The event was attended by the Sri Lankan community, many US nationals and members of the diplomatic corps. Natamu School of Sri Lankan Traditional Dance, established in 2012 under the leadership of ...

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 ...

In Sri Lanka, as elsewhere in the 21st century, the rich heritage of traditional dance is fading. Those old dances are no longer popular, and fears have grown that some may be lost. The master ...

He established the Sri Lankan traditional dances against all odds. Under British rule, Sri Lanka suffered from a colonial hangover. Every indigenous Sri Lankan artform was being looked down upon.

Traditional Sri Lankan Dance is Alive in New York. By . Tanyanika Samuels. Share. Resize. When it was her turn to perform on a recent Sunday, Kasuni Navinna took center stage in the dance studio ...

SRI LANKAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY SOUTH ASIAN ARTS MOVEMENT and ANJALEE WIJEWARDAN Anjalee Wijewardan has been dancing since she was six years old. With experience in different forms of Sri ...

Prisoners at Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, underwent traditional dance training under a rehabilitation program. After months of training, about 26 prisoners demonstrated their new skills by ...

SRI LANKAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY SOUTH ASIAN ARTS MOVEMENT and ANJALEE WIJEWARDAN Anjalee Wijewardan has been dancing since she was six years old. With experience in different forms of Sri ...