{"id":2000,"date":"2025-10-29T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/?post_type=project&#038;p=2000"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:29:45","slug":"bharata-natyam","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/project\/bharata-natyam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharata Natyam"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_1daf6ab9\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News update!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>5 February 2026\u00a0<\/strong>, we\u2019re launching our new Bharata Natyam beginner course \u2014 and there are still spots available!<\/p>\n<p>The class takes place\u00a0<strong>every Thursday from 5:30\u20136:45 pm at\u00a0<em>Alte Feuerwache K\u00f6ln<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Melchiorstra\u00dfe 3, 50670 Cologne).\nThe monthly course fee is \u20ac45. Open to everyone aged 12 and up, with or without prior dance experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to register from now on by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dance@masala-movement.de\">dance@masala-movement.de<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Practice like a devil. Dance like a god.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>We offer courses in classical Indian dance (Bharata Natyam) for children, adults, beginners and advanced students. Our classes are taught in the Kalakshetra style. The Kalakshetra style is characterised by clear guidelines and specifications on how the dancers' movements should be performed. However, the aim of the lessons is not to achieve a perfect ideal state, but rather to constantly question and perfect oneself and one's movements. To this end, the dancers work with both their bodies and their minds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-video align_none ratio_16x9 has_iframe\"><div class=\"w-video-h\"><iframe title=\"Youtube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QHZzHuxc_08?autoplay=0&controls=0&origin=https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en&loop=0&mute=0\" allowfullscreen=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"w-video-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);color:#fff\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Our dance teacher\/guru NS Vathsalan first came into contact with Bharata Natyam at the age of three when he attended dance classes taught by Merlin Kramer (Gurukulam). Later, he learned the Kalakshetra style from Shanti Tharmenthiran (Gurukulam) and therefore decided to pursue intensive dance training in Chennai (South India) with his gurus, the renowned Kalakshetra lecturers Shanta and VP Dhananjayan (Bharata Kalanjali). He also continued his training with the students of his gurus Anita Shanmugharatnam (Aeka Academy) and Prameela and MS Hariharan (Abhinaya Nritta Patasala).<\/p>\n<p>We welcome dancers of all ages, regardless of their previous experience! Anyone who is interested in working with their body, mind and Indian culture is welcome to join us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>Do you have any questions?<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Pushpa Brunneke<br \/>\n+49 163 25 455 01<br \/>\ndance@masala-movement.de<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News update! Am\u00a005. Februar 2026\u00a0starten wir unseren neuen Grundkurs in Bharata Natyam und es sind noch Pl\u00e4tze frei! Der Kurs findet\u00a0jeden Donnerstag von 17:30 Uhr bis 18:45 Uhr in der\u00a0Alte Feuerwache K\u00f6ln\u00a0(Melchiorstra\u00dfe 3, 50670 K\u00f6ln) statt. Die Unkosten f\u00fcr den Kurs betragen monatlich 45 Euro. Teilnehmen kann jeder ab 12 Jahren mit und ohne Tanzerfahrung....","protected":false},"featured_media":258,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"mm_project_category":[],"mm_project_tags":[38],"class_list":["post-2000","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mm_project_tags-current-projects"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2000\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mm_project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mm_project_category?post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"mm_project_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mm_project_tags?post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}