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Art and Culture - Indian Dance and Music Schools in  North-East of North America.

GaramChai.com >> Art & Culture >> North-East >> New York and New Jersey

Classical Indian dance and music of different genera -- South Indian, North Indian, classical, Hindustani, Carnatic-- are taught in schools and academies across the US. In this and other pages of the Art and Culture section of GaramChai.com you will find extensive listings of academies, dance, music and other schools. This comprehensive collection is unique on the web since most other music academy, dance school, institutes or listings of gurus on the web are either classifieds or restricted to a few cities. 


The individual associations and academies are responsible for their links. Please click on the appropriate state to go to the actual listing. For listings of other states in the US, please visit the Art & Culture main section
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New Jersey   //   New York  

NEW JERSEY Indian Dance and Music Schools

Ambika Raman 
Bharatanatyam Classes in Dayton, South Brunswick, NJ
Contact Ambika Raman; Telephone : (732) 438-0304 or Email : Ambika

Arya Dance Academy 
ADA offers dance classes in kathak, filmi fusion, bhangra, garba/raas, and bharatnatyam to students of ALL Ages. Classes are taught in fully mirrored studios, located throughout the USA and UK. 
NY: Manhattan, Queens, Long Island // NJ: Parsippany, Edison, Bridgewater, Baskingridge // PA: Bensalem & Lansdale
MA: Burlington & Cambridge // GA: Atlanta
Contact Email: Rupal Patel Ph: (866) 279-2468

Archana Joglekar-Mulye 
Dance Academy of Kathak in Princeton, New Jersey. Learn Kathak from one of the topmost Kathak dancer from India - Guru Archana Joglekar. In this academy one can take in depth training of Kathak upto masters level. Affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Gandharv Mahavidyalaya Mandal. Contact 609 309 3288

Aditi Dance School
Bharatnatyam, Folk, Fusion & Bollywood dancing for children & adults in Piscataway & Union. Contact Aditi Khatri Email- aditi.dance@live.com  or call: 908-926-7305 / 908-463-7845

Abinaya Natyalaya - Bharatanatyam Classes in Jersey City/Edison/NYC
Guru Archana Viswanath (student of Kalaimamani Nrithya Rathna Krishnakumari Narendran) has been conferred the title 'Nrithya Kala Seva Niratha' by the Kanchi. Experience of over 22 years in dance with hundreds of dance performances world-wide.
Contact Rina Shah; Phone: 814-777-7958 or viswanath.archana@gmail.com

Bharatakala Dance School
Bharatanatyam, folk dance and fusion dance taught to children of all ages at Edison, NJ. Please Contact Divya @ 732 393 9438
Contact Email:
divyanayar@hotmail.com 

Bollywood Dance Fitness
520 West 8th Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10019
Contact Rina Shah; Phone: 646 769 0978  or bollywooddance@hotmail.com

Bharathanatyam
Dance Classes conducted in South Brunswick, New Jersey by well trained exponent with over 25 years experience.
Contact email: sridevisrinivas@hotmail.com

Bhakti Music
Learn Carnatic music - fast track. With a Carnatic music base, it will be easy to sing film music and/or bhajans, light classical etc
Contact Nanda Nayar Telephone: 732-393-9438 or Email: nanda.nayar@gmail.com

Center For Kuchipudi Dance
Artistic Director - Indira Sreeram; Classical Kuchipudi and Folk dance classes held in South Brunswick and Bridgwater in New Jersey; Contact 732-940-7409 or email: idixith@yahoo.com

Diwakar Performing Art Group, Inc.-Professional Bollywood Choreographer & Instructor with 10 years of experience in Bollywood choreographing and performing with many of the big Indian stars and professional choreographers is now running his own performing arts group in the U.S. and India offering his talents to young aspiring artists to learn Bollywood, Indo-Western, Hip-hop, Modern
Jazz, Filmi Classical and Folk dancing. Classes offered in the PA, NJ area. Expanding classes to the NYC Metro area.

