I was drawn to Chhau by many factors: the inspiration of my late guru Krushna Chandra Naik, Chhau’s socio-mythic background and the lyrical strength of the movement technique. The expansive use ...

Bhubaneswar, April 9: Chhau, the war dance to depict the readiness of the warrior community of the erstwhile princely state of Mayurbhanj, has been sinking into oblivion over the past few years. To ...

Mayurbhanj Chhau can be defined as a perfect combination of resilience and grace. Photo: Ridwan Adid Rupon Originating from a genre of Indian tribal dance form, Chhau has, through generations, ...

The Gurukul Chhau Dance Sangam from New Delhi was in Hyderabad to perform Mayurbhanj Chhau at the Rangbagh Dance and Music Festival recently. The festival lays emphasis on bringing into prominence ...

The annual Chhau Mahotsav in Seraikela will undergo a major change to compete with international folk dance fests in the coming years, the state department of art and culture announced on Friday.

BOKARO, Feb. 28 -- The Mahashivratri Chhau Dance Festival 2025 was grandly organized at Sangeet Natak Akademi Chhau Kendra, Chandanakiyari, under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

A centre for Chhau dance and research would come up shortly at Chandankiyari about 35 kms from the district headquarter of Bokaro. This research centre (‘Chhau Dance Research Centre’) is being ...

Lucknow: LaTouche Road Puja Sangsad Society this year will be celebrating Durga Puja on a theme based on Chhau Dance, traditional dance form popular in Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. The puja would ...

Santosh Nair and his dance troupe Sadhya will perform at the NCPA this week If one could write poetry using space, Chhau would be the medium,” says Delhi-based contemporary dancer and founder of ...

Chhau, the dance form, defies every label. You can find it in urban studios of modern and classical dancers, in the training workshops of theatre actors, and the akhadas of Mayurbhanj. It is too ...