Mrinalini Raghavendran

Computer Science Graduate Student, Bangalore (India)
There has been a definite change in the way I view the art form throughout the period of this course. As often discussed in class, dance is not just formal translation through movement but an interpretation that evolves over time with deeper understanding.

Renuka Iyer

Dancer, Sampradaya Dance Creations
Toronto (Canada)
This course has taught me that learning requires some amount of submission and bravery. It has developed the audience in me, and an eagerness to seek the artist in every dancer

Anu Samrat

Dancer and Teacher
Seattle (USA)
Insightful! Each session of the course has had numerous "Aha!" moments, providing a new way to look at aspects of dance and hence, new ways to work on.

Sharanga Satchidanandam

Psychology Hons Student
Sydney (Australia)
As someone who would like to also teach Bharatanatyam in the future, I have learnt a lot from Akka but how a Guru should be.

Aditi Iyer

High School Senior
Seattle (USA)
The InsideOut varnam course from The Study Room has been a truly transformative experience for me.

Stuti Mukherjee

Dancer and Registered Yoga Instructor
Ottawa (Canada)
This course has made me fall in love with dance all over again. The InsideOut course gave me an insight into my relationship with dance.

Sindhu Majeti

Software Engineer
California (USA)
Apoorva akka's attention to detail and overall wholistic approach to teaching dance has been an incredible way for me to further my knowledge in this art form. I would highly recommend!

Nicolo Helios Gulizia

Singer-Songwriter
Bologna (Italy)
I gained new stimuli and ideas on how attitude, devotion, communication, message, form, are the really important things of any artistic form. Much more important than understanding if you are talking about music or dance, a musician or a dancer. Now, thanks to this course, I see musicians as dancers.

Lakshmi Thiagarajan

MA in Management and Philosophy
Madurai (India)
The reading we did and our discussions inspired me to consider more deeply the relationship between music and dance, 'read' or more deeply analyse elements of the choreography, and reflect on the defining characteristics of Bharathanatyam.

Giuditta de Concini

Dancer and Teacher
Bologna (Italy)
InsideOut has been a plunge into the beauty of a Varnam originated from a Swarajathi, with a strong formal and structural perspective, and with a poetic, psychological and artistic gaze on the concept of Naiyka.