Central Jersey

Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance

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Name: AATMA Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood, Hip-Hop, Fusion, Folk Dance, Dance Entertain­ment, Dance Choreo­graphy
Location: Locations in Morgan­ville, NJ, Plains­boro, NJ, Edison, NJ, North Bruns­wick, NJ, and New York City
Telephone: 908.692.6558
Misc. Info: To re­gister for clas­ses, please visit: www.aatmaperformingarts.com. Bollywood, semi-­classical, folk, and Hip-­Hop dance classes in New Jersey taught by award-winning instruc­tors. Lean the basics from pro­fessional dance instruc­tors and per­form at events, show­cases, and dance com­peti­tions. Our stu­dents have won first place at Naya Andaz for 2 years and have per­for­med on stages through­out the USA. Contact Amit Shah from AATMA for details. Visit www.aatmaperformingarts.com for more infor­mation.

Name: AE Entertainment
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bollywood vocal 
Location: Paramus, NJ, USA
Telephone: 201-754-8223 or 201-375-3407
Misc. Info: Bollywood live singing (w/HQ karaoke tracks) along with some Bengali & Malayalam oldies, DJ, dance light and sound system(s) for most events. Semi-classically trained singer & professionally trained sound engineer. Check our Facebook page/ website For more details: https://www.facebook.com/ae.entertainment7 or http://ae-entertainment.wix.com/ae-entertainment, You can also search us on YouTube “AE Entertainment”. Thank you and look forward to hearing from you for your next event booking(s).

Name: Abhinaya School of Kuchi­pudi Dance – Gayatri Saripalli
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kuchi­pudi and Bharat­natyam
Location: 85 fountayne lane, Lawrence­ville – NJ 08648
Telephone: 7328292208
Misc. Info: web­site – www.abhinayakuchipudi.org

Name: Debasis Adhikari
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Rabindra Sangeet
Location: Jersey City
Telephone: home 516 270 7675
Misc. Info: Debasis is well versed in all aspects of Rabindra-Sangeet. He started his musical train­ing on Rabin­dra-Sangeet under the tute­lage of a famous Rabindra-Sangeet exponent Sri Ashish Kumar Bhatta­charya. He then earned a Gita-Bharati degree from Gita­bitan, a well-known Rabindra-Sangeet school from Calcutta, India. He also got train­ing from the late Arabinda Biswas, a famous Rabindra-Sangeet singer. Following this he received further advan­ced train­ing from the late Kanika Bando­padhyay (Mohordi), a legend­ary Rabindra-Sangeet singer. Rabindra San­geet les­sons are offered in advanced, regular and basic category. Location is in Levit­town, NY and Jersey City, NJ. Indi­vidual and group lessons are avail­able. Contact for details..

Name: Shivaranjini Amarapuram
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic vocal, Light music, Folk songs, Dev­otional and karaoke.
Location: Edison, NJ
Telephone: 732-662-1651 / 914-255-8410
Misc. Info: Shiva­ranjini Amara­puram a dis­ciple of Car­natic clas­sical per­fectionist “Suvar­namma” have per­formed in numer­ous events at a very young age and also been trained in light music, folk songs, Dasara­pada and Deva­ranama. Since I had pas­sion for music gra­dually I devel­oped to sing karaoke songs as well. Always given a creative, concen­tration and con­structive divers­ion while per­forming and a big be­liever of excel­lence in music is the key to make this art a part of all her lives in the years to come.

Name: Sandhya Anand
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Violin, Car­natic Vocal, Sanskrit, Music Theory
Location: Edison, South Jersey, NJ, US
Telephone: 973-412-6904
Misc. Info: Sandhya Anand is a pro­fes­sional All India Radio graded Carnatic vocalist and violinist who has performed extensively in India and abroad in many prestigious venues. She is a rank holder with double Master’s degree in music and Sanskrit. She trained under maestros Padmabhushan Sri T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Sri R. Swaminathan and Smt. Suguna Varadachari. As a violinist she has accom­panied top grade artistes like Padmabhushan T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Padma­bhushan Sri R.K. Srikantan, Sangita Kalacharya Suguna Varadachari, Sudha Raghunathan, Balamuralikrishna, Seetha Rajan, Vishakha Hari, P. Unnikrishnan, Sikkil Gurucharan,  Priya Sisters, Bombay Jayashree etc.  She has shared stages with eminent classical dancers like Leela Samson, Prof C.V. Chandrasekhar etc. She has been a recipient of many national awards and recognitions. She imparts trad­itional train­ing to aspir­ing stu­dents. Keen stu­dents may con­tact her for class schedule and details. More details can be viewed at www.sandhyaanand.com/

Name: Archana Nrityalaya now known as Archana Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: Main academy at 4 Railroad Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873, Branches – Iselin, Jersey city, Parsippany
Telephone: 609 309 3288
Misc. Info: Director – Guru Archana Joglekar I am senior Kathak guru, and head of Samved Exam Board established for North America. (www.madhyam.us) Web site – www.archanaarts.us Founded in 1963.

