NādaDFW

Indian classical music & dance · Dallas–Fort Worth

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Carnatic and Hindustani music, vocal and instrumental, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, taught across Dallas–Fort Worth.

A tanpura's four strings: the drone every concert is sung against. Run a finger across them, or listen.

I. Vocal

A concert begins with a single voice.

Carnatic and Hindustani vocal music is taught across DFW — from the first sarali varisai and alankar to full concert repertoire, in sa–ri–ga–ma.

Sa to upper Sa is one turn: the same note at twice the frequency, so the wave has twice the ripples. Tap a swara to hear it sung.
Sarali varisai 1 in rāga Māyāmāḷavagauḷa, Ādi tāḷa — the first exercise every Carnatic student learns, sung over the tanpura's drone as every lesson is. The lines are the seven swaras, spaced by their true pitch; move across the melody to follow it.
All 23 vocal teachers

II. Dance

Rhythm you can see.

Studios across DFW teach classical dance — most of them Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, from the first adavus to the arangetram. Every step lands on the tāḷa.

All 24 dance teachers
Ādi tāḷa, kept by hand: a clap and three finger counts, then clap–wave, clap–wave. The feet strike alternately on the beat, as in tatta adavu, the first step a Bharatanatyam student learns.

Salangai

Rows of small brass bells sewn to a pad and tied around each ankle, so every footfall is heard. Move across them to shake them — and they ring on each beat when the tāḷa plays.

III. Instruments

Wood, gut, clay and skin.

The veena's carved body, the violin that came to Carnatic music two centuries ago, the mridangam and ghatam that keep the tāḷa. 16 schools in DFW teach an instrument.

Mridangam2 schools · tap either head
Veena6 schools · tap a fret
Violin5 schools · press and drag to bow
Flute2 schools · hold a finger hole
GhatamNo DFW school lists it yet — know one? · tap mouth or belly
All 16 instrument teachers

IV. This season

Coming up on DFW stages.

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Flyer for Hearing and Listening — Sravanum SruthiyumHearing and Listening — Sravanum Sruthiyum3 pm · UT Dallas SSA Auditorium · Richardson
Flyer for Aparajita: The Unconquered — Devi MahatmyamAparajita: The Unconquered — Devi Mahatmyam4 pm · Granville Arts Center · Garland
Flyer for Carnatic Vocal Concert — Shertallay K.N. Renganatha SharmaCarnatic Vocal Concert — Shertallay K.N. Renganatha SharmaDr. Shertallay K.N. Renganatha Sharma (vocal)6.30 pm · Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple · Frisco
Grand Finale: Thematic Ensemble Presentations with DFW Talents1 pm – 5 pm · Granville Arts Center · Garland
Flyer for Saptami Nationals 2026Saptami Nationals 2026Swaminarayan Gurukul Cultural Hall · Dallas

V. Across the Metroplex

Closer than you think.

Frisco and Plano have the most listings, but the guide reaches 12 towns, from Denton in the west to Melissa in the east. Many teachers travel to students, or teach online.

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Frisco 12Plano 12Flower Mound 6Dallas 4Irving 3Coppell 3McKinney 2Melissa 1Lewisville 1Denton 1Euless 1Celina 1
Listed schools by town; circle size shows how many. 10 more haven't published where they teach. Tap a town to see its teachers. Freeways and lakes © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools in the guide

11 with their own marks, and 46 more

Kept by the community

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