2025 Margam Senior Track

The Senior level is for dancers aged 17 and above (calculated as of March 1, 2025), who have completed thillanas, keerthanams, and varnams.

This year's Margam workshop will be led by the esteemed Dr S. Divyasena, a distinguished Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher, and choreographer with over 30 years of teaching experience. She studied Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra stalwart J. Sooryanarayanamoorthy, and abhinayam directly from the late Kalanidhi Narayanan.

Dance coaches for the workshop are award-winning artists Shabin Bright and Upanisha Kannan, who are both senior disciples of Dr S. Divyasena.

Senior Track Items
Composition Ragam Talam Composer
Mallari Gambheeranattai Adi T.A.P. Ravishankar
Swarajathi Thodi Adi Mayuram Vishwanatha Sashtri
Thillana Behag Adi Dr M. Balamuralikrishna

Program Timeline

  • Registration deadline Thursday, October 10 at 11:59pm ET
  • Vijayadashami Kickoff Saturday, October 12, 8pm ET
  • Classes begin Sunday, October 13
  • Weekly Timing (6 weeks/item, 2x a week)
    • Sunday 8:00pm ET
    • Saturday 8:30pm ET
  • Item 1: October 13 - November 23
  • Item 2: December 1 - January 25 (No Class between December 22 - January 4)
  • Item 3: January 26 - March 15
  • Virtual Practices: March 16 - April 5
  • Mandatory in-person rehearsals will be held on Wednesday, April 23 & Thursday, April 24
  • Performance will be on Friday, April 25

Fees

Fees include instruction, choreography, virtual workshops, digital material, platform access, program administration, rehearsals, and performance at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2025. Fees are non-refundable and in USD.

  • Senior track fee $1450
  • Early Bird Special $1350 - register by Saturday, October 5 at 11:59pm ET
  • Single item fee is $500
  • Registration deadline is Thursday, October 10 at 11:59pm ET

Registration

Register for the Workshop by clicking the button below to fill out the form and send in your payment.

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Info Session

Sign up to attend our info session on Thursday, October 3 at 8:30pm ET to hear more about the Margam workshop and have any questions answered.

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