IdentityI have trained and performed Bharatanatyam under Guru Smt. Revathi Srinivasraghavan at Nrityaranjani Fine Arts Mumbai, for over 2 decades. With titles of Nritya Alankar and Natya Visharad from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur, I am recognized as a Graded Doordarshan Artist. I have also received the prestigious Government Scholarship from the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) in New Delhi and been honored with a Spic Macay Gurukul Scholarship.
I am a solo performer, I have performed in prestigious venues like NCPA Mumbai, The Fine Arts Society Mumbai, Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Chennai, Ananya Samarpana Bengaluru, Manthana Festival Mangaluru, to name a few. I have also performed solo abroad in Dubai, London, Den Haag and the USA. I have also performed as part of Padmashree Late Smt Saroja Vaidyanathan's troupe at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in front of PM Narendra Modi and other parliamentarians. I have won numerous awards as well like IIT Mood Indigo, Yuva Nrithyotsava, Swar Sadhana National competition to name a few.
Besides Bharatanatyam, I hold a Master's in Finance, worked as a Risk Analyst at Ernst and Young, and as a UX Designer at Lollypop Design Studios.
The classes will be structured as per the students needs and goals. Focus will be on holistic development where along with creative thinking exercises, physical warm up, cool down and dance essential workouts will be practiced. As theoretical knowledge about the art form is essential, teaching will include practice of Talam, nattuvangam, theory readings and also exposure to Indian culture and mythology.
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Indiranagar, Bangalore 
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