Palms pressed together, heads thrown back, and bathed in hazy purple light—the scene was almost one of reverence. Standing in concentric circles with arms outstretched and faces lifted to the ceiling, ...

It was a spectacle on stage. Leaping dancers, dazzling lights in criss-crosses of blue and green, the shimmering video projected as the background, Shobana herself whirling like a dervish. Mythology ...