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Name: Shivani Badgi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Dance – Kathak, Bolly­wood, Con­temporary, Ballet, Jazz, and Fusion styles
Location: West Windsor, NJ USA
Telephone: (609)-240-5279
Misc. Info: Shivani Badgi is a New Jersey / New York based dancer with 20 years of combined dance experi­ence in Kathak, Ballet, Bolly­wood, Jazz, Con­tem­porary, and Street styles. She has trained with guru Padma Khanna at Indianica Academy, Joffrey Ballet School, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers Univer­sity, and Broadway Dance Center. Of­fering pri­vate les­sons, group les­sons, and special events for Kathak, Bolly­wood, Contem­porary, and Jazz. Please con­tact me for more infor­mation and visit shivanibadgi.com

Name: Savitha Balasubramaniam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic/ Dev­otional Music
Location: 18 Devon Rd, Edison, NJ
Telephone: 732-658-3486
Misc. Info: I have been teach­ing Carnatic music for the past 30 years in Mumbai. I am ass­ociated with Mulund Fine Arts for a long time now. I have taught stu­dents of all ages ( 5 through 70). More recently I have started teach­ing long dis­tance stu­dents through Skype. I am in the US for a couple of months every year and would continue the classes through Skype from Mumbai.

Name: Pandit Jayawant Bantwal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Music (Tabla, Key­board & Vocal)
Location: Plainsboro, New Jersey
Telephone: (732) 927-3246
Misc. Info: Web­site – www.TansenharidasMusicAcademy.com. Pt. Jayawant Bantwal is a senior tabla dis­ciple of Maestro Pt. Taranath-ji and child­hood student of tabla and vocal under Pt A.K. Kumar. Pt Bantwal has received nearly 20 years of tabla train­ing and has won numer­ous tabla and vocal com­peti­tions in India, while he was a student. He has been teach­ing children and adults for 35 years. He has rendered tabla solos and accom­pani­ment to eminent vocal­ists and Instru­mental­ists like Pts Jasraj, Pt. C.R. Vyas, Rajan & Sajan Mishras, Vijay Raghav Rao, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Shujat Khan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Dr. Prabha Atre, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar and dozens of others, both in India and con­tinen­tal U.S. He is avail­able for perfor­mances.

Name: Prabhakar Betrabet
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Shagird of Ustad Shaik Dawood Khan & Ustad Shabbir Nisar

Name: Divya Bhandari
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: 225 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ
Telephone: 302 740 2494
Misc. Info: I have recently moved here from Jodhpur (Raj.), India and I am a Kathak gra­duate pas­sed from Gandharva Univer­sity, Luck­now. I have been learn­ing Kathak since the age of 9. I would love to follow my passion for dance and pursue it in this side of the world too.

Name: Anindita Sarkar Bhowmick
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Music, Bhajans, Rabindra­sangeet and other light music in Bengali
Location: East Brunswick, NJ-08816
Telephone:
Misc. Info: M.A in music, Cal­cutta, West Bengal

Name: Bolly­wood Touch
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Fusion, Bharat­natyam, Bhangra, and Garba
Location: Jersey City
Telephone: 352-834-1692
Misc. Info: Bolly­wood Touch has done many corpo­rate events, wed­ding fun­ctions, san­geets, birth­day parties, etc! Some of our clients include Rebtel, Johnson & Johnson, Time Warner Cable (TWC). We’ve also been featured on B4U! For more infor­mation visit us at www.bollywoodtouch.com.

Name: Nisha Brijesh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani clas­sical vocals
Location: Belle Mead, NJ, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Greetings! My name is Nisha Brijesh. I am a trained Hindu­stani classical vocalist (15+ years and counting). I per­form Bolly­wood songs (old and new) to private and public audiences of 1000+.  I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engi­neering. Having spent nearly 20 years time sharing my passion with my career as an IT pro­fessional I have been pur­suing music full time since 2017.

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Name: Geetha C.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic clas­sical music Vocal Classes
Location: 121 Jeremy Court, Edison, NJ
Telephone: 732-572-1393
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fession­ally trained Car­natic clas­sical singer. I am certified in Carnatic clas­sical music from Potti Sriramulu Telugu Uni­versity based at Hydera­bad, India. I went to music school at Rajah­mundry, India and have learned Carnatic music for over 7 years. I have several per­formances and accol­ades to my credit. I have a deep interest in teach­ing music and edu­cating people about the divine art. You may con­tact me at 732-572-1393 for get­ting vocal lessons for clas­sical Carnatic music, Annam­acharya Krithis and Utsava Sampradaya Keertanas.

