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Classes & Workshops
Introduction to Odissi Experience the joy of Odissi in four x 90 min weekly intensive workshops - dance, music & theory Weekend Intensive Feel the exhilaration of dancing, chanting, singing and learning over one weekend Dance to Perform Learn intensively for a presentation/performance Dance for Life Learn Odissi as a lifelong practice, a source of resilience (ongoing classes) Music for Life Singing, drumming & dance vocals (ongoing classes) Dance for Humanity - see Arts & Life Education Gurukul Ltd page Presentations/performances, workshops and lecture-demonstrations also by invitation. |
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Offering Odissi dance training for primary, secondary and tertiary education. Situating such training within formal education gives learners a genuine opportunity to study this artform and pursue it to professional standards and beyond. Nirmal has presented and taught Odissi in many schools and universities. He teaches dance movement and related arts at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Educational organisations interested in offering the Jena style of Odissi to prospective learners should contact the Odissi Dance Company. For reaching professional and teaching standards, the learning needs to be full time and over three to five years, ideally as an accredited degree program. |
Venues:
Studio in Chifley, Sydney's east (30 mins from CBD - photos above)
Studio in Hazelbrook, Blue Mountains NSW (from 2025)
Photos of studio in Chifley, Sydney, by Rudolf Rindler
Studio in Chifley, Sydney's east (30 mins from CBD - photos above)
Studio in Hazelbrook, Blue Mountains NSW (from 2025)
Photos of studio in Chifley, Sydney, by Rudolf Rindler
Student Testimonials
Practising this ancient dance form has many positive health benefits and it harmonises the mind and body so that the individual can excel in life.
Australia boasts a multi-cultural society. The input from such an ancient form, taught by a master, can only enrich our cultural life. The creative possibilities for dancers and choreographers are infinite and the deepening of the inner life that supports this creativity is provided via the philosophy and spirit of the dance.
We live in an extremely fragmented world, where we cannot understand things in totality. The kaleidoscopic nature of Guruji's dance - where life talks to art, the sublime to the everyday, the arts mirror each other whether painting, architecture, literature, music or dance - is a balm for our modern souls. More than anything else, it creates this beautiful totality with a lightness of being, with humour and humanity. It is a precious universe.
