Bharatanatyam Namaskaram | The traditional way to start a Dance Practice | Natyakriya Episode 01

Namaskaram (नमस्कारं ) is the traditional way to start a dance session. Before and after every dance practice, we do a Namaskar as a way of offering our prayers to the Lord, the audience, our Guru and Mother Earth - for letting us dance on her.

Starting Free Online Dance Classes on YouTube

About a month ago, I started teaching Bharatanatyam to students online. What started as a hobby has become an integral part of my day. With so many people requesting for classes, I found myself short of time to devote to each student personally. Nevertheless, I didn't want to say no to anyone who asked to learn this art.

Hence, I've decided to start uploading free instructional dance videos on YouTube! :-) It may not be like a typical class, but for those who do not want personal coaching and feel they can follow videos and learn, it'll be of great help. Even for those who've learned Bharatanatyam before, my videos can prove to be a great revising/practicing tool for you.

Please make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to get updates whenever I upload a new video. :-) The videos will be short and to the point, demonstrating series of Bharatanatyam steps in Kalakshetra style and other exercises, hand gestures etc. that I've learned from my Guru.

Introducing Forums on Natyakriya

Greetings,

I wanted to take a moment to let y'all know that I've added a new section to this website - The FORUMS.

This will facilitate discussions on topics related to Bharatanatyam, Carnatic Music, Classical Dances, Shlokams, our Indian culture and many more with me and other like minded people! Please register with your email ID and start posting your questions/ideas/opinions there so that all of us can view/reply.

Looking forward to having lively discussions with all of you. :-)

Thanks!