Introduction to Rajasthani Folk Dance

Introduction to Rajasthani Dance - 2 hrs

Kalbelia dance is a folk dance of Rajasthan, India. It is well known by other names like 'Sapera Dance' or 'Snake Charmer Dance'. The dancers show bending movements that look like a snake. Kalbelia dance is particularly performed by a tribe called 'Kalbelia'. Learn Kalbelia dance from Pooja Sapera in this class accompanied by live music by folk artists from Rajasthan, IndiaKalbelia - Snake Charmers Dance 

Chari  Dance Class  is performed at marriage celebrations, on the birth of a male child and at celebrations and festivals of goodness. During the Chari dance, colorfully dressed, bejeweled women hold earthenware or brass Chari pots on their heads. Often, the Chari are set on lit Diya (oil lamp) or fire with cotton seeds immersed in oil. Dancers carry a flaming pot on their head without touching it, while performing graceful movements of limbs and deep swirls of knees. T…