Daniel Phoenix Singh
Daniel Phoenix Singh teaches Vinyasa yoga techniques in this hour-long yoga class.
Fine-tuning motor skills, strength conditioning and flexibility are a few of the
goals in this class. The class is easily adaptable for various levels of students
while providing ample opportunity to grow and challenge oneself constantly. It is
an excellent cross training tool for various athletic and strength training
activities.
Mr. Singh is the Artistic Director and President of Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh &
Company. Singh completed an MFA in Dance, along with a Graduate Certificate in
Women's Studies, from the University of Maryland. He obtained a Laban Movement
Analyst Certificate from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, NYC.
He finished his undergraduate work in Dance and Computer Science at the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County.
He continues his Bharata Natyam training with Guru Meena Telikicherla of
Nrityanjali, MD with whom he has studied for several years. He has had the
opportunity to work with the leading exponents of the art form including Guru
Adayar K. Lakshman, Guru C.V. Chandrasekhar, Guru Jaya Chandrasekhar, and Guru
Banumathi.
Mr. Singh's most recent explorations in dance include the Cuban/Colombian
variations of Salsa and Merengue with Javier Varela and Shawn Malone. He is
currently on the faculty at Joy of Motion Dance Center, Maryland Youth Ballet, and
Results Gym. He is active in KhushDC, a Washington, D.C. organization serving the
South Asian LGBT community and its friends, and he is also working to include
Bharat Natyam in the local youth outreach program of D.A.R.E. Dance America. His
works have been the critic’s pick in the Washington City Paper and the Washington
Post. The Voice of America profiled his dance company in the summer of 2005. Visit
www.dakshina.org to learn more about his dance company.
ADULT PROGRAM: Yoga