Atlanta Dance Schools
Asha, Asha Dance

Asha is 100 percent American and trained in Bangalore in Tanger style Indian Classical Dance. Also trained and performed in Jaipur India Rajasthani Folk Dance. Trained and Performed in Istanbul Turkey for Gypsy Folk Dance and Sufi, mystical Dance. Performed in Dubai all the above style and Egyptian Classical Dance, Persian style mystical and Classical and Bollywood. Was featured in in India Today mHas performed in Cultural Festivals, Temples and Universities in Canada and the USA. Also has had the honor to perform original compositions for AmmaChi. .Read more

Padmaja Kelam, KalaiVani Dance and Music Academy

Padmaja Kelam is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher living in the Atlanta area. She learnt from Guru Smt. Rajeshwari Sainath and Sri. Pasumarthy Ramalinga Sastry. Padmaja has been teaching dance for the past 25 years, 13 of them in the USA. She has had over hundreds of students and has conducted 17 arangetrams. She has choreographed over 70 dance items that include varnams, thillanas, jathiswarams, etc. Padmaja started the Kalaivani dance and music academy in 2004 to impart classical dance and music education. Even though her 4 dance studios are based in Atlanta area, students from places far away as Ashville (North Carolina), Chattanooga (Tennessee), Auburn (Alabama), and Greeneville (South Carolina) come to learn from Smt. Padmaja. Her love and passion around dance and dance education is reflected in the graceful performances of her various students. She has been honored with many an accolades by the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, flying doctors of America, Telugu association of metro Atlanta, American telugu association, India Association of Tallahassee, Bharatiya Hindu Temple of Lexington Kentucky, Jacksonville Florida, Athens and Georgia colon cancer coalition etc... Her son Siddharth Kelam is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, thanks to the efforts of Padmaja. .Read more

Gayatri Vasant, Mudranjali School Of Dance And Music

Gayatri,completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Bharatanatyam under Dr Smt Kanak Rele from Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalaya Mumbai University. She has had her initial Bharatanatyam tutelage from renowned Guru Shri Vaibhav Arekar And her advance training in dance from her gurus Dr Malati Agneeswaran, Smt Ambika Vishwanath and Dr Meenakshi Iyer at Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalaya and training in Nattuvangam and the intricaciesof talam from her Guru Smt Ambika Vishwanath..Gayatri also holds a Diploma in Karnatic music from Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha,Mumbai. She has had her Tutelage from Smt Thylambal Krishnan, Mumbai. read more

Chandrika Chandran, Natyanjali Academy Of Dance

Natyanjali Academy of Dance was founded by Chandrika Chandran in 1997 in Johns Creek, Georgia. Chandrika has had many years of training under the stalwarts Padmashri Sri. Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai and Kalaimamani Sri. S.K. Rajarathinam and later under Smt. Revathi Ramachandran. Her most recent production "Mohana Krishna" was well received and appreciated by all in the community. Several of her students have given their solo, debut performance (Arangetram) and they are sought after for community events, fundraisers and multicultural festivals.read more

Uma Palam Pulendran, Natya Dhaara Center for Performing Arts

The Artistic director of Natya Dhaara, Uma Palam Pulendran is an accomplished dancer and a dedicated teacher. She is a senior disciple of the internationally famous dance couple, The Dhananjayans. read more

Aadithya Prem, Natyarpana Academy of Dance

NATYARPANA ACADEMY OF DANCE, dedicated to spread the expressive ways of the dance forms that most truly reflect India's hoary tradition. Indian culture is diverse and so are the content and style of Indian classical dances.
Aadithya Prem specializes in Bharathanatyam, originated from Tamil Nadu, South India, considered to be a 'fire dance' - the mystic manifestation of the metaphysical element of fire in the human body.
Pioneered by Aadithya Prem, Natyarpana Academy of Dance offers classes in Bharathanatyam, Indian folk dances and cinematic dances. Aadithya Prem is also working with Ms Mahek Shah of Mahek Dance Academy and is associating with Ms Kumudh Savla of Nrithya Natya Kala Bharati. read more

Savitha Viswanathan, Nritya Sankalpa

Savitha Viswanathan is a graduate and distinguished dancer from Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, the premier institute of Bharatanatyam founded by late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale. Ever since her arangetram in the year 1981, Savitha, has performed at various prestigious forums in India like the ICCR, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Mylapore Fine Arts Society and many more forums in the U.K, U.S.A, Singapore , Nepal & Thailand. A skilled teacher, Savitha has over 15 years of teaching experience. She is a graded artist of Doordarshan (National television of India) and also a panel member at the Fulton County Arts Council.read more

Bhavini Subramani, Samarpanam - School of Fine Arts

Bhavini Subramani started her BharataNatyam and music education in Kalakshetra - Chennai in 1980 and then graduated from Shri Satguru Sangeeta Samajam in Madurai. She also did part of her basic education in Kalakshetra School. read more

Gayatri Subramanian, Soundarya Natyalaya

Gayatri Subramanian is an accomplished dancer, teacher and choreographer with over 25 years of experience and over 150 stage performances to her credit. She has won several accolades and rave reviews about her dance school and productions. She is been offering classes in Marietta for the past 8 yrs and recently Gayatri and her husband, CV Subramanian have launched their Academy of Indian Music & Dance in Marietta. read more

C V Subramanian, Academy of Indian Music & Dance

CV Subramanian is an accompolished violinist, music composer and music visionary with several scores and productions to his credit. read more