Bharatnatyam classes in Plano / Frisco/ Mc Kinney / Allen TX, are available for kids 5 years and above. Students are expected to wear Salwar-kameez or Long tights with moderate fitting tops that fall below waist. Please bring a long scarf or dupatta to the class. A book to write down daily progress and notes. Sleeveless tops or shorts are not allowed.
Level I: 1-2 years
The focus is:
Development of postures
Learning Mudras
Basic Bharatnatyam dance movements called Adavus. There are nearly 75-80 basic movements that a beginner has to learn before moving on to Dance pieces.
Level II: 2-5 years
Focus on
Improving the speed and agility while performing the adavus
Learning more complex dance sequences with varying speed and rhythm
Introduction to Nritta, which are pure dance pieces. They will learn 3-4 pure dance pieces.
Understanding facial expressions and then move on to learning songs based on Lyrics and expressing ideas.
Level III: 5-8 years.
As the students have a strong foundation of movements and are now able to move with fluency, the level focuses more on the emotional content with some complex and rhythmic dance sequence
Sanchari’s meaning story telling and expressing idea with reference to the lyrics of the songs.
They learn longer dance sequences that are Abhinaya or Nitta intensive like varnams and Padams or Tillana .
Level IV: 8 to 10
With the culmination of A whole Margam or a Bharatnatyam dance repertoire. students are ready to show their performing ability through solo performances or training for Graduation.
These are the levels of Bharatnatyam classes in Plano / Frisco/ Mc Kinney / Allen TX currently. Please contact me if you like to customize your course.