Name: Swagata Chakra­borty
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal, and Kathak dance
Location: 2 Inver­ness Lane, East Windsor, N.J. 08520
Telephone: 609-371-2185
Misc. Info: Music info… Swagata has more than 20 years of clas­sical train­ing from gurus of Bengal (Senia and Benaras gharana) has more than 20 years of teach­ing experi­ence. She is a Natio­nal Scholar from M.H.R.D. and Gold Medal­ist from Rabindra Bharati Uni­versity in her Masters in vocal music. She has per­formed exten­sively in U.S and India. She gives tran­ings in pure Hindu­sthani clas­sical, bhajan, clas­sical based movie songs, Rabindra sangeet, Najrul­giti etc. Dance info – Swagata in a Nritya Pra­bhakar from Prayag San­geet Academy. She took train­ing in Kathak from eminent gurus of Bengal. She has 10 years teach­ing experi­ence in India and 4 years of teach­ing in U.S.A. She teaches Kathak , folk and dance with dif­ferent songs. www.swagatachakraborty.com

Name: Subhamita Chanda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical and Rabindra Sangeet
Location: Plains­boro
Telephone: 609-721-0029
Misc. Info: Subhamita is trained Hindu­stani clas­sical and Rabindra­sangeet vocal­ist. She is former stu­dent famous clas­sical singer Pandit Ajay Chakra­borty and well known Rabi­ndra-Sangeet singer Srabani Sen with 15 years of experi­ence. Location is in Plains­boro, NJ. Indi­vidual and group les­sons are avail­able. Contact for details.

Name: Calai Chandra
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Newport, Jersey City, NJ
Telephone: 201-360-3710
Misc. Info: Ms Calai Chandra, MFA in Bharata­natyam, is an experi­enced per­for­ming artiste and edu­cator. She is also a certified yoga tea­cher. For more info: jerseycitynewport.com

Name: Aparna Chandran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam.
Location: Edison, New Jersey, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Over 10 years of experi­ence in teach­ing. I have given several per­for­mances both in India and US.

Name: Jayashree Chandrasekaran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic vocal and devotional
Location: 1249, Rt:46E, Parsippany, NJ or 108, Clover Hill Dr, Flanders, NJ
Telephone: 973-252-8477, 862-219-3726
Misc. Info: I teach Carnatic vocal music, Bhajans and Slokaas for kids and adults near Parsippany and Flanders.

Name: Vijayasri Chandrasekaran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Music (Vocal)
Location: 360, Haw­thorne road, north bruns­wick, NJ 08902.
Telephone: 732-709-3396
Misc. Info: I teach Carnatic music for kids as well as adults. Web­site: www.vijayadhwani.com

Name: Bala Devi Chandrashekar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat Natyam, South Asian Per­forming Arts
Location: Prince­ton, Livings­ton and Edison, New Jersey
Telephone: 609 430 0301
Misc. Info: Senior Student of Bharata­natyam expo­nent Dr. Padma Subrah­manyam, Bala Devi works on develo­ping and per­fecting a style that would be seamless and fluid while retaining the precision, power & purity of line – typical of Bharata­natyam. Bala had the unique oppor­tunity to learn the angas, charis nritta­hastas, sthanas and 108 Karanas. Bala Devi teaches a dance tech­nique trans­lating theo­retical conc­epts into practice, based on her guru’s research and teach­ing. Bala focuses on creating and con­soli­dating aware­ness of clas­sical dance by im­parting valu­able Bharata­natyam lessons to stu­dents. Bala is the only North American Bharata­natyam artist/ tea­cher to have produced inter­nation­ally, critically ac­claimed Bharata­natyam DVD’s – Nandanar Charithram, MLV Favorites and Krishna­Arpanam.

Name: Deepal Chodhari
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Santoor
Location: Elsie Dr, Plains­boro, NJ 08536
Telephone: 609 651 1001
Misc. Info: http://www.100strings.com Gifted as a vocal­ist and an instru­mental­ist (santoor), Deepal has been honored by highly recog­nized awards at state level from the Uni­versity of Mumbai, as well as cer­tificate of excel­lence from several re­nowned cultural organ­izations in India and USA. Acclaimed as a San­geet Visharad from Bhatkhande Uni­versity via Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Mumbai), Deepal has been pur­suing the san­toor since the past 20 years from her guruji, Shri Dinesh Sampat. With the bles­sings of her guruji, she pursues the san­toor with a style evolved out of gayaki (vocal), gatkari (instrumental technique) and layakari (rhythmic impro­visation). Her raga ren­der­ings on the san­toor have a con­sistent clarity of tone & vigor. The style of music com­positions have been passed on from her guruji through Maihar gharana.

Name: Jalpa Choksi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Vocal, Harmon­ium, Key­board, Bhajans, Light Music & Bolly­wood Music
Location: Edison, NJ, USA
Telephone: 732 806 0219
Misc. Info: Teaching Hindu­stani clas­sical vocal, har­monium, key­board, bhajans and light music since 1995. Visit http://jalpachoksi.tripod.com/ for more details.

