Kathak (Indian Classical Dance form) for Beginners Level

Explore Tintal in Kathak: a 16-count tala divided into four parts, counted on the hands with pataka mudra, with claps on 1, 5, and 13, and kali on 9.

Revise Pachuca pair, cha cup, and tin cup footwork. Practice fitting cha pair to a 16-count teen music, then transition to tin cup.

Learn to combine the four hand movements with cha ka pa ache footwork in Kathak, revising hand positions and coordinating legs for graceful rhythm.

Learn and revise Kathak chakkars, including ulta sequences, mudra changes, and namaskar chuckle patterns, with attention to left-right turns and proper heel placement.

Explore mudras as stylized hand gestures that express and narrate stories in kathak, including patakha, three patakha, aag pataka, kirtimukha, maira, and ardha chandra.

Learn a pure kathak choreography for beginners, blending learned steps from Cuttack with a Bollywood song Kamareh Pardesia, featuring mudras, hand gestures, and Namaskar.

Learn dadra taal, a six-count rhythm with two parts, thali on one and khali on four, and practice counting on hands with the bolts de de for footwork.

Master tin cup footwork and hand position in Kathak, aligning it with Dadra rhythm and cha cup on tin music.

Learn hand movements five to eight in Kathak beginners, practicing pataka and arala mudras with circular and rainbow motions, all without footwork, using guided counts to master sequences.

Practice chakkars in Kathak through patch pair chucker, patch copy, and thin copy at slow and medium speeds, including ulta chakkar and teen sequences, to master pakka parkar rhythm.

Learn and revise key Kathak mudras, including sanyukta mudras and arala mudra, along with shuchanda, mushti, chikara, capita, and kartika mukha. Arala mudra forms the basic Kathak posture.

Master basic Kathak footwork and hand gestures through step-by-step choreography to a song, including the Raghukul Reet posture, Namaskar, and chucker movements.

Learn key kathak terminology like mudra, matra and matras, vibhag, and teental’s 16 matras, plus tali, khali, avartanam, and sum concepts used in counting cycles.

Add footwork to hand movements five to eight in kathak, starting with the right leg. Practice leg moves for five and six, then the cha pair for seven and eight.

Explore Kathak chakkars at vilambit, madal, brutal, and ultra tempos on original music, practicing slow, middle, and fast sequences, including patch pair and teen pairs.

Learn sanyukta mudras for Kathak hands-on practice, covering one-hand mudras like pataka, chandrakala, padma kosha, sarpa, muruga, setia, and more, with meanings and execution cues.

Learn Bollywood choreography for kathak beginners by revising last class, performing right-leg front, shikara mudra, diagonal travels, and dupatta eye cover, with neck (griva) movements, leading to the upcoming chorus.

Explore laya, the tempo in Kathak, with three speeds—vilambit leg, madhya leg, and the fastest leg—and how doubling vilambit yields madhya, madhya yields the fastest.

Explore Kathak footwork through guided revision of cha and teen pair steps with teental and Dadra taal rhythms, including count drills and chart practice for precise stops.

Demonstrates hand movements one to eight with footwork, syncing counts one to four across sixteen beats to music, then performs cha paka footwork on Talca.

Continue learning sanyukta mudras and quickly revise the mudra set. Focus on finger configurations such as simha mukha, kangla, padma, and chatura mudras with thumb and finger placement.

Master the final chorus of Gomorrah Pardesia in this beginner Kathak choreography, combining footwork such as theme park chukka and chakkar with expressive hand gestures, dupatta openings, and pose transitions.