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Natalia Natalia’s lifelong passion for Kathak, a classical dance from North India, started at the tender age of five years. Her training began with Professor Mekhala Natavar and later with Professor Purnima Shah. She continued to perform and train in the U.S. at the Anila Sinha Foundation based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, with Smt. Sandhya Desai. Within the past four years Natalia has been continuously visiting India to receive intensive tutelage from Kathak maestros Padmavibhushan Birju Maharaj and Padmashri Kumudini Lakhia. Natalia now performs as a soloist and in choreographies in cultural centers of both India and the U.S. She has recently been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies as a Performing Artist in 2007-8. Her list of performance credits include the 2004 International Kathak Festival, 2006 Dance India Choreographing Traditions festival, the 2004 Dance Chicago Series, all in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She has also performed at various venues in India such as the 2006 Kalashram Dance Festival and the Lokchandha Dance Troupe both based in Delhi, as part of the Kadamb Academy based in Ahmedabad, and solo performances in Jaipur and Kolkata. Natalia is currently finishing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Nikki Nikki Sha began her studies in the East Indian dance form of Bharatnatyam as a preteen in her native Trinidad and Tobago performing across the country, as well as appearing on national television at the age of 11. On her arrival to the US she began her Kathak training under Pandit Satya Narayan Charka at the East West School of Dance in New York City. She has furthered her training by attending workshops by the world renowned guru dancer/choreographer Padma Vibushan Birju Maharaj. She has been a student of Maharaji's at his numerous NY workshops as well as at his Kalashram Insitute in New Delhi. Nikki has given numerous performances, most
recently for the Cunsulate General of India. She is currently pursuing
intense kathak training as a student of Guru Shirmati Archana Joglekar,
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Vinay Kasbekar (Producer)
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