2025-26 Bhumi Dance

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Welcome to Bhumi

Whether you are new to Bhumi Dance or you have been attending our classes and events for the last 10 years or so, we would like to warmly welcome you in our community!

craft your Inner Light

through mindful gestures

and embodied imagination

For us, dance is a spiritual practice, whose goal is to fine tune us to the complexities of life.

We do so, by firstly bringing attention to and working on our bodies.

Then, we gain clarity on the state of our minds. On the boundaries of our comfort zone.

We enhance our observation of our inner and outer world, by embodying emotions, ideas, images, energies.

In this process we face our vulnerabilities, but we also discover the strength we can harness through embodied imagination.

We discover the healing power of a ‘care-ful’ gesture or a mindful sound, through which we perceive the all-pervading energy of life.

For us, dance is a practice of coming together, to cure, with a sense of beauty and gentleness, wounds that come from experiencing the dark and challenging faces of life.

It is a quiet act of resistance against a world that goes fast, that wants more, that is unable to hold attention for the smallest of the hints,

that slashes silence and thrives in annihilating wonder.

We welcome you to this journey. We craft your inner light.

2025-26 Autumn Term (October-November 2025)

1. Odissi Course (Euston/Central London) - 8 workshops

Where: The Place, Euston

When: Friday, Weekly for 8 weeks - 6.30-8pm

Dates:

October: 03-10-17-24-31

November: 07-14-21

Level: Open Level

Details:

In this short course we will work on Odissi abstract and expressive vocabulary. We will study elements of this beautiful technique, such as arms and mudras combinations, exploring sculpturesque poses, languid and vigorous steps, that harness both the feminine (lasya) and the masculine (tandava) energies within our bodies. We will learn devotional gestures and embodied storytelling techniques by studying a piece of traditional abhinaya from the spiritual poem Geeta Govinda.

This course is suitable to all levels and beginners with dance experience are welcome. If you have any question or doubt do not hesitate to contact us.

Fee:

Drop in: £30 (1.5h)

Course: £210 (12h) (You can pay in instalments, but full payment must be completed before the 1st October 2025)

Booking:

  1. Make your transfer using the information below:

    Object: your name/last name + odissi

    CATALANO ELENA

    Account number: 81327234

    Sort code: 60-09-50

    IBAN: GB56NWBK60095081327234

  2. Send us an email (elenaodissi@gmail.com) to let us know that you have paid.

Please register early to avoid disappointment. Booking is not transferable. Payment should be done before the session/start of the term. When booking multiple workshops, these are intended as consecutive.

Please contact us if you have any question or special circumstances.

THANK YOU!!

Online Offer

REPERTOIRE (ARABI PALLAVI)

Level: Intermediate-Upper Intermediate

When: Learn at your own pace, wherever your are

Where:

  • Online: 6 Pre-recorded Sessions

Teacher: Dr Elena Catalano (contact: elenaodissi@gmail.com)

Fee: £90

Upon registration you will receive link to learning resources accessible through a password on this website.

Learning Archive

Access to Past Courses Recordings

If you would like to study another item at your own time, we can offer access to recordings and learning resources of previous courses delivered online. You can then book tutorials to receive personal feedback if you wish

Items available are:

  • Hari Riha/Chandana Charchita Abhinaya from Geetagovinda

  • Saveri Pallavi

  • Namo Devi Mangalacharan

  • Pashyati Dishi Dishi Abhinaya from Geetagovinda

  • Vakratunda Mahakayam

Fee: £90 (access to all videos + learning resources (music notation, music for practice, dance memo videos, information on the item)

Music: £35

Items Archive Access

Music:

(Please drop us a message at elenaodissi@gmail.com to specify which item from the archive would you want the music for, before completing the purchase. Please notice we only sell music to people who have learned the item with us or purchased the archived resources. Music shall be used for individual practice only. For public performances, please book a tutorial to check you know item to a reasonable standard.

All the above classes are aimed at the serious student who wants to delve into the spiritual depth and beauty of this art form. The beginner sessions are open to those who are new to Odissi and would like to try. Please be mindful that it takes a few months for an initiated body to start savouring the aesthetic fulfilment that this dance brings within. Give it time!