Nrityagram Forward
We dream that someday Nrityagram will be amongst the world’s leading Performing Arts Institutions.
We have a Choreographer that creates world-class shows and an Ensemble that performs on a global stage. We offer the highest quality of professional dance training and have an active outreach programme that bridges the urban-rural divide. Keeping us strong is an ever growing circle of Support.
Going forward, we plan to have a dedicated performance space for dance, a Digital Resource Centre to enable research and documentation, Festivals to promote the Folk Art traditions of India, a Whole Body Centre, Virtual Studio, Food Forest, and more.
Performing Arts Centre
Bangalore needs a dedicated space for dance. What better place to locate it than Nrityagram, which is already a part of the city’s mind-scape. Every weekend, approximately 50 to 200 people visit Nrityagram to watch classes and rehearsal. In addition, Vasantahabba has played host to 40,000 people for an evening of Classical Dance and Music.
We plan to develop a Performing Arts Centre, which will be a fully-equipped performance space with seating for 200 people, featuring performances 365 days a year to contribute to the performing arts scene in Bangalore and Karnataka.
The space will host performances by Nrityagram four times a year and other companies (dance and theatre) can rent the space for a subsidised affordable fee.
At the start, performances will be scheduled on weekends only, and we will gradually increase the number of performances until it becomes a functioning Performance Space year-round.
The building is a two-level structure with a foot size of approximately 13,000 square feet. There is an upper level of 9000 square feet, which steps down into a performance space and includes a water court, pavilion and exhibition area. The lower level is 5000 square feet and houses private access spaces such as green rooms, warm-up studio, store and toilets. The foundations and walls are built and we have to complete the roof, interiors and technical set-up.
The Performing Arts Centre at Nrityagram is designed by Bijoy Jain.
Nrityagyān Resource Centre
We plan to set-up a world-class Digital Resource Centre, to nurture a vibrant research and scholarship based movement in India.
The Resource Centre will house a Digital Library with a collection of everything related to Indian Dance over the last 100 years. This includes photographs, unpublished writings, audio and video recordings, books on Dance - Indian and World - and all disciplines related to dance.
Access to the Resource Centre will be available from anywhere in the world.
