The Classes
In the gurukulam tradition, a student learned at the guru’s side, one at a time. We teach the same way: one teacher, one student, face to face, every week.
Student per class
1
Every minute of every class is your child’s.
A plan for the week
Every class ends with a short practice plan, so ten minutes a day at home is never a guess.
The traditional way
Bharatanatyam as it is taught in Chennai: the Kalakshetra and Vazhuvoor styles, with the theory behind every step.
First class free
Come and meet us. We watch your child move, and plan from there.
A slot that fits
After school or a weekend morning. We plan around school, not the other way round.
On stage early
Children learn by performing. Small stages in the first year, bigger ones as they grow.
Reasonable fees
Fees stay reasonable. This is about passing the dance on.
The Journey
The arangetram, a dancer’s solo debut, usually comes after six to ten years of training. Our teachers have taken students there in three to five.*
*Every child is different. Age, practice and dedication set the pace.
How the years come down
Thirty minutes a week, one-on-one. Short and regular beats long and rare, in dance as in music or math.
- Attention
- A child can give thirty minutes their whole attention, so every minute is spent dancing.
- Correction
- A wrong angle is fixed the moment it appears, before it becomes a habit.
- Rhythm
- The same slot every week, a little practice in between, and progress compounds.
- Room to grow
- When a student is ready for more, the class becomes an hour. Age, stamina and schedule decide that, with you.
Three to five years is not a shortcut. It is what happens when no class is wasted.
What a student learns, in order
- The basicsAdavus: steps, posture and rhythm
- First dancesAlarippu and Jatiswaram
- The big piecesVarnam, Padam and Tillana
- ArangetramThe solo debut
- And beyondPerformances, productions and bigger stages
Who It Is For
All levels welcome. Ages 5 and up.
Never danced before
We start from the first adavu. No one at home needs to know the dance.
Already learning
Join alongside what your child does now, or move over fully. We pick up from where they are.
A teenager getting serious
It is not too late. One-on-one, teenagers catch up fast.
Already performing
Advanced training for productions and bigger stages.
The teachers
From New Jersey. Trained under leading gurus.
Our teachers are performing dancers, trained in Chennai under legendary gurus in both the Kalakshetra and Vazhuvoor styles. They grew up here, learning this dance between school and homework, so they know exactly how to teach it to a child in New Jersey.
- For college
- They studied at US universities and know how to present years of dance on an application.
- For the stage
- They perform in the US and know how productions and arts grants work.
Admissions
Classes open now
The first class is on us. Here is how it starts.
- 1Write to us, or DM us on Instagram, with your child’s age and the days that suit you.
- 2Come for the free first class.
- 3We agree the class length and a weekly slot, and begin.
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- Classes held in
- Robbinsville, New Jersey
Welcoming students from
- Robbinsville
- East Windsor
- West Windsor
- Hamilton
- Trenton
- Princeton
- Plainsboro
- Lawrenceville
- Hightstown
- Cranbury
- Bordentown
- Monroe