I am Eva Berki, co-founder and leader of Anjali Dance, a Hungary-based group, dedicated to Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam).

My interest in India began with dance: at the age of fifteen I started to study Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam), and then I had the opportunity to spend a year studying in India. I soon realised that for me, no other art form offers such a fulfilling experience as Indian dance, because Bharatanatyam is not only a dance style, but also a tradition, sacrality and philosophy that goes back thousands of years.

My Bharatanatyam studies

2003–2009 Ms. Tímea Kiss, Szeged, Hungary

2009–2010, 2011–2012 Ms. Ildikó Gulyás, Budapest, Hungary

2010–2011 ICCR scolarship, Smt. Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Chennai, India

2012 Three-week-course, Smt. Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Chennai, India

2018, 2019, 2024 Intensive workshops, Smt. Radhika Shetty, Budapest, Hungary

2019, 2020 Intensive workshops, Ms. Kassiyet Adilkhankyzy, disciple of Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan, Budapest Hungary

2019 Las Intensive course, Smt. Rukmini Vijayakumar, Smt. Priyadrashini Govind, Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan, Bangalore, India

2022 Intensive workshop, Smt. Rukmini Vijayakumar, Barcelona, Spain

2023 Intensive workshop, Smt. Rukmini Vijayakumar, Budapest, organised by Anjali Dance Hungary