Details: Special guest Won Joung Jin, Korean born Kathak dancer and tabla player, will guide a two month intensive overview. Learn the foundational elements of Indian Classical Dance with this Senior teacher and performer.


You can schedule private lessons or join a group class. Sessions will be held all over New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, in-home private lessons are also available.


Classes can be scheduled now, and will begin on or around February 20, 2010. All classes are conducted by the Taalim School of Indian Music, and regular fees apply.

Please contact for details: 732-715-6546



A dynamic Kathak dancer, Korean artist Won Joung Jin infuses her own creativity into her performance. A strong, yet graceful performer, her dance recital incorporates both traditional and contemporary forms of the Indian classical dance Kathak. With her dual training in classical dance and music (tabla - Indian hand drums), her understanding of rhythm adds depth to her dance performance. Her chakars enthrall audiences and her padhant (oral recitation) leaves people in awe of the ease with which she recites such complex and foreign words.


Working with leading Kathak choreographers, including Shreemati Kumudini Lakhia, Shreemati Saswati Sen, Maulik Shah and Ishira Parikh, Jin has performed all over India in festivals such as the Delhi Shrinagar Dance Festival, the Jaipur Udayshankar Festival and the Kolkata Dance Festival amongst others. As a soloist, she has performed in major cities of India, Canada, Europe and Korea. In addition to dancing and playing tabla, Jin has added to the proliferation of knowledge about Indian classical music by being the first Korean to write a tabla textbook.


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