San Anselmo dancer shares her love of classical Indian dance

When people think about dance, they often think about ballet, jazz and ballroom. San Anselmo dancer Barbara Framm wants to add Indian classical dance to the list.

A longtime performer, Framm shares her passion with others at her dance school Saraswati Kala Nilaya School of Indian Dance (Saraswati is the goddess of the arts), a hidden gem in the Knights of Columbus building in San Anselmo. Her school started more than 30 years ago when she was asked by a parent to teach a class. What began as a group of five students has turned into a growing, tight community.

Before starting her dance school, she was the assistant director of the Marin-based Odissi Vilas company and was a principal dancer and assistant to the director for Ballet Afsaneh. In the 1990s, she was awarded the American Institute of Indian Studies’ Smithsonian Fellowship to go to India for an immersion in dance studies.

Read the interview @ https://www.marinij.com/2021/10/30/san-anselmo-dancer-shares-her-love-of-classical-indian-dance/