Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai

Address of Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai: Kalakshetra Foundation
Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041

Contact no. at Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai: 044 - 24911836, 24914359; Tele/Fax: 044 - 24914359

Features of Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai

Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai was founded in 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband Dr George Arundale. Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai has played a significant part in the revival of Indian art and crafts; especially the dance form of Bharatnatyam Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai is situated on a sprawling 100-acre campus at Adyar. The features of school include:

  -   Students can enjoy greenery and the sea while learning the traditional dance and music.

  -   Today, some of the most respected exponents in the performing arts are products of Kalakshetra.

  -   The School of Dance draws inspiration from the ancient 'Gurukulam' system (where the Student or Sishya lived with, learnt from and served the Teacher or Guru).

  -   The Kalakshetra Foundation comprises the Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, the Besant Arundale Senior Secondary School, the Besant Theosophical High School, the Craft Education and Research Centre, the Bharata Kalakshetra Auditorium and the Dr U. V.

  -   Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai emphasizes the essential unity of all true Art and work for the recognition of the arts as vital to individual, national, religions and international growth.

  -   It also maintains the highest traditions of art and culture in their pristine purity and in conformity with traditions.

  -   The school arranges for the training, research study, teaching and development of art and service, music, dance-drama, fine arts and Bharatnatyam.

  -   It ensures that the principles of education without fear and art without vulgarity are adhered to in the activities of the Foundation and not to permit any deviation from these high ideals.