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Storytelling is one of the most interesting and involving forms of communication. Unluckily our education system does not lay sufficient emphasis to develop this skill in children. Since eternity, our ancestors have been passing down their cultural heritage to us through stories alone. Stories are what spike our interest in the lives and experiences of others. When we add theatre to the mix, it results in a beautiful amalgamation of the two arts. Kids are far more curious and expressive than adults. Hence they can hone these skills at a very young age. And if they do, it will have a tremendous influence on them in their growing years. Their creativity will outshine rather than be suppressed. In our kids workshop for storytelling and theatre in Bangalore we will cover all the nuances of storytelling, writing, acting, performing and theatre presentation in a carefully curated series of classes by our in-house expert facilitators. In theatre, we will guide them how to do a presentation on

School activities are not sufficient for kids to grow their personalities in a creatively balanced way. Hence I am always looking forward to extra kids activities near me like kids drawing and craft ideas for kids with paper along with other ones including dance, yoga, theatre, acting, storytelling and gymnastics. Kids are generally overburdened with academics in their schools so much so that they get stressed. That is what makes them lose the thread of their instinctive curiosity they were born with. In fact curiosity is the most basic human trait which makes us enjoy life through getting involved into it. When our kids stop enjoying, they stop learning as well. Learning academic lessons by rote does not mean real learning at all. It results in turning them into robots fed with information alone without any insight into the subject of their informative content. You can yourself testify it at your personal level. When you really enjoy doing something, doesn’t it become extremely easy

We offer our sprawling dance studio for rent in Bangalore Indiranagar at FLUX to those who need it to organize their classes, rehearsals, training sessions and performances at the most central location in the city. Located in the bustling, vibrant and trendy neighborhood of Indiranagar is a 3000 sq. feet studio called FLUX. It began as a huge empty space sandwiched between two restaurants and below a simple office space. A group of people had a dream to create a space where people could create all sorts of art. The slogan for the studio, Art for Change, reflects this.   While the studio is primarily a dance studio, it was designed to be versatile. The studio has a few separate spaces with different capacities and different purposes. Read more…

You can rent an art studio in Bangalore Indiranagar at FLUX for your art to perform, to exhibit, to rehearse, to teach a class, to have a workshop, to run a course, to shoot for a photography session, to shoot your movie, to hold a talk or a seminar, or to run a music jam. We know that art is highly dependent on energy. And the energy that gets created in a space also gets translated into the work getting created. Simple things like a hot cup of coffee, a grey sky, or a bird outside the window become important and affect the process of creation. This is because the creator is constantly feeling and is sensitive to these small things that she/he perceives. We are aware of this and therefore the energy and vibe that has been created in this visual and performing arts theatre at FLUX is of a free, conducive and energizing nature. FLUX is a collaborative art space that lives ours and breathes through the people who enter it. It is where ideas meet plans and people to take shape and form to

Are you interested in exploring yourself deeper than you did ever before? Have you ever been to Nimhans? The more you explore, the more you improve yourself. Self improvement is something that a major chunk of the world population has always been interested in. For me, it’s like always having a psychologist near me to help me out! Out of all the available events in Bangalore, self development and self improvement programs hold a special status as people are always looking for a personal development plan to fulfill their personal and professional goals. Are you one among them? Deep Dive is a unique exploration of self, relationships with others, and purpose in the world – all in a supportive group setting. Four modules of one month each take you on a journey of awareness and change – starting with yourself, delving into relationships with others, creating the world you want, and finally a more intense dive that can be even more transformative. If you’re interested in taking your lif

