Best Bharatanatyam Classes in Herndon, VA

From the Business:Vidya Sankaranarayanan, the Artistic Director of Brihadisha School of Music & Dance started Brihadisha to preserve and protect the dwindling purity of standards and ideology that was originally shaped, molded, and upheld by her teachers and their lineage. As a student of music and dance for more than 3 decades in the Thanjavur style, Vidya has imbibed and understood the invaluable importance of making future generations value such a unique heritage of Indian performing arts. In the process of preserving this tradition, many dance items from the Tanjore Quartet have been revived and ‘rediscovered’ that had in the past been literally unheard of in the public domain. Brihadisha stands apart as an essential vehicle in maintaining and reviving the unwavering classical purity of Bharatanatyam that has been the cultural and spiritual backbone of South Indian Culture.For more details contact.Read more

From the Business:A school of Dance, Bharathanatyam to be specific.The path (Margam) into a Rasikas audience’s heart. The initiative is another unique programme with an amazing response from both dancers and rasikasRead more

From the Business:Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring areas. Bharatanatyam, a pre-eminent Indian classical dance form presumably the oldest classical dance heritage of India is regarded as mother of many other Indian.Read more

From the Business:At Kalavaridhi Center for Performing Arts LLC, an alliance of Nrityakalmandiram, Sheela builds upon her gurus' teaching methods, creatively adapting them to each student. Following the traditional curriculum for Bharatanatyam, Sheela teaches both the theoretical as well as practical aspects at each level. She draws upon real-life comparisons to help communicate depth of feeling. This mode of teaching is especially employed when teaching Abhinaya (emotive aspect), to bring forth subtlety and passion.Read more

From the Business:Anu Arts Academy is a dance school that focuses primarily on the promoting and training classical Indian dance of Bharatanatyam. Anupama Gopalakrishnan is the founder and teacher of Anu Arts Academy. Although the main priority of the academy is to teach Bharatanatyam, occasionally kids gets training in folk and cinema dances. The students in the academy are given numerous opportunities to perform at local cultural programs and events which accept Bharatanatyam as well as folk and cinema dances. Mrs. Gopalakrishnan has been involved with Bharatanatyam and Indian dance for the last 20 years in various capacities as student, performer, teacher, choreographer, judge, and cultural program-coordinator for events conducted around Virginia and other parts of the United States. The main aim of the Academy is to promote and propagate Indian classical dance 'Bharata Natyam' and provide a place for children and adults to learn, practice and perform the dance. At Anu Arts Academy, students can learn the famous Vazhavoor style Bharathanatyam in a non-competitive, dedicated and disciplined manner.Read more