Chitresh Das Institute

Pandit Chitresh Das founded a youth company with Charlotte Moraga as the Director in 2002. The Chitresh Das Youth Company (CDYC) was formed to provide youth with the opportunity to study directly under this great master. Charlotte Moraga, who directed the Youth Company for over a decade under Pandit Das, continues to provide the intensive training and pre-professional performance experience. In addition to training in technique and theory, members learn history, philosophy, mathematics and spirituality that form the foundation of kathak and the philosophy of Pandit Chitresh Das.Chitresh Das Institute have classes in San Mateo, Cupertino, San Francisco and starting in 2018 in Dublin! We offer world-renowned training in kathak and tabla. The Chitresh Das Institute’s mission is to create the nerve center for Indian classical art in the West through innovative performance, education and community-building programs.Chitresh Das Institute classes are led by teachers who were trained by the great kathak master, Pandit Chitresh Das. CDI teachers are committed to nurturing the whole student, mind, body and spirit, through the art of kathak dance.