Online Bharatanatyam Classes in France
Bharatanatyam online, with the teacher watching the feet
Most children who give up Bharatanatyam give up in the second year, when the items get harder and the aramandi underneath them was never really built. A recorded video can show a child the steps of an alarippu. It cannot see that the knees have drifted inwards or that the heels are lifting, and a habit like that, repeated for a year, is very hard to undo.
Enquire about classes in France
Add the student’s name and your number, then continue on WhatsApp or call us. We’ll come back with the next available slot for France.
We usually reply within the hour
Bharatanatyam online, with the teacher watching the feet
Our online batches are live and small, and every child dances with the whole body in frame. The teacher watches the posture, the feet and the hands and corrects them during the adavu, not at the end of the month. It is the same Kalakshetra-style syllabus we teach in person at HSR Layout, so families in France learn the dance properly rather than a simplified version for the screen.
France has a connection to India most countries do not: Puducherry was French until 1954, and a good number of Franco-Indian families, largely Tamil, have lived between the two countries since. They sit alongside a newer community of professionals in Paris, Toulouse and Lyon, and for both the children are usually being schooled entirely in French.
Live teaching with cameras on, never a library of recorded videos
The aramandi and adavus built first, in the traditional order
Every adavu danced in three speeds, so rhythm is never bolted on later
Batches small enough that every child is corrected in every class
Batch timings for France
Live classes on CET, scheduled around your week rather than ours.
Weekday 5:00 to 7:00 PM CET, which is 9:30 to 11:30 PM in India in winter and an hour earlier in summer, and Saturday mornings. Instruction is in English; mentors are used to children whose strongest school language is something else.
What your child walks away able to do
A steady aramandi held through a full sequence of adavus
The main adavu families danced cleanly to the sollukattu
The asamyukta and samyukta hastas named and used with meaning
Inside the online bharatanatyam classes curriculum
A few of the modules a year of online bharatanatyam classes covers. The full sequence is on the class page.
- 01The Adavu Families
- 02Hastas and Their Meanings
- 03First Items
- 04Online Showcase
Three simple steps to begin
1. Tell us about your child
Call or WhatsApp us and say where your child is starting from. For online bharatanatyam classes that matters — the mentor pitches the first class to what they can already do.
2. Personal guidance from a mentor
A real, live class, not a sales call. The mentor works with your child for the full session and then tells you honestly whether this is the right class of ours for them.
3. Pick a slot that survives the school week
We place your child in a batch built for CET. Weekday 5:00 to 7:00 PM CET, which is 9:30 to 11:30 PM in India in winter and an hour earlier in summer, and Saturday mornings.
“Timezone was our biggest worry. Smriti Samskara made it effortless, the Mahabharata class fits perfectly into our London evenings, and the storytelling quality is simply exceptional.”
Online Bharatanatyam Classes in France, FAQs
Yes, if the class is live and the teacher can see the whole body. Batches stay small, the camera is set up in the first class, and corrections happen during the adavu. Families across France learn this way with us every week.
Other classes for France
Online Bharatanatyam Classes elsewhere