Feminine power is not inferior to but different from the male principle of power. Unfortunately, in a world designed largely by and for men, feminine power is routinely shamed, shunned and feared. To succeed in the modern world, we as women often tend to compromise too much of our feminine essence. Women have been gathering in circles since the beginning of time. In ancient cultures, knowledge was passed down orally within generations, cultures and communities. Thus, coming together to share experiences, stories, prayers, wisdom and worries greatly contributed to their well-being. And it was not only to the well-being of women, but also the evolution of culture at large. Contemporary urbanizing culture is seeing a revival of this ancient tradition. Women circles are all-female gatherings involving embodied practices, rituals, intention setting, learning and sharing in a judgement-free atmosphere. In a nutshell, they provide a safe and gentle space for women of all ages and background

In today’s changing times, many people are talking about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, more commonly known as CBT. Let us break this down. What is cognitive? Cognitive basically refers to the mind, which belongs to the realm of ‘mental’. This therapy helps you re-align your mind to think the right things that encourage you to be happy. Mental therapy and mental aid used to be situations that people generally equated with psychosis in the olden days. It is alarming. In the kind of rushed lives we live, going off-balance is the most natural thing that can happen. Cognitive behaviors include situations like hyperactivity, sweating, shaking and even anxiety attacks. They can cause breathlessness and even fainting. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help you understand the problems you are facing at the mental level. They can be related to worrying too much, or even to having anxiety or panic attacks. This can also result in shorter attention spans or zoning out for too long. It can also ma

Dance, on a very logical note, biologically releases stress relieving happy hormones in the body. That is why we think of dance as a way of therapy that helps you reconnect with yourself. Dance therapy can also help people with autism as it releases and betters the nervous and cognitive system. Movement with dance is such a great combination of mental and physical work, that it helps coordination. That is why it is recommended for people with autism. It is also recommended for people with depression because of its impact on the emotional chemistry. When we dance, we release a lot of hormones that may stabilize the chemical imbalance caused by depression. It is true! When someone is going through trauma, the muscles seem to stiffen up. This is again a condition where dance therapy plays an important role. Read further…

We look at yoga not only as a form of practice that aligns the body and the mind but also as a way of therapy. Is the mind separate from the body? Is the body just a physical form? Do they both intertwine at all? What is the connection between them? Through asking these questions, you will also understand what yoga therapy training is. In fact we look at yoga as a mind-body connection bringing stability to one’s life. In that way, it can be called a complete therapy in itself. Yoga can also be used to cure many pains like sciatica or even intangible discomforts like mental health. We use tennis balls under our lower back to help in sciatica pain coupled with some yoga postures and movements. We call them yoga therapy balls for sciatica. That is why we say that yoga has many benefits and does not only improve posture, presence and blood flow but also helps us in relieving pain. Mental health is another area that yoga helps in by helping us calm our minds, biologically releasing better

Art therapy is often also used to help heal even extreme cases of trauma and anxiety. Moreover art therapy activities for anxiety are quite varied in nature and need an insight into it. Lot many times people are interested in understanding how to become an art therapist and its qualifications alone. This can lead them to forget the emotional insight into it. There are new art therapy ideas that are emerging every day. For example, the idea of expressive art therapy courses deals with freedom of expression and feeling. These are healing ways of working with art to help you reconnect with yourself. It helps you to express with a deeper understanding of who you are. But, if you want to become a professional art therapist with a job and a monthly salary, the route for you runs a lot longer. There are many steps and stages of this.  Keep reading…

In today’s stressful times where everyone is running and no one know why, where everyone is looking for more and no one know what they are looking for, there is a very false sense of urgency that our decadent culture has created; and then created Nimhans to treat its ill effects. What an irony! We constantly keep pushing and pulling against life. For us, psychologist meaning is limited to be a specialist that we can never be for our own self. It’s exactly like looking forward to political leaders and never become our own leader in every walk of life. We immediately need to find a way of maneuvering it with a stable and a calm mind. For this many people look forward to stress management therapy. These are trying times where in one opinion can become many people’s opinion. And together this sort of collective thinking can give rise to a huge impact. As a social species we are also constantly struggling with the idea of personal and shared space. It is because much of our mind is occupied

