Online Bharatanatyam Classes in Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia
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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 Philadelphia learn the dance properly rather than a simplified version for the screen.
Indian families around Philadelphia are mostly in the suburbs — the Main Line, King of Prussia, Exton — and across the river in South Jersey, many in pharma and healthcare. The region sits next to the New Jersey community, and families here often have cousins in the same position an hour up the turnpike.
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
Mudras taught with their meanings, not only their shapes
Batch timings for Philadelphia
Live classes on ET, scheduled around your week rather than ours.
Weekday 6:30 to 8:00 PM Eastern and Saturday morning Eastern, sharing batches with New Jersey.
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
A first complete item, usually the alarippu, danced end to end
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.
- 01Setting Up the Space
- 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 ET. Weekday 6:30 to 8:00 PM Eastern and Saturday morning Eastern, sharing batches with New Jersey..
“Living in California, we worried our kids would lose their roots. The online Shloka and Gita classes changed that. They chant every morning now, and understand what the words mean.”
Online Bharatanatyam Classes in Philadelphia, FAQs
About two metres by two metres of clear floor is enough for the adavus. Wood, a rug or a mat is kinder on the feet than marble or tiles, and the device should sit far enough back to show your child head to toe.
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