About Nrityalika

"Nrityalika" Dance class was started in the year 1986 by Smt. Kishu Pal at Damodar hall , Parel - Mumbai " teaching Bharatnatyam . The first batch of students were hardly seven or eight in number in the first month. Learning a classical dance like Bharatnatyam was never thought of by many at that time. Slowly and steadily teaching techniques and a methodical approach towards conducting dance classes led to a group of about 30 students by next month.

Two more branches were started immedeatly in the following months, one at Saint Paul's convent and another at Nallasopara. The first Annual gathering was held in the year 1986 at Damodar Hall Parel, and the students also performed the Ballet - UTSAV, besides other solo and group dances. The idea of showing all the festivals of Maharashtra in dance form was conceived by Smt. Kishu Pal. The Ballet 'UTSAV' has been performed for more than Eight hundred times during the last 22 years. During this period Smt. Kishu Pal also presented the Ballet 'BAL KRANTIVEER SIRISHKUMAR' on Doordarshan for Kilbil Programme.

The number of students rose steadily in the preceding years as parents found it a friendly classical dance class. Folk dance and other cultural dances were started to be taught to the students along with Bharatnatyam. The first outside show performed by our students was for Naval Sports Day at Navynagar Colaba, with a group of twenty - eight students.

As the classes were progressing side by side teachers were also developed from the students and till date Nrityalika has been successful in always maintaining a good group of dedicated teachers who besides not only being very good in teaching are very good stage performers also. Almost all our teachers are prize winners in the various dance competitions held by the various T V Channels, as also in the various open competitions held by the different organization in India & Aboard.

The same is the case with our students , and year after mostly all the dance competitions always have at least one or many a times all the winners who are Nrityalika students. Special teacher training classes are taken seperately once every fortnight by Smt. Kishu Pal to upgrade their knowledge and also to keep them informed about the institutions further requirements. This facility is available to all teachers of Nrityalika only.

The first clear cut portion was established in 1987 itself and it was distributed in 1989 in printed booklet form. This enabled in maintaining clear & uniform teaching in all the various branches as all the teachers followed the same portion in their respective classes, as also the parent knew what was going to be taught to the child during the time of taking admission itself. Later on a REFERENCE BOOK on BHARATNATYAM was written by Smt. Kishu Pal in the year 1996 and again modified by describing the items in more details both by words and pictures in the year 2000. In the year 2002 the present FOLK DANCE

Information is passed down to the students in a very clear manner through printed circulars and there is a printed form for each activity. The heads of the institution- Smt Kishu Pal and Shri Krishna Pal as also the teachers are always available for any queries by any parent or student not only during class timings but also on telephone during non-class hours. There is no communication gap between the parent and the managing staff.