Celebration Quote by Shakti Mohan

Classical dance is a growing and ever-evolving art.

— Shobana

Classical dance is so pure and beautiful you don't need to add anything to its authenticity or beauty.

— Shakti Mohan

Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Form seeks to merge with the formless, motions seek to become a part of the…

— Nita Ambani

Classical music is a genre of music. It's no more complex or less complex than pop music or R&B. The elitism is weird.

— Theo Hutchcraft

I believe that classical music comes through listening and practice, and it can be fun both for the singer or performer and the listener…

— Shankar Mahadevan

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean…

— Paulo Coelho

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly…

— Deborah Bull

I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young man, I…

— Chris Thile

I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand.

— Allan Bloom

See, modern dance forms have a pull because the youngsters can relate to it, but it makes me happy to say that in Kerala…

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

— Aleksey Igudesman