The idea of a dance workshop doesn-t necessarily have to concentrate on the performance aspect. Contemporary dance guru Padmini Chettur will host one tomorrow — her first online class — where she will dissect the theoretical aspects, treating the session more as a lecture or seminar, rather than a practical lesson.

Chennai-based Chettur is someone who started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of seven, before her passion took a backseat in her early twenties when she joined college. "I was in a different, academic space and was starting to lose interest in dance. But then a friend suggested that I try out pioneering Bharatanatyam danseuse Chandralekha-s classes. That-s how my interest in dance saw a resurgence," she says.