Classically trained in the Kandyan tradition, Tanya DeSilva started a dance school for young girls in her Staten Island attic in 1992, shortly after she emigrated from Sri Lanka. From ...

The Aug. 9 performance of a Kandyan dance, a traditional art form from Sri Lanka, is believed by the organizers to be the first documented public performance of its kind in the U.S.

There are four sessions of workshops: drumming, Kandyan dance, low country dance and creative choreography. Watching them is Chalanka Athalage, a man with a mission. When not in his corporate persona ...

On returning to Sri Lanka, Chitrasena, on receiving a plot of land from patron E. Fernando, established the Chitrasena Kalayathanaya Dance Company in 1943 and was a national school in 1944.

When the members of the National Women's Dance Troupe of Sri Lanka perform on Aug. 9, the dance will take on an even greater significance—it is believed by the organizers to be the first ...

International Institute of Music, Speech, and Drama (Pvt) Ltd. headed by Shyama Perera presents the 26th annual Sri Lanka Festival of Music, Dance and Speech. ..

WILLOWBROOK — Staten Island audiences have seen Sri Lankan dance over the past six or eight years, but not the rite-of-passage piece that will be performed Aug. 9 at the College of Staten Island ...

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 ...