GuruGriha School of Dance
Offers Kathak and Bharathanatyam dance classes in various places in NJ. The Bharathanatyam dance classes will follow the Kalakshetra style of dance and will also include light classical dance, folk dance and depiction of various fictional and mythological characters in the form of dance dramas to educate and sustain the interest of young students, besides giving them valuable stage exposure. The kathak dance class will follow gurushishya parampara. 
Contact Call: 732-940-8912 or Email:
indiandanceforms@yahoo.com 

Govind Music
Teaches bhajans, devotional songs & semi-classical songs.
Contact Call: 848-203-5918 or Email:
govindmusic@optonline.net 

Indian Bollywood style dance classes
Experienced dancer and choreographer trained by famous Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan and by Shiamak Davar’s (sdipa), teaches students to move to bollywood tunes with expressions, posture and moving different parts of the body. Now operating in New York and Washington DC metro area.   Email: Pooja

Indian dance Classes
Conducted in in North Bruswick NJ Contact Sowparnika Dance Academy 8 Pin Oak Drive North Brunswick NJ-08902 Contact Ph-732-501-8647 Email: dance@sowparnikadance.com

Kuchipudi Dance Classes - Kuchipudi
Neeharika Pendekanti, NJ.  Ph: 908-252-0784

Kuchipudi Dance Classes
Kuchipudi Taught in New Jersey by Swathi Gundapuneedi
Contact Email:
kuchipudi_usa@yahoo.com  or Ph: 732-429-2948

Kuchipudi Dance Classes
For further information please contact Radhika Ippatoori; Telephone:973-743-616 or Email: radhikapriya_2000@yahoo.com

Kalashri school of arts New Jersey and New York
Teacher Bina menon
Types of dance - bharatanatyam, mohiniyattam, kuchipudi, folk, movie, bajans  etc..For info call 973 243 5831 or email:
Menonbbm@aol.com

Music Sunita
Learn to sing from Clebrity Bollywood Singer,'Sangeet Vishaarad' Sunita Kapur. At musicsunita you get to learn various styles of Indian Music; Indian Classical, Bhajans, Ghazals, Bollywood, Karaoke, Folk and in various languages too in NY/NJ Learn to interact with an audience, breathing and microphone techniques, discipline, confidence.Prepare for singing competitions such as Sa re ga and Indian and Desi Idol etc.... Each student performs at musicsunita's Annual Recital UBHARTE KALAKAAR, to showcase his/her talent.Students get Certificates. All ages welcome!Individual and Group lessons offered.
Contact Sandeep at 201- 658 -9220 or email
Sunita004@hotmail.com

Nila's School of Odissi
Nilanjana Banerjee offers Odissi classical dance classes at the Hindu Samaj temple, Mahwah, NJ. Individual and group lessons are offered to kids and adults in North Jersey /New York areas. Nilanjana is a senior disciple of Guru Smt. Mitra Purkayastha. She strictly adheres to Guru Padmashree Murlidhar Maji's gharana. For the past few years she has been performing extensively in the US. For more info visit her website or Email: nila@odissinilanjana.com ;
phone:973-838-2927

Nritya Creations Academy of Dance
Artistic Director - Meena Basu Nag specializes in Creative Classical Indian Dance, Bharat Natyam, Creative Fusions dance. Competition Wins: Naya Andaz, FIA, Film Dance Competitions. Classes held for ages 6 through Adults in Monmouth County: (Marlboro, Manalapan, Old Bridge, Freehold, Holmdel, Matawan, NJ area.). Now offering classes in North Jersey also: Summit, Oranges, Newark, Morristown, New Providence area as well as Edison.
Email: info@nrityacreations.com or mbasunag@yahoo.com ; Phone:732-598-7079

Nritya Madhavi School of dance
Director: Divya Yeluri - Divya is an accomplished Kuchipudi artiste and is a senior disciple of Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam and Smt. A.B. Bala KondalaRao.
Address: 15 Anna lane, Edison, NJ - 08820; Contact Ph:(908)-226-0580 or email:Divya@kuchipudi-dance.com
 

Natya Bharathi center for performing arts
Bharatanatyam dance classes
Radha K.Bodapati
31 Maison Place Voorhees,NJ
Email:
rkbodapati@gmail.com 

