AAYANA

SCHOOL FOR MOVEMENT AND MADNESS

A.S.M.M
AAYANA SCHOOL FOR MOVEMENT AND MADNESS

A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF HUMANS

IN LOVE WITH DANCE, CONNECTED BY THE
BONDS OF LEARNING, SHARING AND ASPIRING.

A FUN, SUPPORTIVE AND SAFE SPACE

WHERE WE CAN COME TO JUST ENJOY
DANCING OUR HEARTS OUT WITHOUT
JUDGEMENT AND WITHOUT STRESS.
THE GOAL WILL BE TO MAKE OUR LIVES HAPPIER,
HEALTHIER AND MORE ARTISTIC
THROUGH DANCE AND EACH OTHER.
 NEW BATCHES

BHARATANATYAM BHARATANATYAM INDIAN

BEGINNERS ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY

Begins May 5th Begins May 5th Begins May 5th

Tuesdays 7 PM Tuesdays 8 PM Wednesdays 8 PM
This is an ONLINE Dance Class.
What does one month of class include:
- One Zoom Class per week (Tuesday/Wednesday)
- One Pre-Recorded Class Module per week
(A Video of the choreography being taught step-by-step in
complete, vivid detail will be sent to you)

Sometimes, instead of the Pre-Recorded Module, a live

zoom class will be taken on a weekend
(Saturday 7 pm or Sunday 10 am)
But this will be the exception, not the rule.

This is done to help some students who are free only on the
weekends.
Since they can’t attend the weekday class, they take the
Zoom recording, and work on their own free time.
These time-to-time weekend sessions will help them stay in
touch and practice the details with the teachers.

We don’t have a regular weekend batch, as the hectic

performance schedule of the Company doesn’t make it
possible.

So a CLASS MONTH is defined as 8 sessions.

Fees is collected at the beginning of every cycle or 8
sessions.
 OFFLINE / LIVE
Even though ASMM is primarily an Online Dance School,
we have a thriving Offline culture.
The Bangalore Studio is open for the students to
come and practice whenever they want.
We have Intensives twice a year, details of
which will be given in further pages.
Offline sessions will be held once or twice a month in our
Studios in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
In these sessions, students can come to the studio and
work on deep practice with the Teachers.

When we travel for our performances to other

cities in India and around the world, we will hold
an offline masterclass for our students in that city
to work with them offline on all the things they
learn in online class.
We’ve been fortunate to have gotten the
opportunity to meet our students in so many cities
like Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kochi and even
in Germany, Sweden, Singapore, Dubai,
Switzerland, Australia, etc.
 This is an extremely flexible Dance Class.
If you are unable to attend a session, you can
request a Zoom Recording.
If you need to prepare for an upcoming performance, the
teachers will give you some one-on-one training
to prepare for the show.
Whenever we are in the city and are free, we will host
impromptu offline classes for whoever is interested in
coming and doing some extra practice.
If you and your friends want to meet up and practice,
you are welcome to use the Aayana Studio
whenever it’s free.

The Offline sessions, practice sessions, studio

usage is all free of cost

Since the Company is always on a hectic

performance and touring schedule, Classes might
SOMETIMES get rescheduled. We are informing
this at the beginning so that we can know about
this,
and understand it.
Please join the classes only if you are okay with
this degree or flexibility.
 BHARATANATYAM
ADVANCED
If you love the Form, have been learning it for some time
and are ready to explore new dimensions and depths
to your practice and performance of Bharatanatyam,
this is the batch for you.

- Practice and hone your Technique

- Learn unique Choreographies from the Aayana Repertoire
- Build Strength, Stamina and Flexibility in Dance
- Discover your own language of Abhinaya and Story-telling
- Explore how to choreograph your own work
- Explore professional avenues like performing, teaching, auditioning.
- Train for your own solos, Arangetrams, productions.

Timings:
Tuesdays - 8 pm (Zoom)
Video Module will be sent every Wednesday.
Fees:
Rs. 2000/- per month
(8 sessions)
A one-time Admission Fee of Rs. 500/- at the time of joining class
for the first time. So only for your first month, it will be Rs. 2,500/-
 BHARATANATYAM
BEGINNERS
If you are a complete beginner, with no previous training but
are eager to explore this beautiful Dance Form, this is perfect
for you.
There is no upper age limit. This batch is for adults also.
Our oldest ‘beginner’ is 50 years old.

If you are someone who has learnt Bharatanatyam previously,

maybe in your childhood, and a long gap has happened, then
this batch is perfect for you too. You can revise and strengthen
your basics, and learn the grammar of the Form in detail.

Timings:
Tuesdays 7 pm (Zoom)
Video Module will be sent every Thursday.
Fees:
Rs. 2000/- per month
(8 sessions)
A one-time Admission Fee of Rs. 500/- at the time of joining
class for the first time.
So only for your first month, it will be Rs. 2,500/-
 IC ONN TD I A N
EMPORARY
This is a unique vocabulary of dance, developed through an
amalgamation of the aesthetics of Indian forms of Dance and Story-
telling as well as Contemporary Techniques. The classes are also a
great stress reliever at the end of a long day, where you can come
together with your dance community and sweat it out.

It's great for:

- Learning new Choreographies designed for both live and digital
spaces.
- Working on your fitness, strength and flexibility.
- Exploring and experimenting with your own ideas and
choreographies.
- Enjoying a range of Indian folk and freestyle vocabularies.
- Learning the fundamentals of a varied range of techniques like
Ballet, Graham Technique, Animal Flow, Kalaripayattu, Kathak, Flying-
Low Technique and more.

