Upcoming activities, performances, deeper topics and room for exchange — a place to discover, learn and enjoy Bharatanatyam, tala, music and more together.
Music & Dance Season 2026 – 2027, from 14 December to 12 January: daily Carnatic concerts, Kalakshetra, the Natya Kala Conference and the Dance Festival of The Music Academy. You decide when you come and how long you stay.
Go to the agendaAn evening with Vidwan S.V. Giridhara from Bangalore: first tala for beginners — the seven talas and their subdivisions — then nattuvangam for advanced dancers, teachers and tabla players. Register before 25 October.
Go to the agendaOn 1 November we celebrate Divali with a performance full of dance, music and song, accompanied by live music: the victory of light over darkness.
Go to the agendaTala is the rhythmic structure of Indian classical music and an important part of Bharatanatyam. Before the arangetram you learn the seven talas of Carnatic music and their five rhythmic variations.
Read more about talaNattuvangam is the rhythmic accompaniment of dancer and orchestra. The sollukattu — rhythmic syllables — are combined with playing small metal cymbals.
Read more about nattuvangamTogether with ballet teacher Percy Muntslag I created some seven productions over more than ten years in which ballet and Bharatanatyam met. What emerges when dancers from different traditions work together?
Watch the videoMridangam artist from Bangalore and for more than thirty years my teacher and partner in music and rhythm. He gives masterclasses in tala and nattuvangam at Sri Vinayaka.
More about his masterclassesDo you have a question about tala, mudras, expression or music? Or would you like to respond to a performance?
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