Beginner Kathak Prep Class (Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM @Thalia Studio)
$60.00
Only a few left!
Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 PM
Class Start Date: March 30th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Class Description:
For the first 9 weeks, basics of Kathak i.e. 13 Todas, Baat (Footwork), Thaat/Nakhra (Expressions) will be taught. A small piece of choreography including all these basics will be taught in the next 3 weeks.
Only 16 slots are available for this class.
Note: This is a beginner class. It is curated for dancers with little to no Kathak Experience. If you have Kathak experience and would like to brush up your skills, you may still join.
Class Start Date: March 30th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Class Description:
For the first 9 weeks, basics of Kathak i.e. 13 Todas, Baat (Footwork), Thaat/Nakhra (Expressions) will be taught. A small piece of choreography including all these basics will be taught in the next 3 weeks.
Only 16 slots are available for this class.
Note: This is a beginner class. It is curated for dancers with little to no Kathak Experience. If you have Kathak experience and would like to brush up your skills, you may still join.
Bhangra Prep Class (Mondays 6:30-7:30pm @ Thalia Studio)
$60.00
Bhangra Prep Class - Mondays 6:30-7:30pm
Class Start Date: March 27th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Things to learn/improve/focus on throughout all 12 classes:
Week 1
- Intro/overview of class and bhangra dance form
- Warm up/stretch
- Start learning "core steps" (single dhamaal, taps/"down legs", dhamaal snaps, trying different arm variations)
Week 2
- Warm up, review steps from last time
- Continue learning more core steps (bedi, single jhummar, faslaan, mor chaal)
Week 3
- Warm up, review past steps
- Continue learning more core steps (pataka, chaffa, khichaan, maybe squats)
[Weeks 4-12: start putting together small choreography combinations with existing steps, plus learning a few more as we go, in different bhangra routine segments. Before each class, I will send out a video or two with examples of the type of segment we will be learning next time. Each class will still start with a warm up.]
Week 4: Sammi + Bedi
Week 5: Jodi (partner work using some Sammi/Bedi steps, with simple formations in pairs and interaction)
Week 6: Phummaniya (traditional 16-count sequence, and variations if there's time)
Week 7: Jhummar (slower, more graceful, stylized segment)
Week 8: Dhamaal
Week 9: Jugni
Week 10: Faster Jhummar
Week 11: Khunde/using props, if that's something we're interested in doing!
Week 12: Combination and review of what we've learned, maybe asking people what their favorite segment was beforehand to do one more of that type
Class Start Date: March 27th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Things to learn/improve/focus on throughout all 12 classes:
- Having fun while doing Bhangra!
- Exposure to Punjabi/Bhangra music (I'll throw in familiar songs too, like Sadi Gali etc.)
- Build Bhangra step "vocabulary"
- Developing the Bhangra posture and style
- Looking BIG
- Straight, strong backs; staying low and wide
- Keeping tension in your arms and hands
- Adding grace and fluidity + power
- Natural shoulder shake
- Combining different steps
- Moving and maintaining formations while dancing
- Nakhre and interaction with each other & the audience
- Building stamina
Week 1
- Intro/overview of class and bhangra dance form
- Warm up/stretch
- Start learning "core steps" (single dhamaal, taps/"down legs", dhamaal snaps, trying different arm variations)
Week 2
- Warm up, review steps from last time
- Continue learning more core steps (bedi, single jhummar, faslaan, mor chaal)
Week 3
- Warm up, review past steps
- Continue learning more core steps (pataka, chaffa, khichaan, maybe squats)
[Weeks 4-12: start putting together small choreography combinations with existing steps, plus learning a few more as we go, in different bhangra routine segments. Before each class, I will send out a video or two with examples of the type of segment we will be learning next time. Each class will still start with a warm up.]
Week 4: Sammi + Bedi
Week 5: Jodi (partner work using some Sammi/Bedi steps, with simple formations in pairs and interaction)
Week 6: Phummaniya (traditional 16-count sequence, and variations if there's time)
Week 7: Jhummar (slower, more graceful, stylized segment)
Week 8: Dhamaal
Week 9: Jugni
Week 10: Faster Jhummar
Week 11: Khunde/using props, if that's something we're interested in doing!
Week 12: Combination and review of what we've learned, maybe asking people what their favorite segment was beforehand to do one more of that type