{"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":"2026-07-02T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:19:19","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=\"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><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":"Wir bieten Kurse f\u00fcr klassischen indischen Tanz (Bharata Natyam) f\u00fcr Kinder, Erwachsene, Anf\u00e4nger und Fortgeschrittene an. Unser Unterricht findet im Kalakshetra-Stil statt. Der Kalakshetra-Stil ist durch klare Richtlinien und Vorgaben, wie die Bewegungen der T\u00e4nzer und T\u00e4nzerinnen ablaufen sollten, gekennzeichnet. Das Ziel des Unterrichtes ist allerdings nicht etwa das Erreichen eines perfekten Idealzustandes, sondern stellt...","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2245,"href":"https:\/\/masala-movement.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/2000\/revisions\/2245"}],"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}]}}