Nrityagram , is India's first modern Gurukul (residential school), set up by Odissi danseuse ____ _____ in 1990. It is situated 35 km away from Bangalore. In _____ _______'s own words,

"It is a community of dancers in a forsaken place amidst nature. A place where nothing exists, except dance. A place where you breathe, eat, sleep, dream, talk, imagine - dance. A place where all the five senses can be refined to perfection. A place where dancers drop negative qualities such as jealousy, small-mindedness, greed and malice to embrace their colleagues as sisters and support each other in their journey towards becoming dancers of merit."