Dance Academies of North India is fragrant with the aroma of northern Indian dance and as an obvious reason the influences of north flowing into the dance styles of these academies. Tanushree Shankar Dance Company in Kolkata was founded by the eminent dancer Tanushree Shankar. Bharata Kalanjali in Chennai is an Indian dance academy that offers training in Bharatnatyam dance style. Nrityagram is an Indian dance academy built in Gurukul style by Odissi danseuse Protima Gauri in 1990. Kathak Kendra is a heritage school of music, drama and dance that was established by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1964. Dance Academies of West India thrives to be the western regional Concentration of the academies which have flourished and popularized themselves amidst the dancing sector. Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe, in Kolkata, imparts training in contemporary and folk forms of Indian dances. India International Institute of Kathak Dance and Music, Jaipur, trains students in Kathak and Indian folk dances. Dance Academies of Eastern India displays the numerous dance forms being taught and practised by the dancing stalwarts of Eastern India and their pupil. Kalabhavan is a landmark Indian dance academy in Kerala, founded by Dr. Abel C.M.I in 1969. Indian Fusion Dance Academy, founded by Selvi Pragasam, is a training institute for various Indian dance forms. Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Gujarat was founded by Mrinalini and Vikram Sarabhai in 1949. Kalashram is an institute for Kathak aspirants, founded by the Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj. Dance Academies of Southern India project the flavour of southern dance forms which are the part and parcel of the traditional contingencies of the dance art house that have had flown across time and space of human civilisation. Orissa Dance Academy, a leading institution in Bhubaneswar, has been training aspiring Odissi dancers since 1975. Shweta Swati and Dance Company, founded by the famous garg sisters, promotes Kathak dance all over the world. |