Charya Dance

Sangita Shakya, course teacher
Course details
Teachers: Swayambhu Ratna Shakya and Sangita Shakya
Date: 19th June - 11th December 2022
Duration: Every Sunday, for one hour
Time: 6.45 - 7.45pm Nepal time
Format: Online (live stream)
Language: All classes and instruction are in English
Fee: $130*
*Financial support available for those who can't afford the tuition fee
Charya dance has been practiced by the Newari priests of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal for hundreds of years. Charya Nritya in sanskrit means dance as a spiritual discipline. Charya Nritya is a moving mediation, tailored to specific deities, which enables the dancer to fully become the deity in body, speech, and mind, in order to benefit all beings. In Charya dance we learn to build a different understanding of space; outer space and their own inner meditative space. Charya is also called the dance of the mudras which helps us develop a deeper understanding and recognition of the Buddhist deity and explore the transcendent qualities of sound through reciting the relevant deity dance mantra and song.

Classes will be online via livestream.
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