Nrithyangan, The Dance Gurukul

Abstract

A huge number of training institutes, performance spaces, and Indian classical dance studios are springing up all over the world, but sadly, due to the pattern of blindly copying, most of these venues are built by imitating them. Classical Indian dances have deep historical roots in India and have evolved significantly through time. Contemporary dancers have always looked back to the origins for inspiration and growth. Similarly, by relying on tradition, architecture has the potential to be more significant. The dancer and the architect both have power over space, the dancer via bodily movement and the architect through the nature of built forms. Nrithyangan aims to cultivate, promote, foster, and develop amongst dance artists, students, researchers, critics, and the network at huge, the appreciation, understanding, taste, and love of classical dances and their history. The main objective is to design a residential college that's an embodiment of the historic Gurukul system and current teaching strategies put together to promote camaraderie among the students. The project will discover the vernacular structure and conventional Indian construction which advanced through the years to reflect the environmental, cultural, technological, and historical contexts in which it exists.