NrityaSadhana Dance Institute 
Offers Bharat Natyam, Garba, Movie and Folk Dance Classes at Somerset.
Contact Dipal Prajapati. Ph : (732)398-0609 or Email: nrityasadhana@hotmial.com  

Nrithyanjali Instiute of dance, North Brunswick NJ
fNrithyanjali Institute of Dance is a non-profit organization founded in 1990.'The goal of this institute is to provide opportunities for aspiring students to learn Bharathanatyam, and to increase awareness of this art form in the United States. Nrithyanjali offers ongoing classes for students of different age groups in North Brunswick, New Jersey and Allentown, Pennsylvania under the able guidance of Ramya Ramnarayan, who is the artistic director of the institute. The institute also presents several educational and informative programs to bring in awareness of this art form to the main stream audience. To accomplish this goal the dance company presents lecture and demonstration in various venues such as Libraries, schools, senior homes, community centers, museums, colleges and Universities.'
Contact:(732) 398 9895 or Email:rktirumala@aol.com

Mujrah house--- School for vocal and tabla
23 Hudson place, Weehawken, NJ 07086
Contact phone: 212.630.9988 ext 202 or Email: mila_harris@yahoo.com

Menka's Dance Academy
Offering classes in Kathak, Folk, and Film dance. Menka Kakar has been trained in Indian as well as American dance. She has been performing professionally since 1991and teaching since 1993. Menka's Dance Academy offers private as well as group classes. A recital is held at the end of every school year.
New Jersey Contact Email:
Menka Kakar   or (201) 794-8804

Rita Dance Academy
Offering dance classes of Kathak and Folk dances. Movie dances are also tought to students of ALL Ages. Learn Kathak from well-trained, well-qualified Kathak exponent - Rita Sharma. Rita Dance academy provides in depth training of Kathak up to masters level. Affiliated with Pracheen Kala Kendra. Classes are held in Edison and North Brunswick Areas of NJ. Phone: 732-940-6065 and 732-500-5003 or email: ritakishan@yahoo.com

Rhythms of Dance & Music (Classical Odissi & Manipuri)
Teacher: Mitra Purkayastha. Mitra teaches in Somerset area in New Jersey as well as Morristown in New Jersey. She is an accomplished dancer, choreographer and teacher, teaching students of all ages and imparting a passion of art in the fields of classical dances such as Odissi (Orissi) as well as Manipuri since 1979. She has Sangeet Prabhakar, Sangeet Visharad and Sangeet Sudhakar degrees in Dance besides Masters degree in English, Indian History, European History as well as MLitt form India as well as USA. She learnt the art from Guru Padmasri Muralidhar Majhi,  teacher in Orissi, Guru Khelendra Mukherjee in Manipuri and Dr Manjusri Chaki- Sircar in contemporary choreography techniques. Contact Email:
mitapd@yahoo.com  or Phone: 973-984-3605

Sattvika School of Dance
Offers bharatanatyam, Indian folk dance and yoga classes for interested students of all ages.[yoga lessons would be free along with dance class as it is very essential for physical fitness, to be an eminent dancer].lessons will be taught by a highly experienced dancer from India. contact: sathya stephen. "let your spirit dance"
Contact Email:
SATHYA_S2003@YAHOO.COM  or Phone: [cell] 201-220-2252,[home] 201-337-6018

School of Indian Traditional Arts (SITA)
Learn Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Carnatic Vocal, Hindustani Vocal, Flute, Tabla, Mridangam, Harmonium, Ghazals, Bhajans, Art, Yoga all under one roof in the heart of Somerset County, NJ
Address: 56 West Somerset Street, Raritan, NJ - 08869

Contact Email:
info@sitausa.com  or Phone: 908-218-5665, 908-256-0995

Soorya Dance Company or www.shanthala.org 
Bharathanatyam classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced students at Woodbridge, NJ 732-636-3869
Ph: 732-636-3869 or 314-397-5278
Contact Email:
sushmakasthuri@hotmail.com 

Sowparnika Dance Academy
Indian Dance Classes in in North Brunswick, NJ. Classes offered in Bharathanatyam,Mohiniyattom,Folk Dances,Semi-Classical & Movie Dances for all ages.
Contact :Malini Nair or Phone:732-501-8647

