Two moments stood out during a long 90-minute program from the Anjika Manipuri Dance Troupe at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday night. One was impressively martial -- a sword-swiveling solo by ...

Legend says how Manipur had been created when the land was under water. Nine Lapumingthou (gods) and seven Lainuras ...

Glimpses of the alluring sweetness and serenity of classical dance from the isolated northeastern Indian state of Manipur are rare in Los Angeles, where India is most often represented by its dynamic ...

The graceful movements of Manipuri dance left the audience at Kala Ghoda Art Festival spellbound The distant state of Manipur is perhaps best known to Indians for its extremely graceful, delicate and ...

NOWHERE in India do people practice the arts of dance, drama, music, and their combined form, opera, so widely as in the princely state of Manipur. Perhaps, too, no other area of India has been quite ...

In an archiving triumph, the story of the Jhaveri sisters, with Manipuri dance at the centre of it, will open at the Goa Open Arts Festival next month The exhibition Nayana Jhaveri: A Life in Lasya, ...

Manipur, the source of Indian traditional dancing By Khaled Al-Enizi NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (KUNA) -- Arts and cultures vary in the subcontinent of India, where every village and province has its own ...

According to Manipur dance history, the gracefully choreographed dance form of Raas Leela typically associated with Manipuri performance art was first introduced decades ago, sometime in 1779 by ...

A 50-member Manipuri dance team of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA), Imphal, departed for New Delhi on Monday as an advance team to participate in the Republic Day Parade 2026. The ...

Members of the Manipuri community in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar are passing busy days with preparations for the Maha Rasleela. Sounds of drums, ceremonial bells, songs and dance rhythms have ...