Best Bharatanatyam Lessons & Schools in Chicago

From the Business: Swati Shah Started taking intensive and authentic training in Bharatanatyam from the early age of 4 year.he dancer is presented to the audience by the guru when the dancer is ready, after several years of training. Accompaniments play a major role in the making of a memorable dance performance.

From the Business: Nrityanant dance academy is dedicated to foster excellence in Bharatnatyam and imparting knowledge and traditional values to all students starting age 5. Classes held weekdays evening and weekends.

From the Business: Ami Vaidya is the founder and creative director of Kaavya Performing Arts. Ami grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and began learning dance at the age of 3. She was comprehensively trained in Garba Folk Dance and Raas, along with Bollywood and Bharatnatyam. Ami has vivid memories of performing across the United States from a young age, and ...

From the Business: Sriranga Dance Academy was started with a mission to promote the rich Indian cultural heritage through the classical dance form.

From the Business: Indian Dance School is a not-for-profit dance school based in Schaumburg IL (suburb of Chicago) established to promote dance and fitness among young and adults.

From the Business: Uma Muthiah is a leading Bharatanatyam teacher in Chicago, Illinois. She started her dancing passion at the age of 5 and performed her Arangetram at the age of 16. She began her preliminary training in Bharatanatyam from Guru Leela Arumugam in Sri lanka. Later she received her advanced training from Vasanthi Gunsithapatham. Uma has performed in ma...

From the Business: This is on behalf of Lovish and Mahi. We are both recent immigrants to the United States of America and we are passionately seeking work in the field of dance. We are both well-educated with a strong teaching background in multiple dance forms. Lovish has an eight year experience as a dance choreographer/instructor. Lovish excels in multifarious d...

From the Business: Soham Dance Space is a pioneering studio that seeks to uphold the practice, appreciation, and development of the bharatanatyam art form, while making it accessible to everyone. By offering a long-term curriculum for children, an inviting forum for adults, and by producing highly innovative and relevant work in classical and contemporary Indian dan...

From the Business: Bharat Natyam is a classical Indian dance originated in Tamil Nadu. This classical dance has a mesmerizing effect as it uplifts the dancer to a higher level of spiritual consciousness. Bharat Natyam, it is said, is the embodiment of music in visual form, a ceremony, and an act of devotion. It is known for its grace, purity, tenderness, highly expr...

From the Business: Mandala connects our audiences and students with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the performing arts traditions of South Asia. We offer powerful engagement with unique and expert dancers, musicians, storytellers, artists and educators whose origins reach from the Himalayan ranges to the Indian Ocean, from Persia to Indonesia. Mandala’s compan...

From the Business: Vasanthy Raja, the founder and the director of Ishana Natyalaya, was born to a family of high cultural value and spiritual background. She has family origin in Thanjavur, TamilNadu that has rich culture and heritage, especially in Carnatic music and Classical dance. Ishana Natyalaya offers a structured learning program based on the Kalakshetra sty...

From the Business: Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring areas. Bharatanatyam, a pre-eminent Indian classical dance form presumably the oldest classical dance heritage of India is regarded as mother of many other Indian

From the Business: Nrithya Sangeeth, The word Arangetram can be literally translated as “ascending the stage.” The dancer is presented to the audience by the guru when the dancer is ready, after several years of training. Accompaniments play a major role in the making of a memorable dance performance. the beautiful expression of Bharatanatyam (Indian classical Dance...

From the Business: Nrityamala Dance Academy, [est. 1984] is renowned for imparting the best art education in Dance Theory & Practice, short & long term Performance Studies, Yoga, Costume & Stage Craft, Choreography, Nattuvangam, Research methodology, Teaching methodology etc by providing well rounded training in Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam & Temple danc...

From the Business: Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Shetty-Ahuja is a leading Indian Classical Dance Choreographer and teacher in the US. She established Natraj Dance Academy in 1983. The academy soon grew rapidly in strength and has become one of the largest Indian classical dance academy's in the Chicagoland area. Students of Natraj Dance Academy recieve sound training in the p...

From the Business: Samskriti Tradition,Excellence,Innovation. Samskriti foundation is a non profit organization performing arts of India,primary classical music and dance,more accessible to the community,by presenting them in superior quality performances and providing the training and education needed to appreciate heaseart forms.Please contact for more details.

From the Business: Archana Chandrasekaran, a seasoned dancer started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of 4. Archana is known for her soulful dancing, Bhaavam (emoting through facial expressions) and crisp dance movements. Along with dance, she has also undergone training in Carnatic music for 8 years under Mrs. Radha in Chennai and has a good understanding of music...

From the Business: Nrithyanjali School of Dance, is a premier Bharatanatyam classical dance company based in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and serves the greater Chicagoland and the state of Illinois.The not-for- profit 501c3 organization, entering its 20th year of exceptional dance programs, provides traditional South Asian performing arts to Chicago and the sur...

From the Business: Alokita's Dance School popularly know as ADS is based on contemporary fusion style of dancing. Alokita is a Bharatanatyam trained dancer and was also a state level dancer in India. She has had many feathers on her cap, one of which she directed in 2017 named " Navarasa" was a hit for it's style n concept.Her troupe is well versed with different st...

From the Business: In the history of dance, we find every now and then a supreme artist who dominates the field for a generation, enriching the existing tradition, providing a corrective to current practices and setting standards for generations to follow. Anna Pavlova was one such artist and so was Vaslav Nijnsky. And today in India Balasaraswati is one. The great ...

From the Business: Navrasa Dance was started by Anuya Wagh Mistry, shishya of Vasundhara Sridharan and Priya Balan. It specializes in the Indian classical dance of Bharatnatyam as well as folk dances from all over India. With the blessings of her Gurus and her mission to spread the knowledge, Navrasa Dance has now grown into a thriving group of artists who have bee...

From the Business: The Academy offers a complete program for dancers of any age and skill level. We offer dance forms ranging from bharatnatyam to bollywood to ballroom dancing. The Guru or director of the Academy is Smt. Toral Chaudhari who focuses primarily on the art of Bharatnatyam. For other styles, the instuctor is Rahul Umbare who has had 12 years of experien...