Sloka will be conducting four workshops in January and February 2023. Each session will build on the previous one; however, their participants can come afresh to each session as well. Each day, we will start with gentle warmups of the hands, fingers, arms, and legs.

Following this, Sloka will share aspects of Bharatanatyam, such as storytelling, percussive movements, hand gestures, facial expressions, and visualization. Using these elements, we will learn and present choreography. At the end of each session, we will have time for reflection.

Sloka Iyengar is a dancer and neuroscientist, passionate about relieving suffering through the sciences and the arts. She practices Bharatanatyam, a traditional Indian dance with a vocabulary of movements to tell stories. Sloka is creating the foundation for the use of Bharatanatyam for creative aging and has developed productions that explore the intersections between the arts and neuroscience. More about Sloka’s work can be found at https://www.slokaiyengar.net