Chhau is taught to male dancers from families of traditional artists or from local communities. The dance is performed at night in an open space to traditional and folk melodies, played on the reed ...

IMGE Dance is set to present “no(man)” on February 14 and 15, 2025, in New York. Supported by the CUNY Dance Initiative, this ...

The folk and tribal artists brought their dance forms to life with their own ... spellbound by the mesmerising Padayani from Kerala and Chhau from Bengal and Odisha, which exemplified the ...

Chhau is a semi-classical Indian folk dance. It involves a fluid mix of martial arts and storytelling. Chhau is taught to only male dancers, but now women are also learning it in all-women troupes.