Is Nadanam right for you?
Nadanam welcomes students of all ages — children as young as five, teenagers, and adults who come to the form for the first time or return to it after years away. What we ask for is not talent. We ask for sincerity.
Bharatanatyam is a complete education — of the body, the breath, the emotions, and the attention. Students who train here learn not only to dance but to listen: to the rhythm, to the raga, to the silence between beats.
Classes are kept small by design. Every student receives the guru's attention at every class.
The path, in three movements.
Each level is a world unto itself. There is no rushing through them. The form teaches patience before it teaches anything else.
A class at Nadanam.
Namaskaram
Every class begins with the ritual salutation — to the earth, to the guru, to the art. This is not ceremony for its own sake. It is a practice of attention.
Warming the body
Stretching, araimandi (the signature half-seated stance), and pure adavu sequences build the body's capacity and establish the session's quality of focus.
Repertoire
The core of the class: working through the student's current piece, phrase by phrase — technique, musicality, and expression corrected in real time.
Abhinaya
Expression is taught separately and deliberately. Students learn to inhabit a lyric, understand its Sanskrit or Telugu meaning, and render it without embellishment.
Theory
Talam, Carnatic raga, and the textual tradition (Natyashastra, Abhinaya Darpanam) are woven into every level. The dance cannot be separated from its knowledge.
Closing
The class ends as it began — with silence, stillness, and a moment of gratitude to the form that has held the room.
Register for classes.
Trial classes are held on the first Saturday of each month. Fill in the form and we will reach out within a day or two to confirm your spot and share directions to the studio.
Please write a few lines about the student — their age, any prior training if applicable, and what brings them to Bharatanatyam. There is no wrong answer.
"My daughter resisted going to class for the first two weeks. By the third, she was the one reminding me."
