BOKARO, Feb. 28 -- The Mahashivratri Chhau Dance Festival 2025 was grandly organized ... various forms of Lord Shiva and the Shiva-Parvati wedding. Under the guidance of Dr. Sanjay, the festival ...

Not many may have heard of chhau, a folk dance form from the Purulia district ... that depicts Shiva and Parvati testing Arjun’s courage,” says Subrato. The fast-paced performance with unique ...

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 ...

The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the ...

Hara Parvati, Hrishya Singha Muni, etc. A brief concept about Seraikella Chhau dance and its masks was also exhibited for the information of the masses. Mannequins of Seraikella Chhau dancers in ...

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 ...

Jamshedpur, Nov. 5: It may not be very rewarding but tribals of adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district are learning Chhau to eke out a living and to preserve tradition. The age-old dance form has ...

Other than several Indian traditional dances, a workshop on Chhau dance is being organized for theatre aspirants. Under various forms, the Shiva Tandava, Dhwaja Tamal Folk and War dance are the ...

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 ...

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 dance is a tradition from eastern India that enacts episodes from epics including the Mahabharata and Ramayana, local folklore and abstract themes. Its three distinct styles hail from the ...