"Aahaarya,
Inc" / "Kuchipudi Kalakendra"
Prabha
Maruvada / Subha Maruvada
Aahaarya,
Inc. is a registered charitable organization in Maryland, with a mission
to promote the art and theory of Kuchipudi among the children of any origin.
Subha Maruvada of Kuchipudi Kalakendra has taken up this challenge to teach
Kuchipudi art and theory to children including blind children in the tri-states
area.
www.aahaarya.org
/ www.kuchipudikalakendra.org |
Alaknanda
"Alaknanda
Inst for Perf Arts"
Kathak dancer/choreographer
Alaknanda
Alaknanda
Inst for Perf Arts (Noida, UP) provides artistic services to artistes and
students in Kathak dance, Hindustani vocal music, tabla and string instruments.
Affiliated to Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai.
www.indiakathak.org |
Ananda
Shankar Jayant
Bharatanatyam
and Kuchipudi exponent Ananda Shankar Jayant is the honorary director of
Shankarananda Kalakshetra, a premier institution for Music & Dance
in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad.
www.anandashankarjayant.com |
Anita Ratnam
One of India's
most respected classical dancers, Anita Ratnam is also choreographer, cultural
commentator, actor-producer, writer and publisher...
www.anitaratnam.com |
Anuradha
Vikranth
"Drishti"
Drishti Art
Centre located at Sahakarnagar, Bangalore is a premier Bharatanatyam dance
institute founded by Anuradha Vikranth in September 2001. She edits Drishti,
an exclusive magazine on dance and music.
www.drishtimag.com |
Anusha
Subramanyam
"Beeja"
An alumni
of Kalakshetra, London based Anusha Subramanyam is one of the best known
faces of Bharatanatyam dance in the UK. Director of Beeja, she is also
a teacher, choreographer and dance movement therapist.
www.beeja.com |
"Arangham
Trust"
Anita Ratnam
was established
by Anita Ratnam as a multi-dimensional institution dedicated to the performing
and visual arts as well as the media cultures of cinema, theatre and television...
www.arangham.com |
Ashish
Khokar
Attendance-
the dance annual of India
Edited, compiled and published by
Bangalore based Ashish Mohan Khokar, attendance is India's only year-book
on dance. It covers a year (1st Jan-31st Dec) in perspective and gives
perspectives on issues, events, exhibitions, shows, seminars, books, biographies
and obits. Top writers and critics of dance contribute in-depth articles.
Metros are covered, as also major dance centers abroad.
www.attendance-india.com
/ www.dancearchivesofindia.com |
Ashok Kumar Banker
Ashok Banker’s Epic India
Ashok Banker is a novelist and short
story writer born and living in Mumbai, India. Having completed a six-volume
retelling in English of the Indian epic of the Ramayana that has gained
him worldwide attention, he is working on a nine-volume adaptation of the
Mahabharata.
www.epicindia.com |
"Attakkalari Centre for Movement
Arts, Bangalore"
Jayachandran Palazhy
Attakkalari is committed to interdisciplinary
performance work and is an umbrella organisation facilitating and producing
international arts events. Attakkalari is engaged in creating a context
for contemporary physical expressions in India by making information from
Indian performance traditions as well as the international performing arts
scene available to artists and audiences in India and abroad.
www.attakkalari.org |
Baisali
Basusarkar
"Chalormi"
Baisali Basusarkar's
institution Chalormi in Kolkata is dedicated to imparting training and
performing classical Manipuri Dance with the aim to preserve and propagate
this unique dance form. Baisali has also learnt Thang-ta (Martial art of
Manipur) under N Rihini Chandra and P Henry Meitei.
www.baisalichalormi.com |
Bala Devi
Chandrashekar
"Shree
Padma Nrityam Academy of Performing Arts" - (SPNAPA)
Based in Princeton,
NJ, Bharata Nrityam exponent Bala is a disciple of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam.
