Dance Performances & Workshops in Kochi

Kerala's own classical forms, Mohiniyattam and Kathakali, are easier to see in Kochi than almost anywhere, alongside a large Bharatanatyam community. Tripunithura is the centre of training, with the RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, founded in 1956. Recitals and arangetrams, the formal debuts of young dancers, fill the Kerala Fine Arts Hall and JT PAC, where a Bharatanatyam arangetram is listed for 12 December 2026, and Changampuzha Park in Edappally hosts open-air evenings. The festival calendar adds its own dance: Thiruvathira circles at Onam, and Dandiya Raas among the Gujarati community and at hotels, with one listed at the Kochi Marriott on 18 October 2026. Studios in Panampilly Nagar, Kadavanthra and Kakkanad run contemporary, Bollywood and social-dance classes and weekend workshops.