14:00 – 17:00 hrs, Zentralstrasse 93, 5430 Wettingen
We are excited to announce our upcoming Tattva workshop featuring special guest lecturer Renjith Babu, an accomplished artist from South India. He specializes in Bharatanatyam, yoga, and martial arts, blending these disciplines to inspire creativity and challenge traditional boundaries. Renjith has been a Master Yogi since 1996 and has taught yoga globally to students of all levels.
This workshop focuses on enhancing the physical and mental well-being of Indian classical dancers. It aims to refine techniques, prevent injuries, and develop a deeper awareness of breath, movement, and the mind-body connection. Participants will engage in practices that improve posture, flexibility, stability, and mindfulness.
Key Focus Areas:
1. Breath Awareness: The importance of breath in dance; Pranayama is for stamina and expression.
2. Body Awareness: Asanas for alignment and tension release.
3. Mind-Body Connection: Integrating breath with movement for grace and clarity.
4. Balance and Stability: Core-strengthening asanas for improved footwork.
5. Strength and Flexibility: Poses that support dance postures and enhance range of motion.
6. Movement Coordination: Techniques for rhythmic precision and coordination.
7. Mindfulness: Meditation for concentration and creativity.
8. Tuning Movements: Refining dance with yogic awareness.
This workshop is open to Indian classical dancers of all styles (Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam) and dance students or teachers looking to deepen their practice through yoga.
Please register using the link below, places are limited.
About the Tattva Workshops:
Anyone who has witnessed a dance performance notices at some point, how complex the different artistic disciplines work together to create the experience for the audience. There’s so much more than just dance technique and a good dancer that make up the entity of what we understand as Bharata Natyam. As a dance teacher, I often feel I cannot do justice to this vast knowledge necessary to understand the dance form.
To close this gap, Sharmila Rao’s dance school will host this year a new series of workshops to give dance students and interested audiences access to basics that never get enough attention in the dance class routine. Over the year we will touch all kinds of areas, be it dance make-up, dance fitness, music for dance, or related dance styles. Experienced teachers will share their knowledge and give you the unique opportunity to invest in learning that adds to your Bharata Natyam dance training and ultimately makes you a complete art connoisseur.