She's a panel artist with the New Jersey state council on the Arts. She
is involved in developing "Performing studies" in collaboration with Theater
and Dance, History, Philosophy, Linguistic anthropology and Music departments
of various Universities in the US.
www.shreepadmanrityam.org |
"Bhoomika
Creative Dance Centre"
Bharat
Sharma
Bhoomika Creative
Dance Centre is a premiere national performing arts organization that has
been in the forefront of infusing a new spirit in Indian dance since its
inception more than three and a half decades ago by renowned choreographer,
dancer and its founder-director Narendra Sharma who passed away in January
2008. Today, Bhoomika’s well-established repertory has modern dances, ballets
and dance-dramas of Mr. Sharma, along with fresh works of younger choreographers
like Bharat Sharma, Tripura Kashyap and Sangeeta Sharma.
www.bhoomikadance.blogspot.com |
"Carnatic
Durbar - Musings on music"
Sudha Jagannathan
/ K T Jagannathan
This website
endeavours to focus attention primarily on the musical scene in Chennai
and will attempt to write in a simple and lucid language the charms that
permanently emanate from our sabta swaras. The dream is to make this platform
a centrepiece of awareness of not only the glorious traditions of carnatic
music and its multi-lingual geniuses who give soul-filling satisfaction
to thousands of lovers of classical music, but also to provide a platform
for informed debate and discussions on various aspects of carnatic music
and other Indian musical forms.
www.carnaticdarbar.com |
Chandan
Thakore & Nirali Thakore
"Nritya
Bharti Performing Arts"
Bharatanatyam
guru Elakshi Thakore instituted Nrityabharti in Ahmedabad in 1960 to provide
platform to young budding dancers and to learn a pure traditional form.
Her son Chandan Thakore formed the performing group Nritya Bharti Performing
Arts. His wife dancer Nirali Thakore is actively involved with the activities
of Nrityabharti.
www.nrityabharti.com |
Chetna
Jalan
"Padatik
Dance Centre"
Based in Kolkata,
Padatik Dance Centre imparts training in Kathak under the supervision of
its Artistic Director, Kathak exponent Chetna Jalan. The teaching facility
of Padatik Dance Centre is affiliated to Nalanda Dance Research Centre
(Mumbai) which runs diploma course and centre. The centre has its own music-recording
studio.
www.padatik.org |
Chitra
Arvind
"Rhythmotion
Dance Company"
Bharatanatyam
and Kathak dancer Chitra Arvind is the Artistic Director of Rhythmotion
- school of classical and contemporary dance, Bangalore. She is trained
from The Place, London, in Modern dance techniques including Graham, Cunningham,
Release and Indian martial art forms of Kalaripayattu, Thang tha and Chhau.
She also imparts dance education to the hearing and speech impaired at
the Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf, Bangalore.
www.rhythmotion.org |
Deepa Ganesh
"Upasana"
Deepa Ganesh,
who founded Upasana in 1994, has more than 25 years of experience in Bharatanatyam.
Based in Manchester, Upasana, is a cultural experiment in South Asian arts.
It aims to emphasize that traditional is not a passé through a series
of workshops and classes and serve as a center for excellence in Bharatanatyam.
www.upasana-arts.com |
"Enatyam"
Srinath
Bala
A new service
which can be used to webcast your events live worldwide via the internet:
Whether it
is a dance school's annual day, your solo performances, joint-productions,
arangetrams - artists can brand them under the school's name. Perform from
Anywhere, and Broadcast to Anywhere.
www.enatyam.com |
Ganna Smirnova
"Nakshatra"
Bharatanatyam
dancer Ganna Smirnova (disciple of Jayalakshmi Eshwer) works with her highly
dedicated students in her dance theatre at TG Shevchenko National University,
Kiev in Ukraine. She established Nakshatra – the Indian Theatre, with a
mission to promote, propagate and popularize Indian culture in Ukraine.
She also organizes an annual festival Nrityaanjali.
www.gannasmirnova.org.ua |
Ginette
Dion-Ahmed
"Sattvika
Danse"
Ginette Dion-Ahmed
is a professional Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher in Montreal. In order
to continue exploring her artistic expression in contemporary dance as
well as within the Bharatanatyam art form, Ginette founded Sattvika Danse
in March 2005.
www.sattvikadanse.org |
Hari Krishnan
"inDANCE"
inDANCE, established
in 1999 at Toronto, presents works that are a unique synthesis of artistic
director Hari Krishnan’s South Asian and Western aesthetic sensibilities.
www.indance.ca |
Hema Rajagopalan
"Natya
Dance Theater"
In 1975, dancer/
choreographer Hema Rajagopalan founded Natya Dance Theatre (NDT) in Chicago
to sustain and develop the traditional art forms of India through the teaching
and performance of Bharatanatyam for audiences of all backgrounds. Krithika
Rajagopalan is principal dancer and assistant artistic director.
