“Dance Ihayami are a source of great joy. … I cannot imagine the landscape of dance in Scotland without this wonderful company” Morag Deyes MBE, Artistic Director, Dance Base National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh Dance Ihayami is Scotland’s Indian dance company, dedicated to Indian classical dance in its purest form, as well as the contemporisation of the dance form. The company challenges ideas about Indian classical dance and creates innovative work, regularly collaborating with different art forms and media.
Dance Ihayami also runs an extensive education and community engagement programme for people of all background, age and ability.
*New Glasgow classes* please refer to the latest news page for details.“[Dance Ihayami is a] Scottish company tapping into the Southern Indian past. They have their own distinct identities, emerge from specific cultural values, climates and histories, and celebrate both the purity of tradition and its hybrid evolution.”
Gareth Vile, The Skinny, 2009
“Ihayami means ‘I am here’. Because it is what I am doing – Dance, I am here!”
( Artistic Director and Founder of Dance Ihayami )
