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Asha Nalinakshan - Dancer
Asha Nalinakshan - Dancer
Asha is 12 years old and is an incoming 7th grader at Parkland Magnet Middle School. She has been learning bharatanatyam from the age of 5 from Smt. Deepa Nataranjan, who she fondly calls “Deepa Teacher.” She has performed at various venues including Shiva Vishnu Temple, KAGW, Tamil Sangam, and Frederick's Festival of India, where she was photographed for a newspaper. On top of dance, she also learns French, Spanish and does taekwondo. She is very excited for people to come to her arangetram and is practicing hard.
Deepa Natarajan - Guru & Nattuvangam
Deepa Natarajan - Guru & Nattuvangam
Deepa Natarajan, also known as "Deepa Teacher" to her students is a renowned Bharatanatyam dance guru and the teacher at Nrithya Geethanjali School of Dance in Potomac, MD. She is an exponent of the Thanjavur Bani of Bharatnatyam.
Guru Deepa Natarajan started learning Bharatnatyam at the age of 4 from Guru Smt. Rajee Narayan, and since then fell in love with this form of dance. Guru Rajee Narayan was a rare combination of Bharatanatyam guru, musician, composer, and choreographer. Smt. Narayan taught not only Bharatanatyam but also Carnatic Music, Natyashastra, and Nattuvangam. Deepa gained mastery over these arts and at the age of 13 she performed her Arangetram, winning the audience with her talent. In an attempt to share this talent and the love of dance with others she began teaching dance. Deepa set up her first academy in Columbia, South Carolina in 1995 with a few students. She continued teaching dance as her life took her to Bangalore, India, where under her guru's guidance she opened Nrithya Geethanjali dance school. Deepa taught over 55 students while in India. She has also performed across India and the US and won many awards across National and International festivals.
Deepa currently resides in Potomac MD and Nrithya Geethanjali has grown. She is hoping to inspire the same interest for dance which she embodies. She has an innate talent to connect with students of all ages. This rare capability allows her to teach this ancient art form to a new generation of students and drive appeal for the art form among a modern audience. Deepa continues to perform Bharatanatyam and inspire students who will hopefully take this art form well into the next millennia
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy - Vocals
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy - Vocals
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy is a professional musician in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC Metro area. Jaishree sings in a variety of genres and styles ranging from Carnatic, ghazals, abhangs, bhajans to film music. She is a leading artist in the Northern VA - DC area providing vocal support for Arangetrams and Rangapraveshams.
Jaishree obtained her Master’s degree in Carnatic Music at the University of Madras. In addition, she has received classical music training under the guidance of Sri. N Ramanathan, Smt. Prameela Gurumurthy, Smt. Suguna Varadachary, Smt. R.S.Jayalakshmi, Malladi Sri Ravikumar and Dr. Sriram Parasuram. She was trained in Hindustani classical vocal by Shri Ullal Bangalore.
She has been a playback singer and worked alongside a variety of artists ranging from Vempati Chinnasatyam, Dr. KJ Yesudas, Vidyasagar, Devi Sriprasad, Gangai Amaran, Dr. PB Srinivasan among others.
Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Vijay Ganesh is a seasoned musician who started learning the mridangam at 6 under the great and illustrious master: Vidwan Late Sri. Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer.
Over the years, Vijay Ganesh has established himself as a fine mridangam player. He has performed extensively in music and dance festivals in India and USA. He has accompanied many eminent Carnatic musicians, vocalists, and instrumentalists. He has also played in over 150 dance Arangetrams.
Vijay has won several awards from Madras Music Academy, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, and other organizations for his excellence in mridangam.
Swaminathan Natarajan - Violin
Swaminathan Natarajan - Violin
Swaminathan Natarajan a.k.a Swami has been pursuing violin for many years. He had his initial training from Smt. Rajam Ramaswamy of Bombay. He is also a disciple of Smt. Sandhya Srinath. Swami was also a part of the music troupe of Late Shri Raju Soundararajan who was his mentor. He has accompanied many young artists and performed for several music programs and dance programs.
Swami works as a Government consultant in the DC Metro area.
Hari Kappiyoor - Veena
Hari Kappiyoor - Veena
Hari Agnisarman Kappiyoor is a Carnatic musician who has proven his talent in both Veena and Vocal music alike across many years of experience.
He received his initial training from Kalamandalam Sri Narayanan Embranthiri and Chandramana Sri Narayanan Namboothiri. Afterwards, he was blessed to study under illustrious vidwans Trichy Sri J. Venkataraman, who specialized in Ragam Tanam Pallavi, and Trichy Dr. B Sivakumar on the Veena.
Currently, he is under the tutelage of Palai Sri CK Ramachandran, the foremost disciple of Semmangudi Sri Srinivasa Iyer, Kalaimamani Nagai Sri R Muralidharan, and Smt. RS Jayalakshmi.
Hari has marked his signature in performance across several decorated venues, including Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai; Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai; Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana; and many more in both India and the USA.
Born and brought up in the US, Hari currently works a software engineer.
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