Traditional Indian Dance - Bharat Nathyam

This video gives basic steps in Alarippu which is the preliminary head and eye movements in South Indian Bharat Nathyam dance.  Alarippu literally means 'flowering bud' and is the first dance that Bharat Nathyam dancers learn and perform.  It is an invocation piece, symbolising the offering of respects to both God and the audience...

Note: All our workshops contain elements of tradtional Indian dances such as Bharat Nathyam, Oddissi and Kathak as well as contemporary dances like Bhangra and Bollywood