Moving to Indian Rhythms Together

Students meet their partner class, learn about Indian dance and the theme, and do a gentle warm-up with simple rhythm clapping. Teacher sets kind and respectful rules for everyone.

Students follow a live online class with an India-based choreographer to learn simple Bollywood steps, arm movements and facial expressions. They practise in pairs and talk about how each move makes them feel.

Students combine the steps they learned with a dance they already know to make a short sequence with their own creative expression. They practise with partners and try out a few cultural questions to ask the partner class.

Students show their short dance to the partner class during a live video call. Both classes then share how their movements are similar or different and talk about how they felt.