The sample is contagious like swamp flu. A half-dozen-note sitar hook revolves over skittering beats, like bongos on helium. Bass booms below, fierce lyrics lacerate up top. Missy Elliott's "Get Ur ...

In the montage-like opening of “Bhangin’ It,” a stage musical that showcases multiple styles of Indian dance and traditional Indian instruments, the energy and tensions are high. All the college ...

A new musical at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse celebrates bhangra, one of India's traditional styles of dancing. There are musicals about fairy tales, musicals about Founding Fathers and now a ...

Bhangra is the folk music and dance of the Punjab region of India, but it's become hugely popular in dance clubs around the world. Rekha Malhotra, who performs and records under the name DJ Rekha, is ...

Acrobatic moves, colorful outfits, lively music: three ingredients needed to perform the traditional Indian dance known as Bhangra, which originated centuries ago in the state of Punjab. In keeping ...

In a brightly lit studio tucked inside New York City's renowned Alvin Ailey dance center, dozens of women and men sashay from one corner of the room to another to the beat of Bollywood rhythms, ...

My father taught me to dance. I couldn’t have been older than three when I first imitated his shoulder shrugs. His endless bouncing. The hop steps. I was learning bhangra, the traditional folk dance ...

Dancers snapped wooden sapps, twisted kundes and leaped in the air amid a flurry of vibrant, flowing colors during the 21st PAO Bhangra exhibition on March 16. “I like to say that PAO is called PAO ...

Three times a week during the school year, desi energy overtakes campus as Stanford Bhangra practices for its upcoming competitions. In vibrant kurtas and turbans, with necklaces sparkling and phuman ...