The Yoga of Classical Indian Dance
with Mandakini Trivedi

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 2:00-6:00pm

$35 per session / $60 full program
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Join us for this rare opportunity to experience Indian Classical Dance through one of its top most exponents, Mandakini Trivedi. Mandakini-Ji fully integrates the Sadhana of Yoga in her teachings, practice & performance and provides a holistic approach to the art form of Dance. Please join us in welcoming her to New York, and experience the richness of this lineage!

Session 1: Philosophy, Discussion & Performance, 2-4pm

This lecture - performance will unravel the grammar of Indian dance, and describe how it is a translation of Indian thought and philosophy into a system of design and a technique of movement.

Session 2: Classical Dance Instruction, 4-6pm

Embody the concepts discussed in the lecture, and explore the vocabulary through a guided practice in the forms and expressions in the Mohini Attam style, a Classical form that focuses on circling, swaying and undulating movements similar to that of the bodies of water in Kerala (from where this style originates).

Background on Classical Indian Dance:

Classical Indian dance is the most complete yoga. Concealed beneath the rich and intricate fabric of Indian dance lies a mind ~ body discipline that is at once aesthetic, symbolic and yogic. Its mythological themes contain a wisdom that is still relevant to our times. It is not a mere coincidence that all of the gods of the Hindu pantheon are expressed in the form of dance. Nor is it a coincidence that aesthetic rapture is compared to spiritual ecstasy in Indian art. Every element of Indian Dance is steeped in principles of Yoga. Its form, its thematic content and the aesthetic experience it generates are subtle, scientific applications of the principles of yoga.

About the Guest Teacher:

Mandakini Trivedi is one of the top most exponents of Indian Classical Dance one of the only living Classical Dance Gurus who fully integrates the Sadhana of Yoga in her teachings, practice and performance. Mandakini-ji has been teaching for over 20 years, and is a plethora of information and a living practitioner of Indian thought, Indian Aesthetics, and Indian Mythology. She has the capability of explaining concepts that, though seemingly large, become completely relevant to our times and our life. Her teachings are enriching physically, spiritually and intellectually.

Mandakini-ji has had the pleasure of being invited by Yogacharya BKS Iyengar to conduct a lecture demonstration for his 90th Birthday Celebrations. She has also conducted numerous workshops, residential programs and performances... to read more about her prolific career, please visit her website:nateshvaridancegurukul.com.