Kathak

dance from northern India influenced by Islam.

dance from northern India influenced by Islam. The current kathak is a synthesis of the religious and the secular sources and it’s more entertaining than the original. The dance begins slowly and than the rhythm accelerates. The term “katha”, means “history”, or just “katthaka”, which means “he or she who tells a story” in sanskrit.

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At the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, these words don't stay on the page: they are lived, breath after breath. We have been transmitting traditional Ashtanga in Brussels for over fifty years, in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — each posture adjusted individually, even in a group class. Here, you don't read yoga: you practise it, guided.