Best Indian Dance Classes & Studios in Salt Lake City, UT

From the Business:We are dedicated to exploring Bharatanatyam, an ancient Indian dance form. ChitraKaavya Dance conceptualizes movement as a means of visual poetry. ChitraKaavya Dance was founded by Srilatha Singh, to explore her abiding interest in Bharatanatyam. She has learnt from eminent gurus Shri Dhananjayan, Guru Kalyani Shekhar and Ambica Buch, in her youth. More recently she refreshed her Bharatanatyam training with Divya Nair and her most recent mentor Jyotsna Sainath. Raksha Karpoor, Artistic director of ChitraKaavya, is a versatile and accomplished dancer with 15 years of training in Bharatanatyam in the Kalakshetra tradition, from Gurus Shiela Sridhar, Padmini Krishnamurthy (Muscat) and Mysore M R Krishnamurthy. Raksha is enthusiastic about teaching both Bharatanatyam and Bollywood, and exploring other forms of dance like Bellydance, and Salsa. We plan to accomplish this by innovative collaborations between dancers, musicians, writers and choreographers from diverse dance traditions and by sponsoring workshops and lecture-demonstrations to help expand artistic horizons. We are interested in performing our traditional repertoire as well as collaborating to create new and interesting dance items that can be relevant, accessible and add to the rich tapestry of Dance in the Salt Lake Valley. We would like to foster innovation and excellence in this dance form, and nurture inter-cultural conversations using the medium of performing arts. We seek to bring in artistes of international calibre to perform, give lec-dems and conduct workshops and master classes in the classical Indian dance forms.Read more

From the Business: Jyothsna Sainath,Jyothsna started learning Bharatanatyam in Bangalore, India, at a young age and has been a student of renowned Gurus, namely the late Guru Padmini Ramachandran, Guru Radha Sridhar and the late Guru Narmada. It was under the loving tutelage of Guru Narmada, a student of Guru Tanjavoor Kittappa Pillai that Jyothsna evolved as a performer. She has also learned the Karanas from late Guru Sundari Santhanam, a senior student of the scholar Guru Dr. Padma Subramaniam. Jyothsna’s performance and choreography are informed by these various influences.Jyothsna has been a recipient of Government of India scholarships throughout the course of her dancing education. Having performed her debut when she was 16 years old, she has gone on to combine a keen academic interest in dance with wide-ranging performing experience from dance ballets to solos to workshops, in India and elsewhere.She has an MA in Performing Arts from Bangalore University, India; a course that she topped. She is also an auditioned ‘A’ Grade solo artiste for Doordarshan National Network, the television channel of the Government of India.On moving to the US, Jyothsna has performed widely within the US and has conducted Bharatanatyam workshops and Master classes at various Universities in the Salt Lake valley and has been a guest choreographer at the Department of Dance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Read more

From the Business:"Our school aims to promote and preserve the Indian Classical Art through a series of classes and workshops which are offered mainly for Kathak, which is a major classical dance form, from North India. Artistic director and Kathak artist Sonali Loomba is the primary instructor who teaches the nuances of this ancient dance form to anyone who is serious learner. These classes are offered in person in three different locations i.e. Utah, Fairfax and Bangalore and online classes are offered to anyone above the age of 7. Prior dance experience is not mandatory.All classes start from basic beginner level which slowly progresses to intermediate and advance levels. Anyone who wishes to learn this art form needs dedication, discipline and hard work. Sonali has been learning this dance form from her Guru Hari ad Chethana from Bangalore and now continues to teach and perform in India and abroad. As a performer, She has given numerous dance presentations as a soloist in India and USA. She has performed in leading dance festivals like Hampi Utsav (Hampi, India), Brahmotsav (Tirupathi, India), North American Festival of Colors ( Utah, USA and Vegas, USA) ,Living traditions ( Utah, USA) , World Folk fest ( Utah, USA), Utah Arts festival ( Utah, USA) to name a few.She has recently presented kathak at the 2019 TEDx Salt Lake City.She is a dancer par excellence who is known for her delicate dance gestures yet powerful performances. She has created a niche in the dancing sphere in USA- combining the techniques of kathak and fusing it with western style dances like flamenco and tap.Sonali has been given the credentials of being the first kathak performer and teacher in Utah. The school has been training and continues to train dance enthusiasts from the community and aspires to keep the art form alive."Read more

From the Business:BollyPopUtah welcomes a lifestyle program that brings together fitness and choreography in a way that leads to immense joy! People of all ages are welcome to join the Dance Party with Music that rejuvenates the mind, build strength for the body and brings positive change. Sarika had received all her training under Guru Sri Niranjan Rout in Odisha and was an active member of the Nupur Dance Academy. She had performed in reputed Odissi concerts like the Puri Beach festival and Konark Dance Festival for 8 consistent years.Read more