Name: Sanjiv Chopra
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Key­board, Mouth­organ, Vocal and instr­mental film songs with guitar support
Location: North Bruns­wick, NJ 08902
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Teach stu­dents basic concepts of key­board and songs of his/her choice.

Name: Suranjan B. Choudhury
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Vocal
Location: Monmouth Junction NJ 08852
Telephone: 908-217-3463
Misc. Info: Per­former, com­poser and teacher of Indian music (vocal). Has per­formed exten­sively in the U.S and India. Has a number of albums on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Provides train­ings in Hindu­sthani clas­sical, Bhajan, Bolly­wood songs, Ranbindra­sangeet, Nazrul­geeti. etc. Provides voice and rhythm (taal) train­ings, theory of Indian music, reading and writing Indian music not­ations. For anyone inter­ested, he may also provide train­ings for digital audio recording tech­niques, audio res­toration and manipu­lation. Please con­tact by phone or email for details.

Name: Lalit Christy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani clas­sical vocal, bolly­wood songs, bhajan and gazal and gujarati songs
Location: 2b, reler lane, somerset NJ, 08873
Telephone: 732 917 1611
Misc. Info: Masters in Hindu­stani clas­sical from Gandharva vishwa­vidhyalay, 4 years teach­ing experience in own class in India.

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Name: DaadArts- A School of Visual and Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Clas­sical Dance: Kathak, Folk and Contem­porary Dance, Visual Arts: Drawing and Painting, Indian Folk Arts and Crafts
Location: Lawrence­ville, NJ, USA. Clas­ses avail­able in Lawrence­ville, Princeton, East brunswick. Classes starting in other NJ areas.
Telephone: 908 510 2966
Misc. Info: DaadArts offers diploma and degree courses in Kathak dance. We also offer folk and contem­porary dance classes. Per­sonal atten­tion, small clas­ses, kids and adults batches. No prior experi­ence needed for begin­ners.

Name: Dancing Shiva Per­forming Arts Center
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Fusion, Bolly­wood, Bhangra, Garba, Hip-Hop
Location: 122 Charles St. Somerset, NJ 08873
Telephone: 732-568-0123
Misc. Info: Jeanie Beri, head choreo­grapher at DSPAC, has been dancing since the age of 4 with expertise in Odissi, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Bolly­wood and Modern Dance. The goal of DSPAC is to educate youth how dance can be expres­sive in more than one way. Log onto www.dspac.com for more infor­mation on class schedule and about the studio.

Name: Sutapa Das
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Bolly­wood, Folk, Semi Clas­sical
Location: 150A Pleasant­View Dr, Piscataway, 08854
Telephone: 424 999 2179
Misc. Info: per­for­med dif­ferent Dances …Please go through attached video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAfIMgAEM_c

Name: Radhika Devrajan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Violin Carnatic style
Location: 20 Barbara St, Kendall Park, Nj
Telephone: – 732 297 3232
Misc. Info: Radhika Dev­rajan recieved her initial train­ing in violin under guru Sri S.V. Rama­chandran (Mumbai) for several years and is cur­rently recieving advan­ced train­ing from guru Sri Vittal Rama­moorthy and Smt. Kalyani Ramani. She has also received train­ing in vocal for over 8 years. She has been per­forming for over 15 years in India and NJ. She con­ducts classes at “Swaradhika” School of Music at Kendall Park. Les­sons are taught on a one on one basis and also in batches. All lessons are taught vocaly before being taught to play on the violin.

Name: Sudha Shekhar Devulapalli
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathnatyam
Location: 117 Elenor Dr, Kendall Park NJ – 08824
Telephone: 732-398-0849
Misc. Info: visit www.kalanjalischoolofdance.com for more infor­mation. Accepting new stu­dents! Enroll now!

Name: Rai Dey
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance – Odissi Dance
Location: Bharat Sevashram Sangha, 3490 Route 27, Kendall Park, NJ 08824
Telephone: 848 391 9173
Misc. Info: Odissi dance classes for kids (4-12 yrs). Tra­ditional Odissi course starting from step­s, hand gestures, expres­sion, body move­ment, combined with yoga and stretches. I have been practic­ing the dance form for last two decades and have been combin­ing Odissi with various contem­porary music. fb page: https://www.facebook.com/mudraodissi/?fref=ts

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Name: Prasad Eswara
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Bedminster, NJ
Telephone: 862-245-3215
Misc. Info:

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Name: Swaroopa Gadgil
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Marathi Sugam Sangeet, Hindu­stani Clas­sical vocal, Hindi Film Songs appropriate for children
Location: Eatontown, Monmouth County, NJ
Telephone: 732 440 4555
Misc. Info: Clas­sical and Marathi Sugam San­geet train­ing for over 15 years since age 5. Completed Visharad Pra­tham from Gandharva Maha­vidyalaya. Teaching music to adults and children since 1998.

Name: Priya Ganesan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: 429, Willow­brook Dr, North Brunswick, NJ – 08902
Telephone: 732-305-6132
Misc. Info: I have a deep interest in teach­ing Bharatha­natyam and edu­cating people about the divine art.