User interface and User Experience Design are often placed together. They are definitely related and inter-dependent but they are not the same. At FLUX, we give you separate specific knowledge about each of these. Let us start it by explaining the difference between them. User Interface design is to do with the aesthetics of a website or an app. In fact it is a graphic job that asks the designer to deal with color, font styles, size and illustrations. It is their job to make the user’s experience aesthetically pleasing. User Experience design deals with the ease of navigating a website. A UX designer works on algorithms and programming to make the viewing and interacting with a website easy. Therefore, this designer also helps and guides the UI designer to aesthetically design the website or app. Read more…

In India, we are all interior designers but we don’t know it yet! Have you ever appreciated the beautiful tapestry your family home has? Have you ever seen your father or mother get excited about a new home artifact? Here in India, we really love our homes. We love where we live and we keep it very well designed within our means and creativity. But if you want to take this one step ahead, join us! If you want to hone your natural skills at home interior designing, we have something special for you here! We often over-complicate our lives by getting too much to handle or deal with. Smaller houses mean fewer things to manage and hence fewer responsibilities to fulfill. But a smaller house also means a smart design. It means a place where you can have everything you need but in a compact way. This is a very interesting space for a home designer! An interior designer can really make even a small house look like a paradise! You can also get folding or multipurpose furniture for the same!

Advertising is the most deadly weapon we have in business. This weapon can steer the hearts and minds of millions of people. This medium can spread like wildfire and captivate anyone. Therefore it has a lot of power and we must use it with a sense of responsibility. It is the medium of advertisement. Advertisement can happen in the following broad ways: ·          Writing ·          Video ·          Graphic To many people’s surprise, writing is the most important element in advertising. The way words can hook onto people, nothing else can! Therefore, in our course at FLUX, we also give you writing tasks and teach you how to write. We like to keep it short, crisp and impactful. But our advertising course syllabus also includes another very powerful medium of work. It is video! Videos too can be posted, reposted, shared and sent at one easy click! They can go up on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, YouTube or even different websites. What a wonderful and shareable medium of wo

The graphic design industry is currently booming. Everybody needs graphics because visual media has become the most trending activity online. Earlier people liked to read and imagine. Now people want to immediately watch and immediately process. So we at FLUX want to train you in making meaningful graphics that are easily processed. Bangalore is an IT hub. Here, people are constantly thinking in terms of software and computers. Graphic design is also taught by teaching through various different pieces of software. These can be InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, and even Lightroom. We help you learn each of these software pieces. Our short course in graphic design even awards you with a certificate at the end of the course! This way you can have some formal credibility you can use to get a job. You can even apply for further residencies or education to learn more by creating new work! There are many avenues that open up and there is so much that can be done! Keep reading…

Lighting design is the art of understanding how to create the right mood to tell the story most effectively. Let us break this down for you a bit more. Each story has a certain emotional graph. And each fluctuation in this graph can be accentuated by lighting design. Imagine a stage full of dancers talking about war. Would you light the stage purple? Perhaps not! You would need to use spotlight, back light and fill light to help create the correct mood for different scenes of the story. There are many stage lighting companies in India. But very rarely do they look at light as a storytelling aid. They think of it as a mere technical job. But it isn’t just that. It is an equally creative job. In fact it requires you to imagine and feel what the audience will feel. It also requires you to translate the intention of the story through lighting design. Keep reading…

Do you know that set designers have the most innovative job, which is the most tiring as well? Their designing work includes all the aspects of art creation. It includes everything right from researching, ideating, sketching, sourcing, dressing the set, and then wrapping up. We are offering one of our latest set design courses in Bangalore Indiranagar at FLUX that talks about all these aspects. Our set design courses first start with understanding a script. Only once you have thoroughly read and understood a script, you can create the set for it. The set essentially sets the mood for the entire film. It grounds the film in space and time. Each era and location and even socio-economic backgrounds are depicted largely by the set design. Therefore, each script requires a lot of research before the set designing ideas even start coming in. We will be paying a lot of attention to this sort of researching. Read more…