“Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there.”

-Rumi

For me, that place has always been art.

Growing up, dance was simply a part of my life a hobby that brought me immense joy, without the weight of ambition or the expectation of becoming a profession. I never imagined that it would one day become the very ground beneath my feet.

It is where I have found refuge when life unfolded differently from what I had imagined, where I have returned to listen, to heal, and to begin again. In many ways, art has cradled me just as much as I have devoted myself to it.

My relationship with art is an ongoing dialogue one of listening, questioning, surrendering, and discovering.

As a Bharatanatyam artist and choreographer, I am drawn to stories that continue to echo across time. Mythology, memory, devotion, grief, justice, womanhood, and lived experience intertwined in my work, not as distant narratives but as living questions.

I return to these stories not simply to preserve them, but to converse with them to uncover their silences, challenge their assumptions, and discover how they continue to speak to our lives today.

I believe dance has the power to hold contradictions: tenderness and rage, stillness and movement, vulnerability and strength, the personal and the universal.

It creates conversations where words fall short and invites us to pause, reflect, and feel. Every work I create is an act of inquiry a search for meaning, connection, and truth.

If there is one thing my journey has taught me, it is this: art does not simply mirror life - it shapes it. And in allowing myself to be shaped by both, I continue to discover not only new stories, but new ways of being.

Gratitude

I remain deeply grateful to my gurus and mentors, whose knowledge and artistic insights have shaped my journey in Bharatanatyam. I had the privilege of training under my first Guru, Smt. Radhika Kalyani, a distinguished disciple of Guru Smt. Chitra Visweswaran and Guru Smt. K. J. Sarasa, and completing my arangetram under her guidance.

I later continued my training under Guru Smt. Padmini Ramachandran, Director of Natyapriya. I have also had the opportunity to hone my skills under Guru A. Lakshmana Swamy and the renowned abhinaya exponent Guru Smt. Bragha G. Bessell.

I carry their teachings with deep gratitude and reverence, as their guidance continues to enrich my artistic practice and shape my expression.

Performances

India

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre – NMACC

Performance at Kerala Kalamandalam

Annual Dance Festival conducted by The Madras Music Academy, Chennai

Performance for Swarna Saroja at Ganesa Natyalaya, New Delhi

Performance at the Koodal Manikyam Temple, Irrijalakuda, Kerala

Solo work - Draupadi -Unbound for Trinity Arts Festival, Chennai

Performance for The Bhaav Festival, Kochin

Presented Kamakhya at NCPA’s Pravaha Festival

Kalavaahini’s Dance for Dance Chennai, for Guru Malavika Sarukkai's Kalavaahini Trust

Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore

Natyakala conference – ‘Nirikshana’ 2019 Curated by Guru Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan

Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’s ‘Prastaar’ Dance Festival, New Delhi

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

National Center for Performing Arts - Mumbai

DANCE Discourse curated by Ashish Mohan Khokar

The Dance Festival by Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi and Kerala

Natyarangam (The Dance wing of Naradha Gana Sabha, Chennai) Thematic Festival.

HCL Concert by India Habitat Centre - New Delhi

India International Centre - New Delhi

Kinkini Festival- Bangalore

‘Parampara’, Soorya Festival, Trivandrum

Khajuraho Dance Festival

Ananya Festival, Bangalore

International

Performance at The 50th year of Natya Dance theater (Founder and Artistic Director – Smt. Hema Rajagopalan), Chicago, USA

Aneka Dance Festival - Kalavidya Foundation, Austin, TX

Dhwani - India performing Arts Society of Central Ohio

Drive East Indian Music and Dance Festival, New York

Sampradaya Dance Creation's Momentum Festival - A presentation festival to showcase the diversity and richness of South Asian dance forms and provide a platform for artists to share their artistry with global audiences

Erasing Border Dance Festival by Indo - American Arts Council, New York

Korzo’s India Dance Festival, Korzo theater, The Hague

Nehru Centre – London

Nrithya Upahaar, International Festival of Classical Dance, London
Yuvabharathi, San Jose, CA, USA
IDIA 2019 - ‘I dance, Hence I am,’ San Jose, California, USA

Performance for the Youth Festival organized by Soorya, stage and film society in eleven countries

Performance at the fourth annual GAIT TO THE SPIRIT Festival, a festival of Indian Classical Dance, Presented by Mandala Arts & Culture, Vancouver, Canada Indian Fine Arts Academy - San Diego, California, USA

A Tribute to Adi Yogi - Dance Performances - Isha Foundation, USA Collaborative project Bharatanatyam and Odissi Performances as part of Asia Alive, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, California, USA

Tradition and Transcendence - Presentation for Sangam Arts, San Jose, CA, USA

Performance at Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, Cleveland, USA