About Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam is a classical dance style from South India. Its roots go back to the flourishing temple culture and prosperous courts of kings of Tamil Nadu, and to the classical Indian theater.

Bharatanatyam today is a living art form of the stage, where the dancer is telling whole stories with meaningful hand gestures, expressions of the face and body poses. Other element of Bharatanatyam is the pure dance where the movements of the body convey no meaning but only aesthetic value.