#natyamnaatak – “Great Costume!”

My usual walking path to the old location of the Kala Vandanam…

#natyamnaatak – The Final Countdown

Navaratri is here, and Kala Vandanam’s annual Natya Sadhana…

#natyamnaatak – Nitpicking

I usually have a lot of heart-to-heart chats with students as…

#natyamnaatak – “I don’t believe you.”

It was an unseasonably sultry day in the Twin Cities (temp 97F,…

#natyamnaatak – “You Need Some Child Supervision…”

There is no doubt that adults get a lot of things wrong. We’d…

#natyamnaatak – So much for non-violence in art

Students are learning hasta viniyoga (the usages for each hand…

#natyamnaatak – ““The President is in Town!”

Group class time, and we usually start with general “what’s…

#natyamnaatak – “You Can’t Say That About Yourself”

Learning Bharatanatyam is hard work, no matter what you are learning.…

#natyamnaatak – The Adavu Formerly Known As…

Kala Vandanam students are always thinking creatively, and this…