www.natya.com |
Hema Sharma
"Nritya
School of Indian Dance & Music"
Hema Sharma
is artistic director of Nritya - a school of Indian dance and music in
Overland Park, KS with branches in Wichita, KS and Ames, IA. She has been
Ethnic Commissioner from India on the Mayor's Ethnic Enrichment Commission
for 9 years.
www.nritya.org |
Ileana
Citaristi
"Art Vision"
Art Vision
was founded in 1996 at Bhubaneswar by Odissi and Chhau dancer Ileana Citaristi,
along with a group of artists belonging to different disciplines such as
dance, painting, cinema and literature who wanted a common ground for sharing
experiences and creative ideas. Art Vision organizes festivals like Kalinga
Mahotsav and Dance with the Camera.
www.artvisionindia.com |
Ishira
Parikh, Maulik Shah
"Anart
School of Kathak Dance"
In 1995, Maulik
Shah and Ishira Parikh, two of the most recognized and established Kathak
dancers and choreographers of this generation, started the Anart school
of Kathak dance in Ahmedabad. Anart is taking the shape of "Gurukul" where
advanced students spent a major part of their daily routine with their
teachers.
www.maulikishira.com |
Jaan R
Freeman
"Dakshina
Palli"
A group founded
in 2004, by Artistic Director Jaan R Freeman, Dakshina Palli's mission
is to promote the art of Bharatanatyam in the Balasaraswati Parampara.
www.dakshinapalli.org |
Jai Govinda
"Mandala
Arts and Culture"
Under the artistic direction of
Jai Govinda, Mandala Arts and Culture presents and promotes Indian classical
dance as a vital and valuable part of Canada's dance culture, by ensuring
high-quality standards in the teaching, mentoring and performance of Bharatanatyam.
www.mandalarts.ca |
Janaki Rangarajan
"Nritya Niketan"
Located in the Washington, D C area,
Nritya Niketan was founded by Janaki Rangarajan (disciple of Padma Subrahmanyam)
and Aneal Krishnamurthy in order to promote South Indian classical dance
in the Nation's Capital.
www.nrityaniketan.com |
Jhelum Paranjape
"Smitalay"
Smitalay is a leading dance school
of Mumbai established by Jhelum Paranjape in 1989 in memory of the late
actress Smita Patil. The aim of Smitalay is to teach Odissi and broaden
the concept of dance in general as a visual communicator & educator.
www.smitalay.com |
Jothi Raghavan
"The Academy of Indian Performing
Arts"
The Academy of Indian Performing
Arts established under the leadership of Jothi Raghavan in 1987, is a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting Indian fine arts in the New England
area. Jothi has been training students in Bharatanatyam since 1977 in her
school Nrityanjali in Massachussets.
www.indianperformingarts.org |
Kanaka
Sudhakar
"Nrityabharati"
Kanaka Sudhakar
established Nrityabharati, an institute for Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi
in New Delhi in 1985. She is the Founder President of SUNAINA - Society
for the Upliftment of National Arts of India, which was established in
1994 and now has three wings - Nrityabharati (dancer training wing), Kala
Khoj (research section) and latest initiative Bharata Muni Spirituo Cultural
Academic Centre (BMSCAC- educational wing) through which she plans to build
an ideal education system in which spiritual, cultural and academic training
go side by side.
www.sunaina.org |
D Keshava
and The Dance Group Kalasri
"Kalasri
- School for Indian Dance and Yoga", Basel, Switzerland
Kalasri, the
school for Indian Dance and Yoga, was founded in 1976 by D Keshava in Basel,
Switzerland. Kalasri celebrated its 25-year Silver Jubilee in September
2001.
www.kalasri.com |
Krishna
Zivraj-Nair
"Sanskruti
School of Dance"
Krishna Zivraj
trained in the Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam under Padma Murali.
She runs her Bharatanatyam school Sanskruti, in Cambridge, UK.
www.sanskruti.org.uk |
"Kuchipudi
Art Academy"
Vempati
Chinna Satyam, Vempati Venkat
Guru Vempati
Chinna Satyam started The Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai as a center
of art and culture with the focus on revival and reinterpretation of that
great Andhra heritage, Kuchipudi dance. Complete with spacious dance
halls, broad based library and separate hostels for boys and girls, the
academy functions as a residential school. Training is given not only in
the practical aspects but also in theory. The students are also taught
music and Sanskrit language so students have a thorough knowledge of all
subjects related to dance.
www.kuchipudi.com |
Lata Pada
"Sampradaya
Dance Creations"
As Artistic
Director of Sampradaya Dance Creations, Lata Pada is at the forefront of
South Asian dance in Canada. The Company is committed to showcasing Bharatanatyam
as a universal art form as it explores diverse movement styles, contemporary
themes and innovative dance creations.
www.sampradaya.ca |
Madhu Nataraj
"STEM Dance
Kampni"
STEM (Space.Time.Energy.Movement)
Dance Kampni was founded by dancer/ choreographer Madhu Nataraj in 1995,
to explore and create new expressions in dance. STEM is the Indian Contemporary
Dance unit of the Natya Institute of Kathak & Choreography, Bangalore.
www.stemdancekampni.in |
Madhumita
Raut
"Mayadhar
Raut School of Odissi Dance"
Madhumita
Raut is the inheritor and proponent of her illustrious father Guru Mayadhar
Raut’s dance legacy. She lives in Delhi where she manages and teaches at
the Mayadhar Raut School of Odissi Dance.
www.madhumitaraut.com
/ www.jayantika.com |
Malathi
Iyengar
"Rangoli
Foundation for Art & Culture"
Malathi Iyengar is a Los Angeles
based choreographer, dancer and a visual artist, who founded The Rangoli
Foundation in 1985 and The Rangoli Dance Company in 1992. Malathi has studied
the vintage Pandanallur / Tanjore style of Bharatanatyam.
www.rangoli.org |
Malini
Srinivasan
A student of Guru CV Chandrasekhar,
Malini Srinivasan is a third generation Bharatanatyam performer based in
NY. She currently teaches at SUNY Stony Brook University, NY and at the
Young Indian Culture Group, Inc., NY. She is a registered yoga teacher.
www.malinisrinivasan.com |
Mamata
Niyogi-Nakra
"Kala Bharati"
Mamata Niyogi-Nakra
founded Kala Bharati, a Centre for Bharata Natya in Montreal, Canada in
1981 to promote a better understanding of Indian culture and people. The
Bharata Natya technique follows the tradition of the Pandanallur style.
www.kalabharati.ca |
Mythili
Kumar
"Abhinaya
Dance Company"
An exponent
of three Indian classical dance forms - Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi,
Artistic Director Mythili Kumar founded the Abhinaya Dance Company of San
Jose in 1980. It is dedicated to promoting and perpetuating primarily Bharatanatyam
(Pandanallur Baani) and Kuchipudi.
www.abhinaya.org |
"NADAM"
Nandini K Mehta, K Murali Mohan
NADAM, an acronym for Narthan Academy
for Dance and Music, was launched in 1999 at Bangalore by Nandini Mehta
and K Murali Mohan. The academy imparts training in Kathak, Bharatanatyam
and classical music.
www.nadam.in |
"Natya Institute of Kathak &
Choreography"
Maya Rao
Kathak guru Maya Rao is the only
Indian with a Post Graduate certificate in Choreography from the USSR and
the recipient of several awards. NIKC is the only institute in the country
to accord a BA Degree in choreography (affiliated to the Bangalore University).
www.natyamaya.in |
Navtej Johar
"Studio Abhyas"
Navtej Johar, a Bharatanatyam dancer,
choreographer and Yoga exponent, opened Studio Abhyas in 2000 at New Delhi,
with the objective of teaching dance, Yoga and Vedic chanting. The Studio
was also meant to fulfill another objective: Act as a permanent rehearsal
space. In 2004, Abhyas was turned into a Trust committed to Yoga, dance-theatre
and urban design.
www.abhyastrust.org |
Niharika
Mohanty & Sujata Mohapatra
"Guru Shradha"
With the blessings,
guidance, and inspiration of late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancers
Niharika Mohanty and Sujata Mohapatra have started 'Guru Shradha' in San
Carlos (near San Francisco). It is dedicated to Guru Mohapatra, his vision,
style, and technique aiming to cater to potential students throughout North
America.
www.gurushradha.org |
Nilanjana
Banerjee
“Nila's
school of Odissi”
Nilanjana
Banerjee (disciple of Mitra Purkayastha and Murlidhar Maji) is an Odissi
performer and teacher based in New Jersey, New York metropolitan area.
She runs Nila's school of Odissi.
www.odissinilanjana.com |
Nirmala
Rajasekar
"Nada Rasa
Center for Music"
Based in Minneapolis,
Nirmala Rajasekar is an accomplished veena player and vocalist. Nirmala
has been a director of the Indian Music Society of Minnesota since 1996.
She is the artistic director of the Indian music organization 'Nada Rasa
Center for Music.'
www.nirmalarajasekar.com |
Nirupama
Rajendra, Rajendra T D
"Abhinava
Arts Centre"
Nirupama and
Rajendra are exponents and teachers of Bharathanatyam and Kathak at Bangalore.
Abhinava is
the creative wing and Prabhat offers services in rental of PA systems,
costumes and permanent installation of Sound and Light equipment.
www.abhinavadancecompany.com |
"Nritarutya
Dance Collective"
Mayuri
Upadhya
Keeping to
the traditional tenets of dance, Bangalore based Nritarutya has evolved
their personal language of creative dance. Mayuri Upadhya (artistic director),
BG Sathyanarayana, Madhuri Upadhya, Geetha Ballal and Umesh Naidu comprise
the Nritarutya Dance Collective.
www.nritarutya.com |
onlinecarnaticmusic.com
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music online. 1 on 1 Carnatic music class with an experienced music teacher.
At your convenient day and time. A part of Go4Guru.com, also learn Hindustani
music online.
www.onlinecarnaticmusic.com |
Padmaja
Suresh
"Kalpataru
Kalavihar"
Based in Bangalore,
Padmaja Suresh and her dance institution Kalpataru Kalavihar believe in
making art a useful tool for education by recognizing the nurturing, generative
and healing potential of dance. Training in classical arts include dance,
vocal and instrumental music. Their charitable wing Kalachaitanya helps
propagate arts among underprivileged children.
www.angelfire.com/bc/padmajasuresh |
Prasanna
Kasthuri
"Soorya
Performing Arts"
Soorya is
a not-for-profit organization founded in 2003 by Bharatanatyam and Kathak
dancer Prasanna Kasthuri and his wife vocalist Seema. Based in Saint
Louis, Missouri, Soorya offers year-round classes in Bharatanatyam, Kathak
and Carnatic music. Prasanna's sister Sushma Kasthuri runs a branch in
NJ.
www.sooryadance.com |
Priyadarshini
Ghosh
Now based
in Kolkata, Priyadarshini Ghosh is trained in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam
and Seraikella Chhau. She uses this training for her work in the contemporary
idiom.
www.priyadarshinig.com |
Rajee Narayan
Guru Smt.
Rajee Narayan, founder-director of Nritya Geethanjali, has been imparting
knowledge of Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, Natyasastra, Talasastra and
Nattuvangam for over 50 years.
www.rajeenarayan.com |
Rajika
Puri
Based in New
York, Rajika Puri is an acclaimed exponent of two forms of Indian classical
dance - Bharata Natyam and Odissi - which she performs in solo recital
all over Europe, the United States, Latin America and India.
www.rajikapuri.com |
Rama Vaidyanathan
Based in Delhi,
Rama Vaidyanathan is considered as one of the best interpreters of Bharatanatyam.
She has been trained intensively under the legendry dancer Yamini Krishnamurty
and Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan.
www.ramavaidyanathan.com |
Ramaa Bharadvaj
"Angahara
Academy of Performing Arts"
Ramaa Bharadvaj,
the Director of Angahara Ensemble in California, is a dancer, teacher,
choreographer and writer.
www.ramaadance.org |
Ramya Harishankar
"Arpana
Dance Company"
Southern California
based Arpana School of Dance was started in 1982 by Ramya Harishankar,
disciple of late Swamimalai K Rajaratnam (Vazhuvoor style) and abhinaya
guru Kalanidhi Narayanan. She started the Arpana Dance Company in 1985.
Over the years she has donated over $60000 to charities, through her performances.
www.arpanadancecompany.org |
"Ranan"
Debashree
Bhattacharya and Vikram Iyengar
Ranan is a
performance company conceived of as an arena of exchange, development and
creation set up by Kathak dancers Debashree Bhattacharya and Vikram Iyengar,
disciples of Rani Karnaa. A focus on dialogue and interaction between the
arts makes Ranan a hybrid between dance / performance company, arts service
organization and an active player in the realm of performing arts theory.
www.rananindia.com
Blog: http://rananindia.blogspot.com |
Rani Karnaa
"Samskritiki
Shreyaskar"
Rani Karnaa
is the director of Samskritiki Shreyaskar in Kolkata. The academy aims
to teach, cultivate, demonstrate and develop the performing arts in general
and Kathak in particular.
