Arthshila Santiniketan Santiniketan, January 7 2024 ‘ISAYA: Life Force’ by Mayur Dance A contemporary Odissi Dance by Mayur, depicting the resilient human spirit, with its power to overcome all types of adversity. The performance encapsulated human resilience amidst disease, war,…
Children’s Little Theatre Kolkata, January 5 2024 By Adithi & Jiyon At our first stop in Kolkata, Jiyon and I both had the opportunity to perform at a venue called CLT (Children’s Little Theatre). From the day after we arrived…
It was wonderful to have so many of you with us for our virtual production Maya: the Illusionist, produced with generous support from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. Through this program, our intention was to introduce viewers to an…
Over the summer, Mayur students participated in the RagaLabs fellowship under IndianRaga. This piece is set to “Bojre Tomar Bansi” (or Flute in the Thunder), written by Rabindranath Tagore and rendered here by Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta; the piece was choreographed for…
We hope you all are doing well in quarantine. While it doesn’t look like we are going to go back to normal any time soon, I am happy to bring to you an informative article about two unique Odissi poses. …
I am pleased to bring to you a timely article regarding the current COVID-19 crisis and its effects on dance classes at Mayur. It has been over five weeks since Mayur’s dance classes shifted to be held over Zoom. While…
Mayur’s director is one of the founding members of Indian Dance Educators’ Association (IDEA); since 1995, this organization has helped establish Indian Classical dance as a serious art form in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and has offered organizational support to…
Each holiday season, the Academy students perform at a winter recital. This recital is meant to be a celebration of what the students have learned in the fall semester, and is not ticketed; we invite guests of the event to…