2025 Fall Classes for Adults & Kids

Location: 3200 Elmwood Ave, # 122

Schedule: 6 Week Sessions February 4th-March 22nd (NO CLASSES WEEK OF 02/17/2025)

Garba Dance

Resuming Spring 2025

Instructor: Gaitrie Subryan

Immerse yourself in the vibrant and energetic world of Indian Folk Dance! This class introduces you to the rich cultural traditions of India through various folk dance styles, including Garba, Bhangra, and Giddha. 

Suitable for all skill levels, you’ll learn lively choreography, rhythmic footwork, and expressive movements that celebrate community and tradition.

This class is open to ages 13+

Resuming Spring 2025

 
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Silk Fan Dance Class (Beginners/Inter)

Tuesdays: 7-8p

Instructor: Holli Simme

Discover the elegance and excitement of silk fan dancing in our immersive 6-week class, perfect for beginners and all skill levels! Whether you’re new to the art or looking to enhance your technique, this course is designed to help you master the basics and add a touch of grace to your dance repertoire.

Throughout these six weeks, you’ll learn the fundamental techniques of fan dancing, seamlessly combining beautiful fan movements with footwork and whole-body coordination. By the end of the course, you’ll be dancing with confidence and flair, taking your fan dancing skills to a whole new level!

Please bring your own set of silk fans if you can. We’ll have extra fans available for practice during class, but they will not be for purchase. Get ready to express yourself, move to the rhythm, and have fun!

This class is open to ages 13+

Session Dates: 

Tuesdays, February 4th- March 18th (No classes the week of February 17th

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Bollywood & Folk Combo Class

Wednesdays: 6-7pm

Instructor: Gaitrie Subryan

Designed for all skill levels, this class will introduce you to the basics of Bollywood dance and combining graceful, expressive movements with fun, upbeat, choreography. We will also explore the fundamental movements of Garba dance. Garba is a folk dance from Gujrat, India. 

Whether you’re looking to try something new, improve your coordination, or simply have fun, this class is the perfect way to move to the rhythm of Bollywood’s colorful music and culture. 

Open to all levels—just bring your enthusiasm and get ready to “Nach” (Dance)!

This class is open to ages 13+

Session Dates: 

Wednesdays, February 5th- March 19th (No classes the week of February 17th) 

Ecstatic Dance: A Journey of Movement & Connection

Ecstatic Dance: A Journey of Movement & Connection

Wednesday’s: 7pm-8:15pm

Instructor: Cathy Sakora 

Introducing Ecstatic Dance: A Journey of Movement & Connection!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ecstatic Dance at our studio—a transformative, free-form movement practice that invites you to connect with yourself and others in a truly unique way.

Ecstatic Dance is an unchoreographed, leaderless dance experience where you move freely to the rhythm of the music. This practice offers a safe and welcoming space for expression, allowing participants to release tension, process emotions, and reconnect with their bodies. It’s more than just dance—it’s movement meditation.

  Wednesday’s February 5th-March 19th (No classes the week of February 17th) 

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Hatha Flow: Beginner Friendly Yoga

Saturdays: 9am-10am

Instructor: Megan McClain Kwacz

This yoga practice combines slow, long-holding poses with vinyasa flow, attending to all parts of our psyche: body, heart, mind, and spirit. It will emphasize alignment and building strength, incorporating breath practice into each class. Meditation and philosophy are integral elements, and classes often revolve around specific themes.

Session Dates 

Saturday’s February 4th-March 18th (No classes the week of February 17th) 

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Katak Dance Classes

Kathak Fundamentals

Saturdays: 12-1pm

Instructor: Gaitrie Subryan

Rooted in the fundamentals of Kathak, an Indian classical dance form from North India, students dive deep and learn the guru shloka and namaskar, who start this dance form by honoring the space we move in. We will work on building strength through footwork (tat-kar), hashtaks (hand gestures), and Chakkars (turns). We will fine-tune Kathak movement exercises through our practice while leaning into the grace and beauty of this dance form.

We will work through Kathak compositions, kavitas (poems), and choreography.

This class is open to ages 13+

Session Dates

Saturdays, February 8th- March 22nd 

(No classes the week of February 17th) 

 

Adult Class Passes

Select Option

 

1 Class Pass: Allows you to take one class per week. (ex: Beginner Bollywood 13+)

2 Class Pass: Allows you to take one class per week. (ex: Beginner Bollywood + Silk Fans)

Unlimited Class Pass: Allows you to take 3 or more classes per week. (ex: Adult Kathak, Silk Fans, Yoga, and Beginner Bollywood) 

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Tots Bollywood (Ages 2-4)

Saturdays: 10:15-11am

Instructor: Gaitrie Subryan

Our tots class is designed to get your little ones comfortable with movement (all forms), These little dancers will learn basic dance steps, as well as how to take turns, count music, take direction from a teacher, and participate in a specialized classroom setting. We will be using props and other fun movement-based items to help keep these little ones focused and moving!

Session Dates

Saturdays, February 8th- March 22nd 

(No classes the week of February 17th)  

Kids Bollywood Dance

Little Kids Bollywood
(Ages 5-11)

Tuesdays: 5:30-6:15pm

Saturdays: 11-11:45am

Instructor: Gaitrie Subryan

Our little kids’ Bollywood class is filled with joyful, energetic movements and Bollywood music. In this class, we will share a range of dance styles in Bollywood, from modern hip hop/jazz steps to elegant classical movements to create a dance they can perform at the end of the 8-week session. All classes include a warm-up, stretch technique, stationary and traveling moves, and the usage of props.

Session Dates

Tuesdays, February 4th- March 18th

Saturdays, February 8th-March 22nd 

(No classes the week of February 17th)