Youth Dance

Drishti Dance was established in 2008 and took in its first youth students within Reading in 2012. From that time onwards, it has grown from strength to strength with additional dance centres now in Oxford and Didcot.

Drishti Dance’s youth dance wing is one of its pride and joy and has represented South East region in National UDance for two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019. It was one of first Youth Dance groups from Classical Indian Genre to represent the region on a national platform.

Our youth dance students have also represented ISTD’s Classical Indian Dance Faculty in Bursary Award competition and have also been selected for Yuva Gati, the national South Asian Dance strand for Centre for Advance Dance Training (CAT).

“I thoroughly enjoyed Drishti Youth Dance’s performance as part of UDance 2018 national festival and the variations explored in the piece since UDance Lift Off Dance Festival in April. It was fantastic to see the first Kathak piece from the south east selection platform in the national festival.”

“I loved the complexity in rhythms, dynamics and spatial patterns in Rhythm Incessant. What a beautiful performance by your dancers. Their attention to detail, expression and musicality is a pleasure to watch. Well done to the Drishti Dance artistic team and dancers for all your hard work!”

Sarah Kearney

Assistant Producer – Children and Young People, South East Dance

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Workshops

Apart from regular classes, Drishti also conducts workshops for both taster and intensive at local institutions, community events and schools in and around Reading.

Drishti Dance has conducted workshops in numerous schools, including Henley College, Theale Green Community School, Eynsham Primary School, Whitney, Oxfordshire, Falkland Primary School, Newbury, Downsway Primary School, Tilehurst, The Hill Primary School, Reading, and Whitelands Park Primary School Thatcham.

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Take a look at our performances

Drishti Dance at U.Dance 2018

Drishti Dance – South East

UPCOMING EVENTS

Take a look at our forthcoming events.

AVARTAN'24

SATURDAY, 09TH NOVEMBER 2024, 7PM, NORDEN FARM, MAIDENHEAD

Drishti Dance presents Avartan’24, the unique and exciting annual showcase of Kathak works,  that brings together its own dynamic and high-quality dance works led by its Artistic Director Anuradha Chaturvedi, an exciting new collaboration between Drishti Dance’s talented Youth Dance Company and young talented dancers from Slough based Dancing Nikita Company.

The evening also features talented dancers from Sutton based Upahaar Dance Company bringing their exquisite Mohiniattam works for the first time to the platform, UK’s emerging Artist Pallavi Anand (Bharatnatyam), and London based Richa Srivastava’s Arambh Kathak Pathshala.

Avartan’24 is a truly unmissable event, extraordinary performances that are a feast for the senses, a unique opportunity to celebrate Indian cultural roots in the UK.

Please book soon to avoid disappointment as tickets to our shows sell out fast!

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NEW CLASS

Admissions are currently OPEN for the NEW beginners class in Oxford, every Thursday from 6PM-7PM at Jericho Community Centre. Please contact us on: 07765190197 or email us at anuradha.chaturvedi@drishtidance.co.uk

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