In a rare meeting of the dance forms of Odissi and Kandyan dance, India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, in collaboration with the Chitrasena Dance Company will present ‘Ahuti’ in its Sri Lankan premiere.

Vajira is frequently referred to as the first female Kandyan dancer. This simple phrasing is both inaccurate and fails to capture her full contribution to traditional dance. She was not the first ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the formation of a committee tasked with preserving and maintaining the rich cultural heritage of Kandyan dancing art. This decision was made during a meeting ...

Vajira made a historic contribution to Kandyan dance, once a little-known ritual form of Sri Lanka’s central highlands that became a performance art in the 1950s.

Kandyan dance performance earns global praise, showcasing island’s rich cultural legacy Lanka took centre stage at the recently held South Asian Dance Equity Symposium: The Arts That British South ...

Q What forms of Dance do you teach in the school? We specialize in Kandyan Dance which is one of the 3 main traditional dance forms in Sri Lanka. We believe it takes a lifetime to learn an art form.

Ahuti, a collaboration between Odissi and Kandyan dance, is set to rhythms from both countries. It has music composed by Raghunath Panigrahi and will feature Surupa Sen, Pavithra Reddy, Anoushka ...

I knew this could work the minute we heard the music, as it easily lent itself to our Kandyan dance form that is primarily rooted in percussion. This music became the foundation for our new venture.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- Nadun, Sampath, and Callum, three friends from Sri Lanka, captivated the audience with their enchanting Kandyan dance performance at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple ...