Founder & Director NANDHINI ASHOK
“Dance to me is a fulfilling experience”
Founder and the main driving force behind establishing Shree Paavitra Arts Academy (SPAA) for Bharatanatyam. Nandhini is a student of the renowned teacher, Guru Kalyana Sundaram, of Sri Raja Rajeshwari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kumar Gandharva University Miraj. She continued to pursue her Master’s degree from Bharathi Dasan University, apart from Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Chennai University.
She has been teaching, practicing and propagating Bharatanatyam for more than two decades and has earned a name for herself as a well-known exponent of the form. She is known as a highly innovative choreographer having produced various ballets and dance-dramas not only in Bharatanatyam style but incorporating other dance forms.
Her proficiency in her ‘nritaa’, ‘nritya’, ‘natya’ has won her great acclaim as a dancer and composer. Her productions have received good reviews from the press in India.
Acording to Nandhini ” I did not choose dance,dance chose me”, To me Dance is my life”
Nandhini has blended Bharatanatayam, Carnatic Music and Thanjore style of painting to make fine arts a holistic, spiritual experience. The achievements are manifold.
• She has performed at the Thirupati Thirumalai Devasthanaam (Mumbai), Chennai music & dance festivals, celebrate Bandra fest.
• She has performed at the Brigadeeshwara Temple, Rajarajeswaram celebrating the 1,000th year of the temple with 1,000 dancers.
• She has given lectures at Beloit, U.S.A and performed in Greece and Singapore
• She has been a judge at several college festivals in Mumbai, Thaka Dimi Tha, Tamil Pesum Kadanayaki
• She is a member of CID and ABHAI
• She has performed at the Brigadeeshwara Temple, Rajarajeswaram celebrating the 1,000th year of the temple with 1,000 dancers.
• She has given lectures at Beloit, U.S.A and performed in Greece and Singapore
• She has been a judge at several college festivals in Mumbai, Thaka Dimi Tha, Tamil Pesum Kadanayaki
• She is a member of CID and ABHAI
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Her Journey
With a teaching career of over 20 years, Nandhini Ashok and her students have performed in various dance forums in Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Singapore, USA and Greece.
Today, she has expanded her work to spreading the awareness of dance to those who are less fortunate than us. She also works with differently abled children at their school and has successfully introduced them to the classical Bharatanatyam Dance form.
