Bharata Natyam and Odissi School of Dance
Dance school directed by Barbara Framm, trained in the Kalakshetra style of Bharata Natyam (teachers Kalakshetra K.P. and Katherine Kunhiraman, Kalanjali Dances of India) and in Odissi by Sri Vishnu Tattva Das (Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra lineage). Other teachers include Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar, Sri V.P. and Shanta Dhananjayan, Kalakshetra K.P. Yeshoda, and Sri Aydar Lakshman, and, my first Bharata Natyam teacher, disciple of Sri US Krishna Rao, Jill Rosenbloom. With thanks to all my teachers and mentors without whom I could not be passing on these beautiful art forms.
To teach the classical dance arts of India, with an emphasis on traditional teaching methods, theory, and spiritual context.