Shree Padma Nrityam Academy of performing Arts Inc. (SPNAPA) based in Princeton, NJ, serves as a facilitator for cultural preservation, presentation, and exchange of ideas for South Asian Performing Arts with a primary focus on Indian classical dance - Bharata Nrityam. The Academy is guided by the vision and dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Bala Devi Chandrashekar. Bala is an acclaimed senior artist, choreographer and teacher of Indian Classical Dance - Bharata Nrityam. Trained under eminent Guru, the noted Bharata Nrityam exponent Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Bala works on developing and perfecting the style that would be seamless and fluid while yet retaining the precision, power and purity of line - typical of classical dance. Bala had the unique opportunity to learn the core components of the 108 Karanas (temple sculptures). Contact 369 Mercer Street Princeton NJ 08540 Phone: 609.430.0301

Surati Dance & Performing Arts Academy 
Performing arts company based in New Jersey. Since 2001, the dance and music school has been providing an insight into Indian art to its students. Contact Email: Rimli Roy or Ph: (201) 7922650

Suresh Wadkar's Ajivasan Music Academy
Established way back in 1932 in Srinagar by Suresh Wadkar's guru, Acharya Jialal Vasant, Ajivasan has groomed several budding musicians in India. Suresh Wadkar has brought the skills taught at his Mumbai academy to the west. The Suresh Wadkar Ajivasan Music School located in New Jersey and New York is fully supported by Suresh Wadkar based on the same principles, teaching techniques, and curricula he established at his Mumbai Academy Contract no - 551-404-0540 email:
info@sureshwadkarmusic.com

Swar Music School - Teaching Hindustani Classical Music to children(5+) and Adults. Advanced teaching techniques to get you going. Located in greater Princeton Area, NJ. Email - swarmusicschool@gmail.com or Phone - 609-275-2858

TaalSadhana - Offers Tabla classes in Parisppany, NJ Tabla taught by Aditya Narayan Banerjee( senior disciple of Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri- Lucknow gharana)
Contact Anil KHARE 973-585-7630 or Email - taalsadhana@gmail.com

NEW YORK Indian Dance and Music Schools

AshavariDance School
Read about this school of Kathak based in New York, USA and India. The site is maintained by Gargi.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York (USA).
Institute of Indian Culture, USA. Offers training in Bharata Natyam, Kathak, folk dances, as well as vocal music and Indian culture to children.

Bollywood Performing Arts
(Director, Sunita Sadhnani)
A Multi-Talent School of Dance and Music which Offers Mixed Styles of Dance by Anil Diwakar, Vocal Training with Jesse Singh, Classical Kathak Dance, Yoga, Salsa Dance, Instruments - Tabla by Ustad Kadir Khan, Guitar and Harmonium. Additional Summer Camps for Kids and Hindi Classes are Also Avaiable.
252 Old Country Road, Hicksville, NY 11801
Phone: 516-933-2787
Email: Bollyarts@Yahoo.com

Chhandayan
34-34, 77th St. # 6L, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
School for learning Tabla of Farukhabad gharana. Teacher: Pt. Samir Chatterjee
Now operating in New York and Washington DC metro area. For details please refer to the website.

Dakshina Palli Natyam
Founding/Artistic Director: Jaan R. Freeman; Associate Director: Dr. Shanti Pillai Bharatanatyam classes, workshops, performances in the lineage of Tanjore Balasaraswati. 
P.O. Box 1851, New York, New York 10009, USA
Contact (212) 946-5348 or email: info@dakshinapalli.org

Dance and Music School of India Latham, New York:
Serving tri-city and upstate NY area teaching Indian Classical and Light instrumental music on Sitar, Tabla, Harmonium, Guitar, Violin, and Sarod; vocals with tanpura and harmonium, and north indian dance Kathak and Folk. Learn from renouned artist, performer, and professor of music Veena Chandra. 
Email:
Veena Chandra or Contact: 518-786-1309

Dance School of Mayura Nritha Vedi
School dedicated to South Indian Dance ( Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Folk, and Cinematic). Albany, NY 12208
Artist: Bindiya Prasad Phone: 518-489-4246

Harrice Miller Entertainment Inc
HME artists have performed at Christie's, Chopra Center NYC, Sirius Radio, ABC Home, Hotel Pierre, the ARCH, and Jivamukti Yoga.
Phone 917-853-1416 or Contact: harrice@gmail.com

Indian Bollywood style dance classes
Experienced dancer and choreographer trained by famous Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan and by Shiamak Davar’s (sdipa), teaches students to move to bollywood tunes with expressions, posture and moving different parts of the body. Now operating in New York and Washington DC metro area.   Email: Pooja
Kathak classes are available to those who are residing within the Tri-State Area, (New York, New Jersey and Conn.).

