Dance Styles — Dans Sutra

—The forms

A short field guide

Styles we live in

We don't teach one form — we teach the conversation between many. New to a style? Start with the guide, then meet us in the studio.

Storytelling on swift feet.

North India. Born in temple courtyards and refined in Mughal courts, Kathak weaves rhythm, spin and narrative into one breath.

Geometry, devotion, fire.

Tamil Nadu, South India. One of the oldest codified Indian classical forms, rooted in the temple traditions of Devadasis.

The dance of the enchantress.

Kerala, South India. A lasya (gentle, feminine) form said to evoke the celestial Mohini.

Classical roots, contemporary breath.

A modern hybrid drawing from Kathak and Bharatanatyam, set to film and fusion music while keeping classical grammar.

Cinema in your shoulders.

Mumbai film industry. A high-energy mash-up of folk, classical, jazz and hip-hop — the dance vocabulary of a nation's soundtrack.

Listening with your hips.

Middle East and North Africa. A folk and theatrical tradition centred on isolations and the relationship between torso and music.