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Nrityagram
Sign in to saveNrityagram is India's first modern Gurukul (residential school) for Indian classical dances and an intentional community in the form of a dance village, set up by Odissi dancer Protima Gauri in 1985. The residential school offers training in Indian classical dance forms, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Manipuri, eight hours a day, six days a week for seven years, following the ancient Guru-shishya tradition. Designed by famous Indian architect Gerard da Cunha, the community is situated near Hesaraghatta Lake 30 km from Bengaluru. Today the Nrityagram Da
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Nrityagram | Nrityagram Dance Village, India
Nrityagram is a one-of-a-kind collective of artistes, where dance is a way of life.
nrityagram.org →Once upon a time, a dreamer saw a land of wilderness and red mud, and imagined a haven for dance, and thus was born the idea of Nrityagram, which literally means dance-village. In a world that did not know what a woman entrepreneur meant, Protima Gauri single-handedly strove to make the dream real, fueled by a sense of adventure and a commitment to artistic excellence. Our mission is to nurture dance professionals through the gurukula system, perform on a global stage and forge a community through outreach. We aspire to be a dynamic artistic community that practises and upholds the holistic traditions associated with the classical arts of India. A place that nurtures artistic growth and exchange, and enables deeper connections between people and art, beyond political, social and cultural differences.
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Nrityagram is India's first modern Gurukul (residential school) for Indian classical dances and an intentional community in the form of a dance village, set up by Odissi dancer Protima Gauri in 1985. The residential school offers training in Indian classical dance forms, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Manipuri, eight hours a day, six days a week for seven years, following the ancient Guru-shishya tradition. Designed by famous Indian architect Gerard da Cunha, the community is situated near Hesaraghatta Lake 30 km from Bengaluru. Today the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble has performed across India and in many countries abroad.
== History == left|thumb|140px|Classical dancer Soumya Sampath, displaying her expression at the Nrityagram's garden. right|180px|thumb|Classical Dancers at Nrityagram. The word Nrityagram, literally translated, means "dance village," and in the founder, Protima Gauri's own words,
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