Name: Gitanjali School of Music
Email: [email protected]
Field: Indian Clas­sical Vocal Music (Carnatic and Hindu­stani) 
Location: Edison NJ, South Brunswick NJ, Monroe NJ
Telephone: +1 732 572 1393
Misc. Info: Git­anjali School of Music is founded by Geetha Chundi – a pro­fessionally trained clas­sical music tea­cher for Car­natic and Hindu­stani music. She holds a dip­loma in clas­sical vocal music and has a deep interest in edu­cating people about the divine art. She learned music for over 16 years since her child­hood and has over 12 years of experi­ence teach­ing music. Her stu­dents have won pres­tigious awards too. She has in-depth know­ledge about music theory and teaches kids to under­stand the under­lying theory so they can appre­ciate music whole heart­edly. She has several per­formances and accol­ades to her credit. She has a deep inter­est in teach­ing music and edu­cating people about the divine art.

Name: Govind
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal
Location: 2507 Wildberry Court, Edison NJ 08817
Telephone: 732-393-9438
Misc. Info: If you want to learn to sing; light, semi-clas­sical or devotio­nal vocal music, call me. If you are already self-taught and wish to polish your skills, call me. Sing­ing can give you hours of pleasure! I can also teach you to accom­pany yourself on the guitar. Send me an email [email protected] or call me at 732-393-9438. You can also reach me on my cellphone at 732-306-1462 : http://www.bhaktimusic.com

Name: Manoj Govindraj
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani-Vocal
Location: 530 Cinder Road, Edison, NJ 08820
Telephone: 732-910-1156
Misc. Info: Faculty at the Academy of Indian Music, NJ (www.aimarts.org) Web­site – http://swar-ras.com

Name: Waheed Gul
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: har­monium and vocal tea­cher and per­former
Location: Edison, New Jersey
Telephone: 786-208-3488
Misc. Info: I have 35 years of experi­ence in Indian music. I have per­formed in many coun­tries beside USA. My fee is based on the type of service pro­vided, such as vocal train­ing, har­monium train­ing, basic, inter­mediate or advance. group train­ing or one on one. I also a singer for ghazals, Bolly­wood songs, folks, bhajans or I can play for you if you are a singer and need a music­ian. I was the founder of group “Sur Sangeet” 1979 and “Awaaz Group USA” in 2000 I started the first ever live Indian band in USA and per­formed in many pri­vate and com­mercial shows with over 4,000 people. I inspired and trained many people over the years for sing­ing or to play har­monium. I am happy to spread the know­ledge of Indian music and keep the trad­ition alive. Please con­tact me if I can help you in music.

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Name: Heritage Arts Academy – Yoshita Chandrani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar – Hindu­stani Clas­sical music and Indian Arts
Location: Princeton area, NJ
Telephone: 609 439 3090
Misc. Info: “Sangeet Visharad” from Akhil Bruhad Gandharva Maha­vidyalaya, Gujarat, Bachelors in Music (Sitar), M.S. Univer­sity, Baroda, India, Masters of Per­forming Arts (sitar) , M.S. Univer­sity, Baroda, India. Initia­ted into Hindu­stani clas­sical music at the age of 12 and learnt privately till she joined M.S. Uni­versity of Baroda, India where she com­pleted her Masters in Per­forming Arts. Former AIR artist in Yuva Vani programs, winner of the M.S. Uni­versity Music Festival in Instru­mental Music (sitar). Per­for­mances given in India, Kenya and USA. Classes are held for chil­dren and adults. Courses offered for Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Maha­vidyalaya exam­inations. Sitar repairs and rentals are avail­able. Sitar accessories, like strings, beads, cases etc. also avail­able on sale.

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Name: Sandhya Iyer
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam, Semi-classical
Location: 11 Byrne Court, Monroe NJ 08831
Telephone: 609 235 9644
Misc. Info: Offering Bharata­natyam, semi-classical, folk and con­temporary dance styles in Monroe, for kids aged 5 and above and inter­ested adults. Now also offering Carnatic music lessons to children and adults.

Name: Usha R Iyer
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: slokas, bhajans, hindi geet.
Location: 6 Purdue Rd, Edison NJ 08820
Telephone: 732 379 4259
Misc. Info: I have been teach­ing music for the past 4 years. Have learnt Carnatic music from my mother and also have taken Carnatic music lessons train­ing from Smt. Savithri Iyer in Bombay for 7 years. I am teach­ing slokas and short bhajans for kids. Also teach­ing Hindi, Marathi music too. Teaching Car­natic music for kids at the basic and inter­mediate level. I had few per­formances in the past years. Stu­dents who had started with their slokas and bhajans also had their per­for­mances . Preparing the kids to sing Hindi songs for the cultural programs. Also teach­ing Vishnu Sahasra­namam, Bhagvad Gita for kids.

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Name: Nithya Jaishankar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal Music, Bhajans, and Dev­otional Songs
Location: Woodbridge Avenue, Edison NJ, 08837, USA
Telephone: 216-269-2502
Misc. Info: Having 15 years of musical train­ing from gurus like Pozhakudi Ganesha Iyer in Tanjavur and Thera­zhandur Sisters in Chennai. I focus on teach­ing Car­natic music, devotional songs, and bhajans. I teach children of ages five and above. I believe that the songs should be learnt along with the meaning to make it more present­able. I also encourage kids to sing on stage in local temple per­formances.

Name: Asha Janardhan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal music
Location: 16, Allenby Lane, Scotch plains, NJ 07076
Telephone:
Misc. Info: My stu­dents have partici­pated and won many com­peti­tions in the Tri-State area. I had my earlier train­ing from my mother and later under a number of major tea­chers. I have been active in the music circle for several years and served as Vice-president and President of CMANA (Carnatic Music Association of North America). I conduct classes all through the week.

Name: Sonal Jhaveri
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam
Location: Jersey City, NJ, 07307, USA
Telephone: 201 204 6006
Misc. Info: I am offering B.N. dance classes for be­ginners and intermediate levels in Jersey City, NJ. My web­site is KhushiDanceAcademy.com where all my credentials are listed. I have a senior degree in Bharat­natyam from state of Kar­nataka. I am always looking for opprtun­ities to per­form with other pro­fessional dancers.

Name: Kalyani Josyula
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic – Veena
Location: 19 Villanova dr., Kendall Park, NJ-08824
Telephone: 732 940 6226
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Name: Kalagangothri Foundation (Akhila V)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bhartha­natyam (Kalakshetra Baani)
Location: Oak Tree Road, Edison, New Jersey, USA
Telephone: 646 647 7382
Misc. Info: Please visit www.kalagangothri.com and submit the form for enquiry. I teach Bhartha­natyam in Kala­kshetra Style. Students who under­take train­ing with us get a certifi­cate from Inter­national Council of Dance, Paris, UNESCO and dip­loma from a pres­tigious univer­sity from India. I teach at Edison and Jersey City at our spacious studio. “Leading a child to learn­ing’s treasures …. Gives a tea­cher un­told pleasures!”

Name: Kalamandir of NJ Dance School
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: Edison, Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction, Morgan­ville (all New Jersey, USA)
Telephone: (732)-845-9783, (732)-589-0154
Misc. Info: Kala­mandir of NJ is a clas­sical Kathak dance school located in central New Jersey which aims to pass on the rich history of the North Indian clas­sical dance as well as the specific tech­nique of the Lucknow gharana. Under the guid­ance of Malabika Guha, stu­dents under­go rigorous and en­lighten­ing weekly train­ing with the ultimate goal of be­coming mature, poised “Katthakas,” or those who tell a story. Artistic Director & Teacher – Malabika Guha, Web­site: http://www.kalamandirdanceco.com/?page_id=370

Name: Moneesha Kamani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Indian Dance: Bharata­natyam – Kala­kshetra Style
Location: Jersey City (Bright Street/ Washington Boulevard), Wayne (Union Boulevard), Wood­bridge (Green Street, Route 9)
Telephone: (848) 459 8442
Misc. Info: A cur­rent student of Padma­shree Shri. Adyar K Lakshman from Kala­kshetra, Chennai. Bharata­natyam dance classes of­fered on week­ends and oc­casional week­days for child­ren and adults in Jersey City, Wayne and Wood­bridge of New Jersey. I teach the Kala­kshetra style of dance and have per­formed dance recitals, margams, includ­ing semi-classical per­for­mances in the United States as well as in India since 2001. My formal train­ing in Bharatanatyam theory and prac­tice has been under the esteemed tute­lage of senior disciples of Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale (Smt. V. Gayatri & Smt. Uma Devi Dutt) of Kala­kshetra, Chennai. Please con­tact for details. Web­site – www.malachite-arts.com

Name: Bhuvana Kannan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: South Indian Clas­sical Instument- Veena
Location: 7, Cottonwood court, Plains­boro, NJ-08536
Telephone: 609-716-6409
Misc. Info:

Name: Guruji Surendra Katthula
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal, Harmon­ium, and Tabla
Location: Surendra Katthula Director, Swar­saagar A Per­forming Arts Center 112 Wood Ave. Iselin, Nj, 08830.
Telephone: 732-744-9585 or 732-306-9365
Misc. Info: Agra Gharana. San­geet Vishaarad., ERYT-500 (Yoga Alliance of North America). Certi­fication Courses up to San­geet Vishaarad and Bhaskar Available. Web­site – www.swarsaagar.com

Name: Vikrant Kelkar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Dayton, NJ 08810
Telephone: 732-343-0655
Misc. Info:

