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A female dancer in a red and maroon traditional Indian dance costume performs on a stage in a balanced pose, one leg lifted and bent, one arm raised high holding a small brass lamp or vessel. She wears a red blouse with a patterned texture, a maroon skirt with orange border, a silver waist belt, bangles, and a long black braid with a hair ornament. Behind her is an ornate gold-painted carved wooden backdrop with floral scrollwork, arched lattice panels, and carved animal friezes. The stage floor is red. Only one physical person is visible.

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September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesA female dancer performs on a red stage in front of an ornate gold-painted carved backdrop with lattice panels and elephant and horse reliefs. She wears a red blouse with gold trim, a maroon dhoti-style skirt with gold borders, a silver waist belt, a long plait, a headpiece and jewellery, and raises one arm holding a small brass vessel while balancing on one bare foot in a classical dance pose.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +2 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28A female dancer in a red blouse and maroon dhoti-style costume performs on a red-carpeted stage, lifting one bare foot and holding a small clay oil lamp in each hand. Her long dark braid hangs down her back, with a red forehead ornament and earrings. Behind her, an ornate gold-painted wooden backdrop with scrollwork, lattice panels and carved horse reliefs frames the stage. The pose suggests a traditional lamp dance performance. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28A female dancer performs on a red stage in front of an ornate gold-painted stage backdrop with carved arches, lattice panels and a row of carved horses along the lower walls. She wears a maroon and orange silk saree in traditional Bharatanatyam-style draping, with a gold waist belt, gold bangles, a necklace and a jasmine-style hair ornament. She raises a brass kalasha-like vessel high above her head with one hand while holding a small lamp or vessel at her waist with the other, with smoke or incense rising from it. Her bare feet are planted in a dance stance. A purple curtain is visible at the top left.2017-09-28A female dancer performs on a red-draped stage in front of an ornate gold carved backdrop with arched lattice panels and a row of carved horses. She wears a red blouse, a maroon and orange silk saree with gold border and a gold waist belt, and gold bangles. Her hair is swept up with a red-and-gold headband and she has a gold necklace. She is in a low crouching pose, holding two small clay oil lamps or incense cups from which smoke rises. The scene appears to be a staged cultural dance performance.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28