"Great dancers are not great because of their technique.
They are great because of their Passion"
Dundee Rep 2016
Indian Dance class
We are decicated to promote indian cluture through arts and dances and we have regular dance class at the centre delivered by our main teacher Shweta Jariwala. Graduated from swaraswati School, she is an accomplished Kathak dancer. Kathak is one of the 8th form of indian classical dance forms North India and was created for story telling from one village to another. This is why this art is full of expression. Kids and adults can enjoy classes on wednesdays and thursdays (see our calendar). Shweta is also teaching her own choregraphy of bollywood dances. The latter is very popular and vibrant and the dance group is regularly invited to perform around Scotland. We also provide class for Bharatanatyam, a classical form of dance from South India. Regular classes are given by Dr Isabelle Colas, student of Dr Anne Tiburtius, director of Natyapriya dance company based in Norwich. Anne has also been delivering 1 or 2 workshops a year at the centre. At several occasion, the dance group also produced dance drama including the Ramleela, a commission for Scottish Indian Arts Forum (Dusherra Festival).
Cultural Events & performances
The bharatiya ashram dance group is very popular in Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Our mission is to promote indian culture, educate our young people and boost everyone's confidence. Our students are 4 to 50+ years old, men or women and everyone has the chance to perform all around the year. Our Holi Festival is becoming very popular and brought about 100 people last march. Last year we have been asked to produce a drama play called Ramleela for Dusherra Edinburgh, and we also performed for Edinburgh Diwali party.
Here is the list of past performances
* Annual Performaces since 2010
Dundee Diversity Show* – Dundee City square
Dundee Food and Flower Festival* 2020
Non violence Day @Dudhope Multicultural Centre
Dundee Christmas Light* - Dundee City Centre
Dusshera Festival* – Edinburgh 2019
Diwali Festival* - Edinburgh 2019
Holi Festival* @Dudhope Multicultural Centre
Dundee Rep Theatre*- Great Big Dance Shows 2019
Indian Week at St Paul Academy
Dundee International Women Centre
DMC Chistmas show *– @Dudhope Multicultural Centre
Chinese New year/Burns night/Language day/Indian republic day @Dudhope Multicultural Centre
Baltik party for women festival @Dudhope Multicultural Centre
Confluence – Music and Dance show with Beej School of Arts (Aberdeen) and Natyapriya Dance Company (Norwich)
Natyanjali Dundee & Edinburgh- Bharatanatyam performances in collaboration with Dr Radhakrishnan - raise funding for cancer research
Ramleela Finale at Dusherra 2017
Exercise Program for the ederly
Shweta Jariwala, our Arts project supervisor, is delivering gentle Bollywood class to those aged 40+ and 65+, in collaboration with the Dundee International Women Centre.
We would be happy to open our own class at the Dudhope Multicultural Centre if we have enough interest. Please call us if you have a group who would benefit from this service.