We're building a platform for Indian classical dance academies - teachers & students, what are your biggest frustrations right now?
We're a small team - some engineers, some classical dance teachers - and we've been trying to figure out if building a dedicated platform for Indian classical dance academies actually makes sense.
The honest reason we haven't started yet: we don't know if the pain is real enough.
Teachers we've spoken to mention things like chasing fees on WhatsApp, losing track of which student is at which adavu level, not being able to give proper feedback on home practice remotely.
Students and parents mention things like not knowing if their practice at home is even correct, resources scattered across five different apps, no real sense of how much they've grown over months or years. One thing that came up a few times, students wishing they could compare their own practice video against their Guru's, just to self-correct before the next class.
But we could be wrong about what actually hurts.
If you're a student, what would a platform like this even need to have for you to actually use it? What does your current learning experience feel like, and what's the one thing you wish existed?
If you teach or learn Indian classical dance - Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Mohiniyattam, anything - we'd genuinely like to hear what's broken for you. Or if Zoom + WhatsApp is honestly fine, that's useful too.
We also put together a short survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcuxqzn3gXACR-FWEmTLt7Qk685dyX05UgPfD5xiwEX-PRUg/viewform
Thank you