It was a real joy attending the first of the Children's Workshops workshops organised by Jaya Mehta. Her love for the dance and her desire to spread the joy of Odissi pervaded every part of the workshop. What made this workshop truly unique and special for my daughter and me were two things: One, was the way in which Jaya and Swaati brought some very mature and philosophical thoughts that our legends and myths are made of, to the children. Secondly, what was truly magical to me was the way in which the origin and evolution of Odissi was explained by her. Through the examples of stories, sculptures, paintings and the dance form itself, Jaya and Swaati were successfully able to bring out the understanding of the layers in this dance form. . Way to go - these classes are like a flower...in each class a new petal unfolds!

The biggest USP of the whole workshop has been the respectable teachers. The unique way of handling and cultivating the participation of both the kids and (otherwise) non-active Moms, to familiarize them to the dance was very remarkable. The whole module of the workshop was very interactive and interesting. I feel now-a-days it’s really hard to find teachers in any stream who take such pains & put so much of effort. They were immensely patient, extremely creative to design such a distinctive module. We are really thankful & fortunate for this. Kudos to the Gurus..!!

The 'Children's Workshops' classes have been a fantastic experience. We couldn’t have asked for more. Both Jaya and Swaati were breathing Odissi into us! So motivated and involved one hundred percent. They couldn’t have put more of themselves into the workshop! Tishya is so enthusiastic about Odissi after the workshop that she keeps saying the bol and practicing the steps all the time! She even asked me once, "Mummy when papa gets angry what Rasa is it?!!