Jiva Performing Arts

Jiva Performing Arts An NYC-based arts organization dedicated to Indian Classical music and dance
www.jivaperformingarts.o

✨ The semester might be wrapped, but dancing never takes a break! 🌞Join us this summer for drop-in Bharatanatyam dance c...
06/11/2026

✨ The semester might be wrapped, but dancing never takes a break! 🌞

Join us this summer for drop-in Bharatanatyam dance classes on Wednesdays - open to all ages and levels. Private sessions available!

Sign up here - minimum 2 students per class- RSVP by 5:30 pm starting July 8, every Wednesday.

Class 5:30 PM at the Jiva Studio

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/summer-drop-in-classes

Email us for more details and Let’s keep moving, learning and growing together!

06/04/2026

A glimpse into the work behind Vidyanjali 2026 ✨

From adavus to choreography, rehearsals are in full swing as our dancers prepare for the stage.

Join us June 14 at 4:00 PM at Gibney Theatre.

Tickets at link in bio.

05/28/2026

Some glimpses of our recent Solo Showcase...An afternoon of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Lavani, live music, rhythm, storytelling, and shared community.

End your summer by reconnecting with your body and returning to your practice with intention.Join Sonali Skandan for a B...
05/27/2026

End your summer by reconnecting with your body and returning to your practice with intention.

Join Sonali Skandan for a Back to Shape Dance Intensive
August 24–28

Focused on building strength, stamina, and clarity through focused yoga, pilates-inspired conditioning, strength exercises, adavu technique, and theory. Dancers will also learn a short composition designed to enhance learning, musicality, and form.

Designed for dancers looking to deepen their practice, refine technique, and return to dance feeling grounded, strong, and energized.

More details here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/summer-dance-intensive-2

05/21/2026

FROM THE ARCHIVES….
Performed at the Jamaica Dance Festival in June 2024, this excerpt from Kaleidoscope explores the loss of balance in nature, as rhythm and movement shift from harmony into confrontation. The choreography becomes sharper and more forceful, with aggressive use of the arms and rhythmic interplay building tension and unrest, showing how quickly coexistence can break down into chaos.

Danced with precision and energy by

Jiva Performing Arts presents Vidyanjali 2026 on June 14th at 4:00 PM at Gibney Theatre, featuring live orchestra accomp...
05/19/2026

Jiva Performing Arts presents Vidyanjali 2026 on June 14th at 4:00 PM at Gibney Theatre, featuring live orchestra accompaniment.

Featuring:
Sonali Skandan — Nattuvangam
Anjali Vasudevan — Vocals
Sabareesh Viswanathan — Mridangam
Sumedha Pillai — Violin
An evening of Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, and the shared joy of learning, growing, and performing together. Celebrating each dancer’s unique journey.

Join us - Ticket link in the bio

Thank you to these incredible artists and to everyone who joined us for our Studio Showcase Series.PC: Bhavani Nataraj ...
05/12/2026

Thank you to these incredible artists and to everyone who joined us for our Studio Showcase Series.

PC: Bhavani Nataraj

Srividhya Chandramouleeswarna will present Shiva Stuti — a vibrant ode to Shiva that weaves together rhythm, storytellin...
05/08/2026

Srividhya Chandramouleeswarna will present Shiva Stuti — a vibrant ode to Shiva that weaves together rhythm, storytelling, devotion, and movement through jathis, swarams, and sahityam. Moving through many facets of Shiva — from the compassionate ascetic to the destroyer of Tripura — the piece embodies the fullness of Bharatanatyam itself.

One of the first compositions she learned under her current guru, A Lakshmanaswamy, this work remains deeply meaningful to her as a reminder that Bharatanatyam is far more than movement alone — it is music, poetry, storytelling, and devotion brought to life through the body.

Srividhya is a Bharatanatyam dancer and multidisciplinary artist based in NYC. She has trained for over 15 years, first under Smt. Janani Narayanan and currently under Achaarya Choodamani A Lakshmanaswamy in Chennai. Alongside performing across the US and India, she is currently studying Integrated Design & Media and Computer Science at NYU, with interests spanning dance, storytelling, visual media, and technology.

Our next artist at the showcase is Swarna Roy Shanta, presenting a dynamic Kathak evening featuring a Tarana composed by...
05/07/2026

Our next artist at the showcase is Swarna Roy Shanta, presenting a dynamic Kathak evening featuring a Tarana composed by Shibli Mohammad alongside Niratata Dhang, inspired by the poetry of Pandit Bindadin Maharaj of the Lucknow gharana.

Through intricate footwork, rhythmic tihais, swift chakkars, and vibrant musicality, the work evokes the joyous dance of Krishna, Radha, and the gopis in Vrindavan — celebrating rhythm, devotion, and movement in motion.

Swarna began training in Kathak at the age of three and has since performed widely across Bangladesh and India. A National Gold Medal recipient, honored by the Speaker and President of Bangladesh, she has represented Bangladeshi cultural traditions on stages across Kolkata, Guwahati, Haryana, and beyond, continuing to share the richness of classical dance with audiences internationally.

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