Best Indian Dance Classes and Studios in Taunton, MA

From the Business:Mona Mitra is a classically trained dancer, with a "Visharad" in Kathak. She has been trained under Pandit Chunilal Goswami and Dr. Amita Dutt, who is a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj and the Dean of Fine Arts at Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata. Mona has been teaching dance for the last 15 years. In the Boston area, she has been teaching Kathak since 2010. She and her students from Mona's Dance Academy have been performing for various cultural and non-profit organizations and in local TV channels. Prior to Boston, she had taught in Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), and India. Trained in Kathak (Jaipur and Lucknow Gharana) since the age of 4 and con­duct­ing classes for kids and adults for the last 10 years. Recipient of Visharad in Kathak. Have per­formed in Los Angeles, Portland and Boston and in various cities in India. Have performed for the local TV channels here as well as in India. Are you looking for dance costumes? We have a variety of Kathak and Bollywood Fusion Dance costumes available for all ages. We will happily work with you to understand your needs and deliver it to you!Read more

From the Business:Archana Nrityalaya - The Kathak Dance Academy was founded by Guru Asha Joglekar in 1963. Guru Asha Joglekar’s exceptional teaching skills, ability to find the plus points in each student and enhancing that into finer point of Kathak, personal attention and in-depth knowledge offered to every student in the institute are the contributing factors to making Archana Nrityalaya a highly reputed Kathak dance academy in India and in USA.Read more

From the Business:Moumita Banerjee is very passionate about Kathak Dance and started learning kathak dance (in Jaipur Gharana) at the age of five under Smt. Susmita Chakraborty in Calcutta. She earned her Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) degree from Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi, India), one of the largest and prestigious university in Asia. She was awarded with Gold Medal for securing 1st position in the University. She also completed Prabhakar degree (Similar to bachelor’s degree in Kathak dance) and Senior Diploma in Kathak with distinction from Prayag Sangeet Samiti (Allahabad, India) She received her Master of Performing Arts (MPA) degree in Kathakk dance in Lucknow Gharana from Bhatkhande Music Institute (Deemed University, Lucknow). She har learned under legendary Gurus like Prof. Kumkum Dhar, Prof. Bina Singh, and Prof. Ranjana Srivastava. She also completed workshop training with late Pandit Birju Maharaj, leading exponent of Lucknow gharana of Kathak and Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee. She has been a performer for many years, performing and Choreographing in India and in USA (Florida, Texas, and Massachusetts) at various organizations and festivals. Her students also performed in many programs in Greater Boston community such as Essence of India, Acton; IAGB; IAB; Sai rainbow; Boston Children Museum and many other places. With prior teaching experience in India and in USA, Moumita is glad to share her dance experience with children and adults who love Kathak as much as she does. Kathak is one of the major forms of classical dance of India with its origins in Northern India. The name Kathak is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘katha' which means ‘story' and the one who tells the stories is called ‘Kathak'. Kathak is found in three Gharanas-Jaipur, Banaras, and Lucknow Gharana from the cities where the Kathak dance tradition evolved. These classes at TSK will focus on the Banaras and Lucknow Gharanas.Read more

From the Business:DesiClasses provides an online platform for its students to connect, discover, experience and learn about the rich diversity that Indian subcontinent has to offer to the world. The platform offers a variety of courses to choose from, such as Indian languages, Yoga, Vedic Mathematics (Mental Math), Indian Arts – Music, Dance, Instruments, Indian history and culture. These courses are offered through Live Classes to small batches of students. It allows the students to have a personalized interactive experience to engage and learn about their roots by our passionate and experienced tutors.Read more

From the Business:Jasmine Shah founded the “Aangikam Dance Academy”. The dance academy teaches two Indian classical dance classes, bharatanatyam and Manipuri and also teaches Folk Dances from various regions of India. Classes are held in-group as well as in private (One on One) setting. Dance studio has classes at Chelmsford MA, Medway MA, and Nashua NH. Ever since Jasmine came from India she has performed, directed and choreographed dance dramas: Snow-white, Preet Mayuri, Shri Rama, Shri Krishna, Mirabai, Ramayan, Shakuntal, Namostute, Shiv-Shakti, Vande Ma Taram. Academy also rents costumes for any Indian program and performances. We provide dance classes for kids and adults with the best summer package.Read more

From the Business:NrityaAnjali School of Dance was found in 2006. Hema has been teaching dance in Pune India and then in various towns of MA. She currently runs her dance school in Marlborough MA, Southborough MA and Framingham MA. Minimum age to join the class is 5 years. There are private classes for youngsters and adults.Read more