Spread throughout the year, our intense studio workshops will develop your stamina, strength, musicality as well as expose you to various dance styles and performance technique including Release, characters building to develop resilience, rigour and readiness for various demands of variable choreography, different productions and the stories we tell through movement and dance.
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Professional ARTIST development programme
Running every Saturday, PD sessions offer intense training in Kathak covering:
- Kathak – with a focus on ang (body), rhythm and Abhinaya (technique of storytelling emphasising the ang).
- Tabla and Rhythm Training – deepening musicality and timing with live percussion.
- Kalaripayattu/Martial Arts – to enhance strength and control the dynamic range.
- History of Kathak in UK - will discuss the political and societal impacts on Kathak in UK.
The programme is designed to embrace body diversity and equip dancers to meet the demands of the stories AKDC tells. It welcomes dancers new to AKDC’s style and aims to strengthen ensemble cohesion and deepen community within the company.
For both new and returning dancers, this is an opportunity to reconnect, re-energise, and align with AKDC’s creative values and working processes.
Sessions happen every Saturday mornings - 10.00am-12.00pm at Cromer Studios
Fees for 2 hr session: £7.50 for professional dancers | £5 for AKDC company members.
For further info/queries: akdcstudio@aminakhayyamdance.co.uk
Bespoke Beginners Classes also offered: aminakhayyamdance/classes