Jiva Performing Arts, New York, NY
An organization based in NYC that seeks to present and preserve the classical arts of India. Classes are offered in Carnatic violin and mridangam by AR Balaskandan. Balaskandan has performed in prestigious venues throughout India, Europe, US and Canada and has accompanied many international artists. He offers classes in both mridangam and violin in Manhattan and Queens, NY. Contact AR Balaskandan: 917-208-2424 or email: info@balaskandan.com.
Bharatanatyam classes offered by Sonali Skandan, disciple of Professor CV Chandrasekhar CV Chandrasekhar and Smt. Bragha Bessell of Chennai, India. Sonali has performed extensively in the US, Canada, UK and India. Contact Sonali Skandan: 646-251-7463 or email:info@sonaliskandan.com. Classes are offered to children and adults in group, private and semi-private settings.

Lotus Music and Dance
109 West 27th Street, 8th Floor (between 6th and 7th Avenues), New York, NY 10001
Phone (212) 627-1076 or Contact: Jaan R. Freeman (Bharata Natyam Instructor)

Nritya kala kendra classes
Academy of Indian Dance Art and Culture. Classes held in Kathak, Vocal tabla at studios in Queens and Bayside.
P.O Box 604182, Bay Side, NY11360 Tel: (718) 391-8693

Naya Dance: The hottest contemporary Indian dance school in NYC providing opportunities to learn Bollywood, Bhangra, Fusion, Garba, Hip-hop, Semi-classical, and much more. Experienced dancers are encouraged to inquire about the Troupe.

Natya Anubhava dance academy - The academy promotes BharataNatyam. Guru Nalini Rau, the director of Natya Anubhava, is a leading exponent of the legendary Dandayudapani Pillai Bani. She has performed widely and is the recepient of the Natya Navaratna award from the former president R. Venkataraman. She has been teaching with passion and dedication for the last 13 years in Westchester.
Natya Anubhava has branches in White Plains, Elmsford and Yorktown heights.
and Yorktown heights. Email : nalinirau@gmail.com or Phone : 914 243 7855

Nritya Saagaram Dance Academy Director- Satya Pradeep
Satya Pradeep is the Artistic Director of Nritya Saagaram Dance Academy, specializing in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, classical dance forms. Address:11 Comet Road, Syosset, NY 11791, Ph. 516-681-2048 or Email: Satya Pradeep

RagaHastha
Hudson valley's premiere academy of Bharatanatyam and Carnatic Music.
Contact Sudharsana Srinivasan,  Email : sudharsanas@yahoo.com   or Phone : (845) 227 7947

Rageshree Music Institute (not-for-profit organization )aims to presents Indian Classical Music in America through sponsoring live concerts, education through group and individual instruction on the various instruments and voice and making recorded music available. Address: 40-29 48th St. Sunnyside, NY 11104

Taalim School of Indian Music
New Jersey/New York. Tabla lessons, guided by the senior disciples of Pandit Divyang Vakil offered in Rutherford, New Brunswick & Parsippany N.J.
Phone (201) 933-8580 or Email: taalimschool @yahoo.com

Veena Chandra
Dance and Music School of India in Latham, New York serving tri-city and upstate NY area teaching Indian Classical and Light instrumental music on Sitar, Tabla, Harmonium, Guitar, Violin, and Sarod; vocals with tanpura and harmonium, and north indian dance Kathak and Folk. Learn from renouned artist, performer, and professor of music Veena Chandra. Call for private and group lessons, lecture / demonstrations, and concerts at 518-786-1309. or Email:  veenachandra@hotmail.com

 

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