Kochi: Actress and dancer Manju Warrier will officially inaugurate Rima Kallingal's Mamangam School of Dance. The inaugural event will be held at Aashiq Abu's Cafe Papaya Thursday.
Rima who made her career as an actress is now set to follow her passion of dancing with 'Mamangam.' The actress started her dance steps from the childhood and is very active in the field with stage performances. Manju made a comeback after a gap of 14 years, through a dance performance held at Guruvayoor Temple.
"We at Mamangam are very serious about dancing. We are equally serious about having fun while we are at it. Mamangam aspires to be a platform where everyone who loves to dance can revel and celebrate sheer dancing. A space where we can look beyond competitions and reality shows. A ground for holistic training in various dance forms. A stage to live out your dance dreams. Mamangam is my effort at all this and much more!", the actress said in the dance school website.
Rima Kallingal's dance school
Mamangam School of Dance offers courses in five different dance forms- Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kalari, Hip-hop and Brazilian dance form, Capoeira. There will be separate classes for children, in the age group of 3-7; as well as ladies, who aspires to learn dance. Apart from dance classes, yoga classes and dance workshop will also be organised in the school.
Rima introduced a new program named Punarjani in the course list, which is aimed at individuals above 25 who could not pursue their love for dance that they had in their younger days. It also has a course named Udaya, meant for young dance aspirants to initiate into the world of dance. Apart from dance, a course on Yoga is also included in the course list.
'Mamangam' will have a long list of established trainers, including Jaikishore Mosalikanthi, Padmavani, N Srikanth, Ashwathy V Nair, Nancy Joy, Dil Sagar, Sritheren and Narayani Anoop.
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