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Started by Guru Swaroopa Bhave Utgi in 1994, this academy boasts of having a large number of students, who take dance as seriously and passionately as their Guru. It takes 6 years to learn the complete dance curriculum and only after that is the student allowed to perform the ‘Arangetram’. At Nrityanilay, we have had as many as 30 students who have performed their ‘Arangetram’ under the able guidance of our Guru.
Apart from this, students from this academy perform everywhere in India, at dance festivals, at competitions and even abroad. They have even performed at the prestigious Pune festival. Winning various competitions is not new to this academy and very recently the students won the first prize atthe Harmony group dance festival, which have won them the tickets to perform at Bangkok. The entire dance sequence was choreographed by our Guru and was very well appreciated by the jury.
Apart from teaching classical bharatnatyam, at the end of the course, the student is also taught how to choreograph sequences keeping in mind the music, the dancers and the audience. This skill is very unique and very important lesson to be learnt. Apart from classical bharatnatyam, emphasis is also laid on having a contemporary approach to choreographing, which makes it very easy for non-bharatnatyam audience to understand it.
Age is no bar for learning bharatnatyam and this can be proved when one enters the classroom at Nrityanilay.
Since bharatnatyam is a dance form which not only keeps you fit physically, but also de-stresses and relaxes your mind, learning it is a memorable experience.
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