“There is no art, no science, no craft, no knowledge, which is not in Natya”
Thus spoke Bharata more than 2000 years ago in his monumental work the ‘Natyasastra’ which describes the principles of Natya or Performing Arts.
“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”
This is from Galileo Galilei
Albeit the fact that scholars are in search of historical evidence of a person called Bharata and Galileo's discoveries were disregarded in medieval Europe, the art of movement and expression continues to be experiential knowledge, which enfolds through practice. The training programme at the Academy is therefore derived from Bharata's understanding.