Gurus

  She showed up her talent for dancing from a very young age of four. Initial learning was from Guru Prakash and later advanced learning was from Kalamandalam Rema, director of Rajarajeswari Kalakshetram, Guruvayur and Guru Job. She has learnt and performed Kathakali, Bharathantyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattom and Krishnanattom at a very young age.
            Later on she developed a flair for Kuchipudi and discovered that Kuchipudi was her forte. Her thirst for advanced training in Kuchipudi was accomplished when she was selected to The Kuchipudi Art Academy, Chennai founded by the late legendary Padmabhushan Guru Dr.Vempati Chinna Sathyam, the doyen of Kuchipudi in 2005. There she received intensive training from Guru Vempati Ravi Shankar and Vedantam Ramu also. Ever since, she has been a regular visitor to the Academy learning the subtle nuances of this art style.
           In Kerala, she was under the tutelage of renowned Natyavisharada Smt. Anupama Mohan, director of Sathyaanjali Academy of Kuchipudi Dance, Kochi. She is also a disciple of Dr.Anuradha Jonnalagadda, former HOD, Dept. of Dance, University of Hyderabad. The intricacies and the combination and permutation of “adavus”,she feels, can showcase the varied aspects of aesthetics and kinesthetics in its true sense. Unlike other classical dance forms not much experimentation has occurred in Kuchipudi. She tries to bring in the power of aesthetics through the prowess technique of Kuchipudi.
          She has also learnt under Dr. Aruna Bikshu , Dr. Shiva Raju, Dr. Pappu Venugopal Rao on the theoretical aspects of dance, Abhinava Sathyabahama Kalakrishna on Abhinaya, short time classes in Manipuri- Dr. Sumit Bhasu, Odissi- Prof.Jyoti Raout, Sattriya- Guru Gunakar Goswami, Dr. Naga Bhushan from Pondichery University on technical aspects of dance.