Education Work
Aradhana's education and community wing delivers highly professional workshops and residencies to nurseries, schools, special needs schools, colleges, universities, day centres, hospitals, prisons, festivals and other cultural organisations. Our tutors are all CRB checked.
The company's delivery of workshops can be tailored to suit your particular requirements. We create and conduct workshops and residencies that are imaginative, inspiring and most of all enjoyable. Our education and community work is undertaken by a team of highly skilled and professional artists who can tailor the sessions to people of all ages, all backgrounds and abilities.
We provide resource materials to aid learning and development, thus getting workshop participants involved prior to the workshop / residency. We run workshops in classical dance and music ranging from one off "taster" sessions to one week residencies which can also lead to students showcasing and presenting their work. We are flexible in our approach and we can give you a completely unique solution.
South Asian culture is rich in tradition and through our educational and community work we aim to raise awareness of this through our dance and music.
Please do get in touch for further information or to discuss any ideas with us further. Our email address is: info@aradhana.org.uk.
Jaymini & Sanju...
Sanju Sahai (also known as Vishnu Sahai) , is currently one of the finest and most sought after Tabla players of his generation. Belonging to the Benares Gharana (lineage) and being the 6th generation of Tabla players in the lineage, he began playing at an early age. See more...Jaymini Sahai is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the new generation of UK based South Asian dance artists. She began her Kathak training in the UK in 1983 at the tender age of 6. See more...
Kathak...
Kathak is the major classical dance form from the northern part of India. The word Kathak stems from the Sanskrit word meaning to tell a story. This dance form traces its origins to the the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars, or story tellers. See more...Classical Music...
Indian classical music is categorized under two genres. These are Hindustani and Carnatic. Broadly speaking, Carnatic music developed in the south of the country, while Hindustani is indigenous to the north.Hindustani music is based on the raga system. A raga is a melodic scale, consisting of notes from the basic seven known as sa, re, ga, ma pa, dha, and ni. See more...