Name: Aditi Khatri
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bhatar­natyam, semi-clas­sical, folk, Bolly­wood and fusion.
Location: 5200 Hana Rd., Edison, NJ-08817
Telephone: 908 463 7845.
Misc. Info: She is a graduate from Nalanda reserch centre Mumbai (diploma) and has been lerning and per­for­ming dance since the age of 8. She has been per­forming with guru Smt. Bhavana Thakkar (M.F.A) in many dance festi­vals and annual shows in Mumbai. Has been teach­ing dance since the past 8 yrs. Teaches groups of chil­dren 6 and above, at your residence. www.aditidance.com

Name: Girija Kolluri
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music Vocal & Telugu light / film songs
Location: Plains­boro, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: My life long ass­ociation & passion for music motivates & give extreme satis­faction in teach­ing chil­dren basic Carnatic & Telugu light / semi-clas­sical music. By explain­ing mean­ings I try to teach lan­guage & culture along with music.

Name: Madhukar M. Kshirsagar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bansuri North Indian Clas­sical
Location: 32 Rachael Drive , Morganville NJ 07751
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have 10 years of learn­ing experi­ence in play­ing bansuri. I have been teach­ing bansuri for last two years. I have been dis­ciple of Pt. Vishwa­nath Shrikhande and Smt. Tripti Mukherkee. Cur­rently learn­ing music from Shri Abhisek Mallick. I have per­formed on many oc­casions in Tristate Area. The classes covers basics of bansuri and the basics of Hindu­stani music. Stu­dents also learn to play film songs based on clas­sical music. Classes can be taken in person or on­line. Group classes have to be in person only. Visit http://www.shrutivihar.org/Lessons.html

Name: Hemant Kulkarni
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical – vocal and har­monium
Location: South Bruns­wick, New Jersey
Telephone: 732-438-1011
Misc. Info: Teaching Hindu­stani clas­sical and semi-classical in the NJ area for over 12 years. Check out my web­site www.svarasangam.com.

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Name: Lavanya Mahadevan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam, Folk Dance, Vocal Music
Location: Edison / Metuchen – New Jersey
Telephone: 848-448-8812
Misc. Info: Over 8 years teaching experi­ence in private classes and public schools. Gra­duate Degree (Master of Fine Arts) in Bharata­natyam from Nagpur Univer­sity, Scholar­ship holder from Ministry of Tour­ism and Cul­ture, New Delhi. Per­for­med in pres­tigious dance festi­vals like the Kalidas Mahotsav, Guruvayur and Chotanikara festi­vals. Con­ducts Bharata­natyam, folk, and vocal music les­sons in New Jersey. Cur­rently taking class in Edison/ Metuchen and Parlin. Please con­tact Lavanya for more details

Name: Sukanya Maha­devan and Shishya School of Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha­natyam, mythology, theater, Car­natic music
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ , USA
Telephone: 609-841-3244
Misc. Info: Shishya School of Per­forming Arts was founded by guru ‘Kalashree’ Sukanya Mahadevan. Its sole pur­pose is to educate and qualify stu­dents in the art of Indian class­ical dance, music, myth­ology and dance theater.  The school’s notable per­formances include  Rotary club, AIA’s Gandhi Jayanthi Cele­bration, Grounds of Sculpture, TCNJ Arts Festival, NJ, Raritan and Mercer Community College festival, Mercer County Heritage Festival, Chinmaya Mission, Carnegie Hall and the Chennai dance and music festival. This year the students have per­formed in many virtual pro­grams and com­petitions as well. Besides the cur­riculum including some neo-classical items and folk dances, we also offer dance drama classes. Shishya also has a resident classical music teacher.

Name: Irmeet Maini
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian clas­sical, Sufi, Ghazals, folk, Semi-Classical
Location: Millburn, New Jersey, USA
Telephone: 201-203-8504
Misc. Info: Very afford­able les­sons at 35$ an hour

Name: Matru Dance Academy- Rachana Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam, Semi-classical, Folk, Bolly­wood (Movie songs)
Location: Plainsboro, West Windsor, Cherry Hill, Toms River
Telephone: 609-287-1255
Misc. Info: Matru dance academy is dedi­cated to pro­mote and pre­serve various Indian dance arts in USA. Since its inception, this academy has emerged into one of the leading clas­sical, semi-classical, fusion and folk dance insti­tutes in NJ & PA. Our stu­dents have part­icipated in various dance com­peti­tions across the country and won several accol­ades. For more infor­mation please visit us at www.matrudance.com or email at [email protected] or call @ 609-287-1255.

Name: Mehekte Sur (Vinay & Aparna Kamulkar)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood Live sing­ing along with other languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Location: Edison, NJ
Telephone: 650-773-3159
Misc. Info: www.facebook.com/mehektesur . Search us on Youtube by typing “Mehekte Sur” and sub­scribe to our channel.