Timings:
Wednesdays 8 PM (Zoom)
Video Module will be sent every Saturday
Fees: 2,000/- per month (8 sessions)
One-Time Admission Fee 500/-
If you opt for BOTH Bharatanatyam and Indian Contemporary classes,
you will receive a discount of Rs. 500/-
So instead of 4,000/- your monthly fees will be 3,500/-
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
If you have gone through the details
and are interested in enrolling,
please follow these 2 steps:

1.Make the fees payment.

(Details in next page)

2.IMPORTANT: Send a screenshot of the

fees payment to this same number.

At the end of these 2 steps, you will be

added to the class WhatsApp group
and your admission will be complete.
FEES PAYMENT
Payment Details:

If you are joining one batch, your payment will be

Rs. 2,500/- (2,000 monthly fees + 500 admission
fees)

If you are joining two batches, then your payment

will Rs. 4,000/-
(3,500 + 500)

You can pay via:

Gpay - 9513332012

Acc name: Manish Kumar N

Acc no- 9013849545
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Kotak Mahindra Bank

If you live abroad, please request for a PayPal link

from this number.
 ELECTIVES
Apart from our regular 8 classes, we will have extremely interesting and insightful
ELECTIVE CLASSES once or twice a month on weekends.
These Elective Classes are exclusively for students, that is, you all, and not for outsiders.
-Introduction to Choreography -Lighting for Dance
- Texts and Treatises - Yoga for Dance
- Dance Theory - Dance Nutrition
- Taalam and Musicality - Physiotherapy for Dance
- Dance and Film: A Lens - Injury Prevention
- Dance and Fashion: Costuming - Guest Workshops by eminent artists
These sessions are OPTIONAL, and can be availed at Rs. 250/- per workshop.
There will be one or two such sessions per month.
Some months might have more sessions, some months might not have a session at all,
depending on scheduling factors.
This is only for students who are interested in taking dance education beyond the
boundaries of conventional class subjects, and these sessions usually end up
with extremely gratifying take-always and processes.
STUDENT
At ASMM, being a student of dance is a
multi-dimensional experience.
We aspire not just to be individual dancers, but wholesome

JOURNEYS artists who are part of a thriving and kind community.

There are many journeys that we can go on together:
 INTENSIVES
Each year, we have two Intensives.
The Summer Intensive (May) and The Winter Intensive (December)
Students from all around the world come together twice a year for a week of immersive learning, laughter and dancing.
It’s a truly amazing time, because we dance 24x7, for an entire week.
The days are filled with intense sessions, intriguing talks, gruelling dancing and of course, tons and tons of laughter.
Many of our wonderful students have
inspired us by bravely stepping onto
their Rangapravesha stages to
achieve their dancing dreams.
An Arangetram is just a sacred pocket
of time and space that you create to
focus on your dance,
your art and your identity.
It is a journey you can take ONLY if
you want to, and ONLY
on your own terms.
Because the journey is more
beautiful than the destination.
PROFESSIONAL AVENUES
We can say with immense pride that Aayana Dance Company’s
senior performing unit is comprised ENTIRELY of our students
from the ASMM community.

These are all students who we have met in the online classes, have pursued
their training through class and come on board to the performing unit.
PROFESSIONAL
Our acclaimed productions ‘Dhruva’, ‘Atharva’, ‘Yellige’ which are now touring
Europe, America, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai and many cities in India,
are all performed by our senior students exclusively.

Students of ASMM are also encouraged to collaborate with others, freelance

with dance companies, engage in choreography projects.

Many students of ASMM also run their own dance schools, and we will happily
provide any kind of support to set up and get them going. Whether it’s
planning, execution or just being your biggest cheerleader!
 F.A.Qs
Is there an age limit for who can join a class?
Anyone above the age of 6 yrs is welcome to be a part of the classes.

Do I have to choose my electives?

The electives are completely optional. Each elective class will be announced a week before it is to be held.
If you are interested in attending the same, you can make the payment of Rs.250 for the specific session
and join the class. You can choose to be part of as many elective sessions as you wish, or none at all.

What happens if I miss a class?

If you miss any session, you can contact us to share the recording of the same. However, we recommend
that you try to attend as many live sessions as possible. .

How regularly will physical classes be conducted and where will they be?
Physical classes will be conducted as per the availability of our faculty in a specific location. So the
frequency and the location will keep varying. You will be notified regarding the same in a timely fashion.

How effective are online classes? Will I get individual attention? Will I be offered corrections?
The classes have been designed keeping the online format in mind and based on our extensive experience
of conducting these sessions online. We ensure that every student gets individual attention, is corrected in
body posture, abhinaya, adavus, is able to get a holistic learning experience.
 OUR FACULTY

MANOGNYA RAKSHA PALLAVI VHISHAL MANISH

BALARAJU GANESH
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These are the 5 principal faculty of The Aayana School for Movement and Madness.
You will be meeting a lot of other wonderful teachers as well for specific classes.
 This is a safe and accepting
space for everyone.
We will do our best
to make every person feel
welcome and accepted.
You can always speak to us
directly, and talk about whatever
issues you may be facing.
However difficult the outside
world may be, here you can be
yourself. You can be who you are
without judgement or pressure.
You will find a community of
like-minded individuals,
where the onus is on
kindness, joy and curiosity.
Here,
You’ll never be alone.
We can’t wait for you to join
our little family!

Here’s to dancing together

under the light of a
thousand splendid suns.

See you in Class