Continued learning with Padmini Ravi
In today's educational landscape, learning with purpose is key. My program offers a hands-on approach, focusing on deconstructing and reconstructing dance routines and techniques for comprehensive understanding. I recommend learning the techniques and processes through learning an item. We will break an item to build it again and in the process learn the details.
Sessions via Zoom include direct instruction, video lesson plans, and written materials, catering to diverse learning styles.
Both online and offline options are available for students in India and abroad. Continuous feedback ensures the program evolves to meet student needs. Join us to master dance and cultivate a passion for learning.
About Padmini Ravi
With a journey in dance for over 4 decades, Padmini Ravi is an exponent of the ancient craft of Bharatanatyam based in Bangalore. A performer and teacher, she reveals a new dimension to dance. With Years of international travel and exposure, she brings a new approach to dance. Following her success in the classical arts, Padmini went on to explore the allied art forms such as theatre, folk forms, classical music, and cinematography. Padmini has trained over 500 students internationally. The relationships shared along the journey exposed the various elements of dance that did not fall as a part of mainstream training. Upon detailed and in-depth research came the clarity that these elements of dance which are not mainstream are a core part of the craft as per its origin. Her students have now branched out into independent schools in choreography, teaching and training, performance, television and cinema. She is the recipient of the Sangeetha Nritya Academy Award as well as the State Rajyotsava Award for her contribution to the field of dance. Padmini’s name is synonymous with innovation, integrity and quality. Padmini Ravi has conducted and participated in seminars, workshops, chamber performances and performance tours around the world, networking with a range of organisations such as universities, sabhas, and students’ networks. She has also collaborated with theatre and music groups to create new performance texts in the arts. She received a grant from the Ford Foundation to produce a feature film “Shringara”, the first of its kind in a classical arts-related film. This film project was the beginning of yet another convergence of the media and the arts that could lead to the generation of new energies and ideas in the world of arts and culture.
The Versatile Her
A Dancer
Commenced training in the year 1967 and has performed over 1000 shows globally. She Broke the rigid barriers of the perception of the classical form by collaborating with allied crafts like folk theatre, traditional theatre, yoga, film making, film dance and international styles of folk and classical movement. Introducing a fresh dimension into each performance making the craft relatable and attractive to the urban young. The ability to be spontaneous and innovative within the parameters of the craft, hence gaining the versatility to appeal to the niche elite and the common mass.
A Teacher
Started Pradhan Center for Arts in 1980 and trained more than 500 students who are leading dancers and teachers by their merit in the city of Bangalore and abroad. The process of training involved not just the technique of the craft but also its desired effect on an individual’s personality. Researched and developed a training module for corporates and students using the process of arts to improve areas such as team building, creativity, visual and verbal communication, spontaneity etc. In Sync, the module has been conducted at IIM Bangalore, ITC Infotech, ING Vysya, Metlife, GMRIT, PESIT, Mind Tree and a few other organisations.
An Organiser
Have organised chamber concerts featuring renowned performers to bring arts awareness to the community. She conceptualised and executed 9 years of the Bengaluru Habba, the country’s premium city festival designed on the lines of the Singapore Arts Festival. Have played multiple roles in fundraising, creative content development, logistics and Infrastructure, and Corporate, Political, Bureaucratic and Civic body liaison. Have handled marketing, public relations, finance, vendor negotiation, artist management and negotiation, electronic, print and outdoor media and publicity and total event management.
A Choreographer
Acclaimed as one of the most interesting choreographers, she has used her fullest potential as a teacher and a performer in translating visual movements into group choreographies. Her ideology is to be able to translate a vision into reality. Being able to score music, and understand the process of audio and video recording and post-production. Produced a Film (A Ford foundation project) “Sringara”, based on the ancient Devadasi (Temple Dancer) system in India. This opened a whole new window into my expertise in choreography. The choreography fused the classical and current-day Bollywood movement. The film won national awards for best music, best dance and best cinematography. Incorporated Western rhythm and music structure into Indian Classical choreography and vice versa to successfully appeal to today’s cosmopolitan audience.
A Fitness Expert
Designed and Engineered a fitness routine for all age groups using techniques of dance, yoga and martial arts. She has conducted workshops widely in India and abroad. She developed it based on the principle that an energetic body will stimulate an energetic mind. Interested students can choose items from the Dance Store. The sessions through Skype will be a combination of direct instructions, video lesson plans and written material, which will enable the student to have a comprehensive understanding of the item. Interested students, from India and abroad, can choose online or offline learning.
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Pursuing a Doctoral thesis in
"INTANGIBLE BENEFITS OF DANCE"