www.ranikathak.com |
Ranee Ramaswamy
"Ragamala
Music and Dance Theater"
Founded in
1992 in Minneapolis by Ranee Ramaswamy, Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
is dedicated to preserving the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam
while using it as a springboard for innovative choreography.
www.ragamala.net |
Ratikant
Mohapatra
"Srjan"
Srjan was
founded by eminent guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, and epitomizes his dedication
to Odissi dance and music to the national cultural ethos. Supported by
staff and students of Srjan, his son and disciple Ratikant Mohapatra maintains
the traditional Gurukul style.
www.srjan.com |
Rukmini
Vijayakumar
"Raadha
Kalpa"
Bangalore
based Bharatanatyam / modern dancer Rukmini Vijayakumar, has studied Laban
movement analysis, Alexander technique and is a certified Pilates instructor
of the Power Pilates institute.
www.rukku.in
/ www.raadhakalpa.com |
Sai Venkatesh,
Suparna Venkatesh
"Sai Arts
International"
Suparna is
a Kathak and Bharatanatyam dancer / teacher. Sai is a stage and light designer
for dance programs. Based in Bangalore, Sai Arts International does yeomen
service by organizing various cultural events, festivals, seminars, workshops
etc.
k.domaindlx.com/saiinternational/ |
Sandra,
Shyamala and Anjali
"The Post
Natyam Collective"
The Post Natyam
Collective explores Contemporary Indian dance and performance on a continuum
of tradition and innovation, theory and aesthetics, and art and activism.
The collective currently consists of the three founders: Sandra Chatterjee
(Germany/India), Shyamala Moorty (USA), and Anjali Tata (USA).
www.postnatyam.net |
Sarala
Dandekar
"Circle
Dance Studio & Darshan Dance Project"
Sarala Dandekar
has trained in Odissi from Jhelum Paranjape and additional training from
late Kelucharan Mohapatra. She founded the Darshan Dance Project in 2003
and resides currently in Maui, Hawaii.
www.saraladance.com |
Saraswathi
Rajathesh
"Natya
Saraswathi"
Kuchipudi
dancer Saraswathi Rajathesh established her dance school Natya Saraswathi
in 1997 in Bangalore.
www.natyasaraswathi.com |
Sarbani
Ghosh Chatterjee
"Garia
Ajanta Kala Sangam"
Garia Ajanta
Kala Sangam was started in 1993 at Kolkata and has several wings like Bharatanatyam,
Kuchipudi, Rabindra Nritya, Creative and western dance. Every stream has
a specialized faculty under the overall guidance of Sarbani G Chatterjee.
The students also get training in choreography, make up, music arrangement,
art direction and so on.
www.sarbaniajanta.com |
Saskia
Kersenboom
In Indian
terms 'tradition' is understood as lines of transmission para-para from
one generation to the next. Parampara was founded in 1994 by Saskia
Kersenboom, to support and foster one such tradition in dance and music
of Tamilnadu, South India...
www.paramparai.eu |
Shaji K
John
Currently
Shaji is conducting regular Kalari classes and practicing Kalari treatment
and Kalari massage in Chennai.
www.narthaki.com/shaji_kalari |
Sharmila
Mukherjee
"Sanjali
Centre for Odissi dance"
A disciple
of guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer Sharmila Mukherjee teaches
Odissi at her own institute Sanjali in Bangalore, and Dance and Movement
at the Sheila Kothwala Institute for the Deaf.
www.sharmilamukherjee.com |
Shashikala
Ravi
"Amritanjali
School of Bharatanatyam"
Shashikala
Ravi, founder and director of Amritanjali School of Bharatanatyam, Pune,
is one of the senior disciples of late guru Swarna Saraswathy. At Amritanjali,
students are also trained in theory of dance and encouraged to take up
exams conducted by recognized boards like Akhila Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalay
Mandal.
www.amritanjali.com |
Shridhar
& Anuradha Shridhar
"Khechara
Academy of Bharatanatyam"
Bharatanatyam
exponents Shridhar and Anuradha, the well known dancing couple from Bangalore
have emerged as important names on the contemporary dance scene.
www.khechara.com |
Simran
Godhwani
"Krshala
Dance Theatre"
Bharatanatyam
and Kathak dancer Simran Godhwani is the Founder of Krshala Dance Theatre,
based in Bangalore. She is also a dance therapist and yoga expert. Her
years of working as a performing arts teacher and love for teaching children
of various genre led her to opening Krshala, a unique studio focused on
enriching every child’s craving and passion for dance, music, movement
and theater arts.
