Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam, is admired globally for telling mythological stories. However, the Bharatanatyam dance is beyond Indian mythology\u2014its hand gestures and head-eye-neck movements can be woven into specific feet and body movements to tell any stories, poems, or narrations. <\/p>\n
Using illustrated examples and live demonstrations, Indian classical dancer Piyali Biswas De explores some methodologies from Classical Bharatanatyam dance to tell a story. Join Piyali and immerse yourself in the gestures and expressions that weave tales and witness a short live captivating dance performance. Ready to tell your story with Indian classical moves?<\/p>\n
Piyali Biswas De (she\/her) is an Indian dancer and choreographer. Founder of \u201cDance Tantra,\u201d a Bharatanatyam dance academy, and \u201cSadhana,\u201d a non-profit art and cultural organization, Biswas De is deeply passionate about promoting Indian Classical art in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.<\/p>\n
Biswas De lives in Sammamish.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"in-person-beyond-words-storytelling-through-indian-classical-dance-9","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2025-10-04 14:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"10","day":"04","hour":"14","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-10-04 14:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"10","day":"04","hour":"14","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":null,"utc_start_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":null,"utc_end_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Los_Angeles","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Art and Music","slug":"art-and-music","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":971,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":61,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","id":971,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/971","collection":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":53103,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2025-06-30 19:00:26","date_utc":"2025-07-01 02:00:26","modified":"2025-06-30 19:00:26","modified_utc":"2025-07-01 02:00:26","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/maple-valley-library\/","venue":"Maple Valley Library","slug":"maple-valley-library","address":"21844 SE 248th Street","city":"Maple Valley","country":"United States","state":"WA","zip":"98038-8582","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Maple Valley Library","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/maple-valley-library\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"21844 SE 248th Street","addressLocality":"Maple Valley","addressRegion":"WA","postalCode":"98038-8582","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"www.humanities.org?id=53103","global_id_lineage":["www.humanities.org?id=53103"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"IN PERSON: Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance","description":"<p>Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam, is admired globally for telling mythological stories. However, the Bharatanatyam dance is beyond Indian mythology\u2014its hand gestures and head-eye-neck movements can be woven into specific feet...<\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/event\/in-person-beyond-words-storytelling-through-indian-classical-dance-9\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-10-04T14:00:00-07:00","endDate":"2025-10-04T14:00:00-07:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Maple Valley Library","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/maple-valley-library\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"21844 SE 248th Street","addressLocality":"Maple Valley","addressRegion":"WA","postalCode":"98038-8582","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"},"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}