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Instructors
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Deepa Menon - Artistic director/ Principle instructor: Deepa is the principal instructor at Netra as she has been trained in all the three
forms of Indian Classical dance i.e Kuchipudi, Bharathanatyam and Mohiniattam. Deepa is also an accomplished painter and is working on a Master's degree in Figurative painting from the
Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Deepa has performed widely and is acclaimed as an excellent artist. She is known for her Lec-dem performances, her Abhinaya and scintillating footwork. Deepa started Netra in 2009 to promote dance and all related arts.
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Shweta Srinivasan started her Bharathanatyam dance career under the able guidance of Guru Smt Shyamala Ashwat at the age of 7 and completed her Junior and Senior Certificate exams. Later she completed her Vidwat and Arangetram under the able guidance of Guru Sri Sanjay Shantaram. Shweta has performed in various prestigious shows like Mysore Dussera Festival, Hampi Utsav, Kannadotsava, Pallavotsava and also participated in major productions of her Dance School, "Shivapriya school of Dance", including productions like Roopa-Viroopa, Nartanananda Nataraja, Prahallada Charitam, Shankari, Srinivasa kalyana, etc.in Bangalore, India. Shweta recently performed in Oklahoma and Texas with her Guru. She has been learning and performing Bharathanatyam for 16 years and has been teaching for the past 4 years.
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Sheetal is a Biotech professional but has been interested in dance since a young age. She has performed Bollywood and Indian folk dances at various events all through her school and college years. She has trained with the Mona Khan Dance Company for over a year and has performed at their company shows. Sheetal continues to pursue her interest in dance. She believes that dance is a perfect means to keep your body fit and have fun while doing it. Sheetal is also interested in fitness and yoga. She has attended Jazzercize classes for over two years and is currently enrolled in an in-depth yoga studies program.
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Master-Teacher, Dancer, & Storyteller, Megan Black has studied, performed and taught Kathak for the past 27 years. She began her lifelong devotion to this art in the fall of 1980. She has offered workshops and on-going classes in Kathak Dance for the past 14 years. She has trained with two great Kathak Masters: her guru, Smt. Kumudini Lakhia of Kadamb Dance Center in Ahmedabad, India and her first teacher, Chitresh Das of California, originally from Calcutta, India.
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