www.krshala.com |
Siri Rama
"Kanaka
Sabha Centre for Performing Arts"
Bharatanatyam
and Kuchipudi dancer Siri Rama is based in Singapore. Kanaka Sabha is the
name of the dance school in Mumbai that was started by Siri Rama and Saroja
Srinath in 1982 to encourage the learning and appreciation of dance.
www.kanakasabha.com |
Sohini
Ray
"Manipuri
Dance Visions"
A disciple
of Guru Bipin Singh, Sohini Ray has trained in Manipuri dance and Pung
(Manipuri drums) and Thang-Ta (Manipuri martial arts). She runs Manipuri
Dance Visions in Los Angeles. Its library and archives has once of the
richest collections of books, manuscripts, photographs and video footage
on Manipuri performing arts and culture.
www.manipuridancevisions.com |
Sonali
Skandan
Based in New
York, Sonali has been trained extensively in Bharatanatyam practical and
theory by Guru Thejeswini Raj, and has recently undergone training by Prof
C V Chandrasekhar and Indira Kadambi (abhinaya) of Chennai, India. Sonali
holds a Masters degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University,
and has been instrumental in starting up an arts education high school
in Manhattan.
www.sonaliskandan.com |
"Sri Sumukhi
Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation"
S Surendranath,
S Amarnath and S Aparna
Named after
their foster parents, philanthropists Sumukhi and Rajasekharan, 'The Mylapore
Trio' of S Surendranath, S Amarnath and S Aparna set up the Sri Sumukhi
Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation in 2003 at Chennai, to contribute towards
enriching Indian art and culture through children, youth and elders by
inculcating in them value based culture, tradition and heritage programs.
The trio trained in Kalakshetra where they had their full-fledged holistic
education besides learning dance, music and other arts.
www.srimylaporetrio.in |
"Sruti"
India's premier
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www.sruti.com |
L Subhasri
(Srividhya)
Apart from
playing the veena as a dance accompaniment, she now does Nattuvangam also
for renowned dancers in India and abroad.
www.narthaki.com/subhasri |
Suchitra
Sairam
"Kala Vandanam
Dance Company"
Trained in
the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam for over 20 years, Suchitra Sairam
founded Kala Vandanam Dance Company in 2003 in St. Paul, MN. She served
on the Board of Directors for the Center for Independent Artists in Minneapolis
for over 6 years, including 5 years as Chair.
www.kalavandanam.com |
Sudarshan
Chakravorty
"Sapphire
Creations Dance Workshop"
Sapphire Creations
Dance Workshop is a premier experimental dance company based in Kolkata.
Started in August 1992, a group of young minds led by Sudarshan Chakravorty
came together to grow from a youthful venture to a dynamic contemporary
modern dance ensemble.
www.sapphirecreations.org |
Suganda
Sreenath
"Jayendra
Kalakendra"
Jayendra Kalakendra
was founded in 1989 by Suganda Sreenath to spot and nurture young talent
and expose them to Bharatanatyam. The academy conducts classes in Cupertino,
San Jose, and Fremont. Suganda has learnt from Late Guru K N Pakkiriswamy
Pillai and Ananda Shankar Jayant.
www.sugandasreenath.com |
Suman Sarawgi
A trained
Manipuri dancer and soloist of repute, Kolkata based Suman Sarawgi was
initiated into dance and movement therapy by her mentor Priti Patel. Suman
is also a core member of the Calcutta Chapter of the World Dance Alliance.
www.sumansarawgi.com |
Sumi Krishnan
"Sydhwaney"
Where you
can hear the Sounds of Sydney and read about all events, news and reviews
on Indian classical arts of music, dance and poetry in Australia.
www.sydhwaney.wordpress.com |
Sunanda
Nair
"Sunanda's
Performing Arts Center"
Sunanda is
a Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam exponent / teacher. Sunanda's Performing
Arts Center (SPARC) is located in 3 locations in Texas - Murphy, Sugarland
and Katy.
www.sunandanair.com |
Sunil Kothari
Dr Sunil Kothari
is a leading dance historian, scholar, author and critic of Indian classical
dances. Currently a Vice President of the World Dance Alliance, Asia Pacific,
South Asia, representing India Member of the Executive Committee of International
Dance Council , UNESCO, Paris.
