Arts Exploration: India - Konakol & Bharatanatyam

Your passport to Indian Classical Arts is here!

During shelter in place, the safety of learners and their families is priority. Here at Mandala, we hope that arts can transport us while we observe social distancing. "Arts Exploration: India" connects campers to passionate artists and educators, right from the living room. Our camps give children the chance to activate their minds and creativity virtually.

CAMP SCHEDULE

Three day sessions; camp runs two hours a day

JUNE 23 through JUNE 25

Yoga & Hindustani Vocal Music (Ages 4-6)

Konnakol & Bharata Natyam (Ages 6-10)

JUNE 30 through JULY 2

Yoga & Hindustani Vocal Music (Ages 4-6)

Konnakol & Bharata Natyam (Ages 6-10)

JULY 7 through JULY 9

Yoga & Kathak (Ages 4-6)

Visual Art & Hindustani Vocal Music (Ages 6-10)

JULY 14 through JULY 16

Yoga & Kathak (Ages 4-6)

Visual Art & Hindustani Vocal Music (Ages 6-10)

AUGUST 4 through AUGUST 6

Yoga & Bharata Natyam (Ages 4-6)

Hindustani Vocal Music & Kathak (Ages 6-10)

AUGUST 11 through AUGUST 13

Yoga & Bharata Natyam (Ages 4-6)

Hindustani Vocal Music & Kathak (Ages 6-10)

PRICING

$120 per session / $240 per 2-week session

$10/Extra t-shirt

$10/Extra art kit

OUR INSTRUCTORS

CHETHAN ANANT

Chethan is a Hindustani vocalist and multi instrumentalist from Chicagoland. His talent has been recognized internationally; Chethan won first place in the Swarganga Crescendo national Hindustani Music competition (2014) and was selected as an IndianRaga fellow (2016). Chethan has performed across the U.S. and India, and as an educator, offers a traditional music learning experience with a new generational perspective.

ASHWATY CHENNAT

Ashwaty is a Bharatanatyam artist and principal with Mandala Arts. Ashwaty’s choreography has been presented throughout the midwest (Symphony Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Hill Auditorium) where she has been recognized for bringing South Asian arts into the mainstream performing arts world. As an educator, Ashwaty lovingly supports students by building the tools to connect mind, body and their culture.

NAFISA HUSAIN

Nafisa is a visual artist and founder of Studio Nafisa in Aurora, IL. Before opening her studio, Nafisa left a career in engineering to pursue her love for the arts, where she envisions room for design, technology and STEM disciplines. Nafisa’s unique curriculum connects the dots between visual arts and the sciences, where critical thinking and expression meet.

ZENWORKS YOGA

ZENworks Yoga is dedicated to providing high-quality yoga and mindfulness programming to children, based in Northeast Ohio. Founded by Sonya Bapna, ZENworks teaches children the skills necessary to transfer the social and emotional behaviors of mindfulness, self-control, self-esteem, and stress reduction learned through yoga and mindfulness to other aspects of daily life, while having fun!

UMA BALACHANDRAN

Uma hails from a family of dancers and musicians, and learned the art of Konnakol (nattuvangam) from her late grandfather, Dr. C.G. Balachandran. For the past 15

Years, Uma as shared her passion for South Indian art forms and has performed across the U.S., including the United Nations. With an understanding of the rarity and beauty of her form, Uma now instructs a new generation in Konnakol with energy and enthusiasm.

SHIVANI JAIN

Shivani Jain is a Southern California-based Kathak artist and educator and has taught and performed across the west coast. Shivani’s classroom values music, mythology, and cultural confidence as much as the dance. As an Indian-American, Shivani sees Kathak as being the main force connecting her to her roots.