Classical Wings Dance Academy

Begin Your Kathak Journey Learn. Practice. Perform.

6-Month Kathak Certificate Course designed to build your foundation in rhythm, footwork, movement and expression.

Trial Month ₹ 999 8 live classes

6 Months Course duration
Saturday & Sunday Class days
7:30 – 8:30 PM Class timing
5 September Trial begins

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कथक

Step Into The World of Kathak

Kathak is more than movement. It is rhythm, expression, storytelling and grace brought together through the language of dance.

This course introduces you to the foundational elements of Kathak in a structured and beginner-friendly learning journey — starting from your very first Namaskar and building, week by week, towards footwork, spins, hand movements and rhythm.

Rhythm Counting, keeping and playing inside the taal cycle.
Grace Balance, posture and control through every turn.
Expression Telling a story with the hands, eyes and body.

The Course at a Glance

Everything confirmed by the academy, in one place.

6 Months Course duration
8 Live classes In the trial month
Sat & Sun Class days
7:30–8:30 PM Class timing
₹ 999 Trial month Course value ₹5,000

What Will You Learn?

Eleven building blocks, taken in order — exactly as they are taught in class.

Nawaskar नमस्कार

The opening salutation — and why it matters in classical dance.

Nawaskar / Bhoomi Parnam
Importance of Nawaskar in classical dance

Tatkar तत्कार

Footwork — the ground on which the whole form stands.

Basic Tatkar
Tatkar variations — 3 types

Chakkar चक्कर

Rounds and turns, held with balance and control.

Basic Chakkar (Rounds)
Chakkar variations — 3 types

Hastak हस्तक

Hand movements — how Kathak speaks without words.

8 types of Hastak

Tihai तिहाई

A phrase performed three times, landing back on the beat.

A type of footwork that repeats three times
4–5 variations

Taal ताल

Introductory knowledge of the rhythm cycle.

Introductory knowledge of Taal

Teen Taal तीन ताल

The king of taal — explained beat by beat.

Explaining the King of Taal, “Teen Taal”

Foundation of Lay लय

Speed, and how movement stays married to rhythm.

Foundation of Lay

Tukre तुकड़ा

Short rhythmic compositions, set inside the cycle.

Tukre

Kathak Theory

The vocabulary behind the practice.

Theoretical knowledge about the key terms of Kathak

What is Kathak?

Where the form comes from, and what it asks of you.

What is Kathak

Begin With Nawaskar

Every class opens the same way. Before a single beat is counted, the dancer greets the floor, the guru and the audience.

Nawaskar forms part of the foundational opening practice in the learning journey. The handwritten curriculum notes it as Nawaskar / Bhoomi Parnam , and marks the importance of Nawaskar in classical dance as the first thing a student is taught.

Start with the trial month

Tatkar

Feel The Rhythm.

Footwork is where Kathak is built. Everything else sits on top of it.

ता · थेई · थेई · तत् — the basic Tatkar count

Basic Tatkar
3 variations
Rhythm
Foot coordination
Control

Chakkar

Grace in Every Turn.

Rounds are taught slowly first — spotting, posture, and a still centre — then opened up into speed.

Basic Chakkar
3 variations
Balance
Control
Precision

Hastak

The Language of the Hands. 8 types of Hastak are covered in the course.

Drag or swipe to move through the eight positions.

Tihai

Repeat. Resolve. Arrive on the Sam.

1 2 3 सम

sam

As written in the course notes: a type of footwork that repeats three times. The phrase is played three times over and resolves on the appropriate beat, landing back on the first beat of the cycle — the sam.

4–5 Tihai variations are taught in the course.

Discover The World of Taal

Taal is the cycle a composition lives inside. Once you can feel the cycle, you stop counting and start dancing.

Introductory knowledge of Taal
Laya — the speed of the cycle
Rhythmic cycles and how they repeat
Joining movement to rhythm

Kept beginner-friendly. No prior music training needed.

One cycle, repeating — that is taal.

Learn To Speak Through Rhythm

Tukre — short, fixed compositions with a beginning and a landing.

A Tukra is a small rhythmic composition, set inside the taal and finished on the sam. It is the first piece most students perform: short enough to hold in your head, demanding enough to show whether your footwork and your counting agree with each other.

Basic Tukra
Rhythmic composition
Presentation
Connection with Taal

Understand The Art Behind The Dance

Kathak is one of the classical dance forms of India, built on rhythm and storytelling. The name comes from the katha — the story. A Kathak dancer counts, keeps and plays with a rhythmic cycle, and uses footwork, spins and hand movement to tell that story.

The course covers the theoretical knowledge behind the key terms of Kathak, so that the words used in class stop being unfamiliar sounds and start being tools you can use.

09 — What is Kathak?

Kathak: A classical dance form of India, told through rhythm, movement and expression.
Taal: The rhythmic cycle a composition is set to.
Laya: The speed at which that cycle moves.
Matra: One beat within the cycle.
Sam: The first beat — where a composition resolves.
Tatkar: Footwork.
Chakkar: Turns, or rounds.
Hastak: Hand movement.
Tihai: A phrase repeated three times, resolving on the sam.
Tukra: A short rhythmic composition.

Your 6-Month Kathak Journey

A proposed path through the course — the topics are confirmed, the pacing is indicative.

Month 1 Foundation Nawaskar, posture, and your first count.
Month 2 Footwork Basic Tatkar and its three variations.
Month 3 Movement Chakkar and the eight Hastak.
Month 4 Rhythm Taal, Teen Taal and the foundation of Laya.
Month 5 Compositions Tihai variations and basic Tukre.
Month 6 Performance & Theory Key terms, presentation and the semi-classical bonus.

Who Can Begin This Journey?

You don’t need to know Kathak to begin.

Complete beginners Starting from the very first namaskar.
Dance enthusiasts Trained in other styles, new to classical.
Students Weekend classes that fit around study.
Adults Learning for the first time, at your own pace.
Aspiring performers Building a base before the stage.

Why Learn With Classical Wings

A Kathak academy in Rohini, Delhi, teaching students of all age groups.

Structured learning

Eleven topics taken in a fixed order, so you always know what comes next.

Live guidance

Classes are live, so corrections happen in the moment rather than a week later.

Beginner friendly

No prior Kathak experience is assumed at any point in the trial month.

Practical training

Most of the class is spent on your feet — Tatkar, Chakkar, Hastak, Tukre.

Theoretical foundation

The key terms of Kathak are taught alongside the practice, not instead of it.

Performance-oriented

The course builds towards presenting a composition, plus a semi-classical bonus.

How The Classes Work

Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

01 Join
Reserve your trial month for ₹999 and get your class details on WhatsApp.
02 Learn
Eight live classes across the trial month, taught in sequence.
03 Practise
Work on the week’s Tatkar and Hastak between classes.
04 Progress
Move from the trial month into the full six-month course.