www.sunilkothari.com |
Swati Subodh
Siddhartha
"Aadyantara"
Delhi based
Kathak dancer Swati Subodh Siddhartha has trained in Jaipur gharana under
Late Guru Sohanlal (disciple of the legendary Jailalji) and continued under
his son Guru Kishen Kumar and nephew Guru Ramkumar.Swati is the Creative
Director of Aadyantara, a not for profit cultural organization constituted
for promotion of Indian art and culture. It aims in achieving its objectives
by means of organizing performances, workshops, seminars etc related to
the Indian art fields.
www.swatisubodhsiddhartha.com
/ www.aadyantara.org |
Tushar
Guha, Anonna Guha
"Nrityanjali"
Based in Mumbai,
Nrityanjali Performing Arts specializes in Indian folk and classical dances
under Dr. Tushar Guha and Kathak dancer Anonna Guha. Nrityanjali imparts
lessons in Indian dance, dance dramas, music and drama. Alankar and Visharad
(Post graduate and graduate) Courses in Bharatanatyam and Kathak, vocal
music, harmonium are held regularly being affiliated to the University
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Utilising the elements of performing arts in day
to day life to make a complete personality, is Nrityanjali's forte.
www.nrityanjali.in |
Uma Anantani
"Rasadhwani"
Rasadhwani
was established in 1991 at Ahmedabad, to promote excellence in the field
of Bharatanatyam. In 1995, Rasadhwani became the first Gujarat dance school
to be affiliated to Nalanda Dance Research Centre, Mumbai and so become
eligible for imparting their 7-year Diploma course, Kovid.
www.rasadhwani.com |
Usha Raghavan
"Kalasagara,
Academy of Fine Arts"
Bharatanatyam
dancer Usha Raghavan gives workshops, lecture demonstrations and performances
in addition to master classes in London.
www.usharaghavan.com |
Vaibhav
Arekar
"Sankhya
Dance Creations"
Based in Mumbai,
Vaibhav Arekar is a Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher, choreographer, producer,
actor, educationist and an administrator. He has been instrumental in designing
the Diploma courses in Kathak and Bharatanatyam (affiliated to Department
of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension Work, SNDT Women’s University)
at Lasya Centre for Dance Education and Research, a leading dance institute
of Mumbai, founded by Rajashree Shirke. Sankhya Dance Creation is Vaibhav
Arekar’s professional dance company. Apart from conducting the Bharatanatyam
course at Lasya, he imparts dance training at various centers in Thane,
Kandivli/Borivali and Vakola.
www.vaibhavarekar.com |
Vani Madhav
Gurgaon based
Vani Madhav learnt Odissi from the early age of six under the tutelage
of Guru Gajendra Panda. Later, she continued learning from noted Guru Sudhakar
Sahu. She is a full-time professional Odissi dancer and maintains the purity
of her style.
www.vanimadhav.com |
Vasantha
Krishnan
"Nrithyalaya
Foundation"
The Nrithyalaya Foundation was established
in 1976, by founder/director Vasantha Krishnan in Montreal. It is
dedicated to perpetuating the classical Bharatanatyam dance style, South
Indian classical Carnatic music and percussion - Mridangam.
www.nrithyalaya.com |
Vyjayanthi
Kashi
"Shambavi
School of Dance", Bangalore
Established
in 1993 by Founder Director Vyjayanthi Kashi, Shambhavi School of Dance
offers classes in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, folk, and Martial Arts. It
is one of its kind that offers a unique healing therapy through the medium
of dance for the emotionally disturbed, depressed, physically handicapped
and mentally retarded students.
www.schoolofkuchipudi.com |
Yogini
Gandhi
"Kalanidhi"
Yogini Gandhi
performs both styles, Kathak & Odissi, with equal dexterity and virtuosity.
To propagate and nurture Indian music and dance in the right perspective,
Yogini has established Kalanidhi, an institute for the promotion of Indian
art and culture, at Pune.
www.yoginigandhi.com |
Yamini
Muthanna
"Kala Sinchanam
Dance Foundation"
A student
of Vasundara Dorasamy, Yamini Muthanna runs her school Kala Sinchanam,
a centre for learning Bharatanatyam, in Bangalore. Kalasinchanam conducts
workshops and experiments, on invitation at various schools and colleges.
Regular coaching classes are conducted at the Indiranagar Sageetha Sabha.
www.yaminimuthanna.com |
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