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Schedule
Click here to view the Winter-Spring 2010 schedule
Our Staff
Bharatanatyam Instructors for Winter-Spring 2009:
Mythili Kumar,
founder and artistic director since 1980, is an accomplished artist proficient in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi. She has trained and presented over ninety dancers in their solo debuts and has toured with the company to India and other parts of the U.S. She currently teaches juniors and advanced level classes.
Sharada Bose
joined Abhinaya Dance Company as a student in 1992 and had her arangetram in December 1997. Since her arangetram, Sharada has continued to train under Mythili Kumar along with teaching dance at Abhinaya. A dedicated teacher, she volunteers her time to teach the younger generation at Abhinaya.
Yatrika Ajaya
performed her arangetram in August 2007 after training for ten years. She has participated in several Abhinaya productions, and has been assisting with teaching classes since 2005. She has participated in many community and temple events and is a regular performer at Abhinaya Dance Company's lecture demonstrations in Bay area public schools.
Lakshmi Venkatesan
performed her arangetram in 2005 and has participated in several Abhinaya's dance productions and student recitals since 1996. Lakshmi has been teaching the youngest students at Abhinaya since 2005.
Pooja Sohoni
performed her arangetram in August 2007 after training for nine years. She has participated in many Abhinaya student recitals and company productions and has been assisting with classes for the youngest students since 2007.
Megha Ranganathan
performed her arangetram in Febuary of 2008 after training for 9 years. She has participated in many student recital and productions most recently the Ethnic Dance Festival. She will be assisting with classes in 2009.
Nidhi Gandhi
performed her arangetram in June 2008 after training for seven years. She has participated in many Abhinaya student recitals and company productions and will be assisting with classes in 2009.
Other Staff
Sharada Sripadam
student of Adyar K. Lakshman has been dancing in Abhinaya productions as a company dancer since 1992. She has been teaching classes since 1996. She coordinates and trains the younger students to perform at various community events.
Rasika Kumar
is the daughter of Mythili Kumar and has been her student since 1987. Since her arangetram in 1996, Rasika has performed in many of Abhinaya productions. Rasika has toured with Abhinaya to India as well as many cities in the U.S.A and has performed nattuvangam on numerous occasions. Rasika traveled to Chennai, India in 2004 to work intensely with master teachers Smt Kalanidhi Narayanan, and Sri C.V. Chandrasekhar. She has been teaching classes for Abhinaya since 1996.
Malavika Kumar
is the daughter of Mythili Kumar and has been her student since 1990. She performed her arangetram in July 1998 and has performed in many of Abhinaya productions. Malavika has also toured with Abhinaya to India as well as many cities in the U.S.A. She has performed nattuvangum for several performances, and has presented her choreography for the last three years. She coaches students preparing for their arangetrams.
Anjana Dasu
performed her arangetram in 2005 after several years of training. Since then, she has participated actively in many of Abhinaya.s productions. She has been assisting with classes since 2005. She also coaches students preparing for their arangetrams.
Registration
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Online Registration Form
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