Jamshedpur, Jan 5: For the first time Sangeet Natak Academy (SNA) has come forward to promote Chhau dance of Saraikela. From January this year the academy has started giving scholarships to 10 local ...

Chhau troupes from Saraikela, Purulia ... highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Chhau dance.

Much before many of India’s dance forms got global recognition ... is the most vigorous of the three styles of Chhau — the other two being Saraikela of Jharkhand and Purulia of Bengal ...

The stadium has a capacity to seat 5,000 people, which the palace can’t,” said Tapan Patnaik, director of Chhau Dance Academy run by the Seraikela district administration. To add to royal woes, some ...

Saraikela Chhau in Jharkhand, and Mayurbhanj Chhau in Odisha. This unique dance form encompasses martial arts, acrobatics, and athletic elements, woven into the tapestry of festive folk themes.

The vibrant Chhau form traces its lineage from ... Pt Dubey and his team will present the Saraikela variant of the dance with masks as part of the Kochi Muziris Biennale at TDM Hall.

Now he uses nuances of the dance form to understand the politics of this star constituency, which was once a part of Saraikela, the birthplace of Chhau. KHARSAWAN: Seventy-something Sagen Mahto ...

Masked dancers, performing a Saraikela Chhau dance, depicted on the stage the struggle of a couple in a boat trying to cross a river against great odds signifying the huge burden of life for every ...

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 ...

In a bid to promote the folk dance forms of the State, the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi will organise a three-day National Chhau Dance Festival at the Utkal Mandap here from May 28. Addressing ...

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 ...