Nrityakala The Rhythm was founded in 1986 as a school of Indian dance with the philosophy “learning through dance”. Over the years the organisation became a proponent of Indian culture and heritage in the UK. NK THE RHYTHM’s exciting journey over the last 25 years has seen the organisation evolve from imparting dance lessons and performing and creating shows to working in education, developing workshops and the filming and production of educational and documentary film and releasing of audio CDs based on the works of Tagore in many languages targeted to a worldwide audience.  It has also brought Tagore to the centre of UK parliament by taking the works of Tagore to The House of Lords.

Producing dance theatre on poems and stories through translation is the central mission of NK THE RHYTHM. Karna-Kunti, Trivial Loss (Samanya Khoti), Phanki (Deception), Ashapurna has earned global accolades for  innovation and presentation. The productions have been praised as unique pieces of theatre which successfully embrace and marry literature with acting bringing relevant issues to the audience’s conscience

NK The Rhythm has grown to become one of the foremost proponents of Indian dance, literature, music and culture in the UK. 

Initially the academy's work focused on teaching and performing classical, folk & contemporary Indian dance, namely of the Kathak and Manipuri genres, as well as promoting the rich culture and heritage of India in the UK.

Now NK The Rhythm has become much more than a dance academy. Their work focuses on exploring the relationship between literature, dance, music and story telling. They have taken several literary works of art, written in Indian regional languages and presented these to a largely English speaking audience in mesmerizing dance form.