young Odissi dancer Sirikalyani Adkoli embodies ... a form that usually involves highly elaborate makeup and costumes. In “Gigenis” she does without.Credit...Rachel Papo for The New ...

Everything is better at The White Lotus—even the clothes. Just ask Alex Bovaird, the show’s costume designer since season one. This isn’t a resort where people roll around in their pajamas.

India is, without a doubt, one of the most fascinating countries in the world. With its deep-rooted cultures, learning ...

New Delhi: Renowned Odissi dancer Mayadhar Raut (92) died Saturday at his Delhi home, his son Manoj Raut said. “He had breakfast this morning, surrounded by his grandchildren and the rest of the ...

The Padma Shri awardee, born on July 6, 1933 in Odisha, is considered the "Father of Odissi dance", having steered the revival of Odissi in 1950s with Shastra-based knowledge.

Traditionally, in the repertoire of Odissi, the last item is Moksha—deliverance—which Guruji literally attained at the age of 94 on February 22 Listen to Story Guru Mayadhar Raut, the last of the ...

When Delhi’s famed Kamani Auditorium was inaugurated in 1971 by then President VV Giri, those at Bharatiya Kala Kendra Trust, who owned the premier hall, insisted that Odissi exponent Guru Mayadhar ...