About Taara Dance
At Taara Dance, we practice movement for healing. Our workshops, meditations, choreography, performances, and curriculum center physical, emotional, spiritual and community health.
Styles that greatly influence our offerings include: Bharatanatyam (Sadir Attam), sabar, Indian folk, Orisha dance, belly dance, dances of Colombia, West African, yoga, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, sensual movement, contemporary and more.
In exploring movement, language, and meditation, we practice being aware of and lovingly caring for our selves and our community.
About Aparna Tara
Hi, I’m Aparna. I’m a multicultural, multilingual artist, storyteller, and mother—I dance, write, teach, create, homeschool, choreograph, meditate, go on a lot of tangents and down rabbit holes of learning.
I have been teaching, performing and choreographing at studios, festivals, schools and theaters for over twenty years. I have degrees in English, dance, and teaching dance, dance certification K-12 and have completed healing-centered education courses. Through experience teaching and learning in multiple contexts, I have created and implemented a lot of adaptable curriculum. There is no doubt children have taught me the most.
My work stems from the connections between dance, language, pedagogy, culture, body and spirit. I especially want to support mothers and children feel more connected to them selves, find agency and advocate for their health.