"Where the hand goes, follows the eye, where the eyes go, follows the heart."
- Natyashastra
/ Meenakshi Dora Bittner is a Bharatanatyam performer, teacher and graphic designer from Hungary. She is a member of the International Dance Council (CID / UNESCO)
and founder
Kala Samarpana school in Budapest, Hungary.
She has been trained in this traditional dance form by Jayanthi Subramaniam, founder of Kala Darsana Foundation of Art.
Dora started her classical Indian dance studies in Budapest
in 1997.
She had her Arangetram (first solo performance),
accompanied by distinguished Carnatic musicians,
in Chennai, South India in 2005.
Meenakshi Dora has performed in Hungary and abroad at various cultural events and festivals,
including the Kumbh Mela, the biggest spiritual festival of the world, in North India in 2010.
In 2008, the first Hungarian Bharatanatyam dance film was produced and released, starring Meenakshi Dora Bittner. In 2015 'Over The Moon' associates the art of South Indian sacred dance with the plot of the film, alternating archaic and realistic acting. One of the creators of the film, the featured Meenakshi Dora Bittner. The short film won 4 awards in Chennai, India (CIIFF2016)
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/ Kala Samarpana in Budapest, Hungary
(member of CID UNESCO)
International Certification of Dance Studies
by Meenakshi Dora Bittner
Beginner classes
Advanced classes
Private classes by appointment.
Email: bittnerdora@yahoo.com