जोड
Connect
Movement, rhythm and body awareness. Learning that the body is a place you are allowed to be.
नृत्य संजीवनीHealing through Kathak
A community-based initiative using dance, movement, art and storytelling to create spaces for emotional expression and well-being.
2027February
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विश्वास
What if everyone had a space to express?
Many communities have limited access to performing arts and creative well-being experiences.
Nritya Sanjiwani brings these experiences directly into communities — using Kathak, movement, art and storytelling as pathways for expression, connection, and self-discovery.
Art should not be a privilege.
Stillness is part of the form
What is Nritya Sanjiwani
More than a dance class.
Nritya Sanjiwani is a cultural movement for emotional well-being. It brings six practices into one room, and lets participants decide what to do with them.
KathakSomatic movementArtStorytellingProfessional counsellingCommunity
Our Approach →गति
The method moves in three
खोज
Explore
Emotion, story and expression. Finding what wants to be said, without needing the words for it.
सृजन
Create
Collaboration, art and performance. Turning private experience into something shared.
The 2026–27 Program
Taking the arts where they are least accessible.
15–20
Participants
12–16
Weeks
3
Phases
1
Collaborative performance
Feb 2027
Culminating performance
The Three Phases
From first step to shared stage
Phase 01
जोड
Connect
Participants discover Kathak, rhythm, movement, and body awareness. The first weeks build comfort and trust before anything is asked of anyone.
Phase 02
अभिव्यक्ति
Explore & Express
Kathak, somatic movement, art, storytelling and guided emotional reflection come together, with professional counsellor support throughout.
Phase 03
सृजन
Create & Share
Participants transform their experiences into a collaborative artistic work — authored by them, performed on their terms.
The stage is not the destination. It is the celebration of the journey.
कथाहरू
Every movement carries a story.
कथाStory pendingPublished only with the participant’s signed consent.
कथाStory pendingPublished only with the participant’s signed consent.
कथाStory pendingPublished only with the participant’s signed consent.
On consentNo quote, name or photograph is published here without signed consent from the participant. This section stays empty until that consent exists.
सहयात्रा
Let’s take the arts further.
Community Partners
NGOs, community organisations and institutions who can help us reach communities with limited access to the arts.
Partner with us →Professional Partners
Counsellors, somatic practitioners, artists, facilitators and researchers who want to contribute their practice.
Collaborate with us →Funding Partners
Individuals, companies, foundations and CSR programs supporting the delivery and sustainability of the program.
Support the program →सहभागी बन्नुहोस्
Ways to take part
The program is carried by people who give time. None of these roles require you to have danced before — only one of them does.
Volunteer
स्वयंसेवकHelp run sessions on the ground — setup, participant support, and the ordinary work that keeps a week going.
A few hours, most weeks
Facilitate
सहजकर्ताKathak practitioners, somatic movement teachers and artists who can lead or co-lead a session.
Practice experience
Counsel
परामर्शQualified counsellors to sit inside sessions and hold the closing reflection.
Registered practitioner
Document
अभिलेखPhotographers, videographers and writers to record the journey with care and consent.
Portfolio welcome
Host a space
स्थानA hall, courtyard or room inside a community where a cohort can meet each week.
Kathmandu Valley
Tell us how you’d like to help →
हाम्रो यात्रा
Before this, there was a year.
The 2026–27 community program did not begin from nothing. It began in borrowed rooms, with a first group of people who showed us what the work actually needed to be.
Month 2026
The first open session
Who came, what was taught, and how the room felt by the end. The first session is the one people always ask about — keep the small detail rather than the headline.
Place, Kathmandu Valley
Month 2026
A movement and storytelling workshop
What the workshop covered, who co-led it, and what participants made or said by the close. Note anything that changed the plan afterwards.
Hosted by a partner organisation
Month 2026
Weekly sessions inside the community
The stretch of weekly sessions — where they ran, how attendance held across the weeks, and what having a counsellor in the room made possible.
Place
Read the full reflection →
In partnership withWalk with us →
Partner nameHost organisation · where sessions run
Partner nameRecruitment and community liaison
Partner nameCounselling support
Partner nameDocumentation