Name: Miru
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal, Veena
Location: Plains­boro -08536 New Jersey
Telephone: 201 962 5500
Misc. Info:

Name: Chandan Modi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Instruments: key­board, Harmon­ium, Dholak, Tabla, Dhol, Vocal- Film Songs, Clas­sical, Light, Garba
Location: 321 Juniper Dr. Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Telephone: 856-278-7716 or 856-428-5263
Misc. Info: www.chandanmodi.com

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Name: Meena Basu Nag
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance
Location: Mon­mouth County, New Jersey as we teach in the Marl­boro / Manalapan / Freehold / Old Bridge / Holmdel Areas.
Telephone: 732-598-7079
Misc. Info: I am the artistic director, choreo­grapher and tea­cher for Nritya Creations Academy of Dance in NJ. Our web­site is www.nrityacreations.com We special­ize in creative clas­sical Indian dance, fusion dance and Bharat Natyam dance. We have won awards and tro­phies at Naya Andaz, FIA dance com­petition, Zalak Clas­sical Dance Com­petition and Film Dance Com­petitions etc.. We offer classes in Bharat Natyam and Creative Semi-classical dance and Fusion dance from ages 6 – adults.

Name: Shwetha Gowri Nagaraj
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Veena and Vocal Carnatic music classes.
Location: Grove street Jersey City. NJ.
Telephone: 617-480-6244
Misc. Info: Sunadha Veena a clas­sical Indian musical instru­ment – (similar to sitar) and vocal music, taught by profess­ional artist near Grove Street, Jersey City. Indi­vidual attent­ion is paid to each student. Classes com­prises of both theory as well as practical. Vocal and veena teach­ings are for following categories – Begin­ner and inter­mediate. For more Infor­mation logon to: http://about.me/ShwethaGowriNagaraj

Name: Mrs. S.D. Nain
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: North Indian Clas­sical Vocal Music
Location: 382, Ford Avenue, Ford, NJ, 08863
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Post graduate tea­cher & examinar for music. Per­for­ming artist has given solo con­certs of clas­sical, light – clas­sical & sugam sangeet in India & USA

Name: Malini Nair
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam, Mohiniyattam, Semi-Classical, Folk, Fusion and Movie Dances
Location: 1 Beekman Rd, Suite 6, Kendall Park, Nj-08824
Telephone: 732-501-8647
Misc. Info: Sowparnika Dance Academy is a distinct and unique dance institution located in central NJ dedi­cated to the education, pro­motion and encourage­ment of Indian dance forms. Arenget­ram clas­ses for Bharatha­natyam and Mohiniyattom are offered. Yearly 2 per­for­mances offered by stu­dents. A perfect plat­form for artists who prefer to cherish their art les­sons and per­form at multiple pro­grams thru out the tri-state area. Classes for kids and adults. Boys classes for Bolly­wood / Holly­wood are also offered. Minimum age for enrollment is 4 years. Web­site – http://www.sowparnikadanceacademy.com/

Name: Nandhini
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Music Vocal
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
Telephone: 201-917-6177
Misc. Info: I have learnt Car­natic music for a period of 5 years under the tute­lage of Smt. Santha and for 8 years under famous papa S. Subra­maniam. I would like to teach children the basics of Carnatic music. In addition to vocal train­ing, I would be teach­ing them the theo­retical aspects of Car­natic music. Every stu­dent will be given special at­tention since the clas­ses will be taken for each and every student separately till they get used to sing­ing. Children of all the ages are welcome.

Name: Divya Nandyala
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Music
Location: Princeton, NJ 08540
Telephone: 609-213-8731
Misc. Info: Swar Music School, established since 2001, offers vocal lessons for all ages in Hindu­stani clas­sical music. With a Masters degree from ABGMV Mumbai, Divya is a published author of Swarika series of books, for begin­ner level to Visharad level stu­dents. Check out our web­site www.swarmusicschool.com for more details.

Name: Sowmya Natarajan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal and Veena
Location: 2238 Straw­berry Court Edison New Jersey 08817
Telephone: 732 662 7458
Misc. Info: Carnatic vocal clas­ses are taken in groups for younger children. For bigger kids and adults, indi­vidual attention will be given and for smaller chil­dren the same will be pro­vided based on the child’s interest level. Indi­vidual attention is given for chil­dren and adults taking veena classes. Tirup­pugazh classes for chil­dren and adults are preferably for those who are comfort­able with tamizh. Special summer classes can also be arranged for.

Name: Natya Isai Mela Academy (NIMA) – Poornima Balan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music and Bharata­natyam
Location: 1408, Edison Glen Terrace, Edison, New Jersey – 08837
Telephone: (870) 301-9250
Misc. Info: Carnatic music and Bharatha­natyam (Kala­kshetra style) taught in the most efficient way by Mrs. Poornima – who holds Masters degree and Bachelors degree in music and dance. NIMA teaches her stu­dents with a syllabus-based ap­proach and pre­pares them for per­for­mances. Modern learn­ing technology with audio and video record­ings are pro­vided for prac­tise. There are stu­dents of all age groups and from dif­ferent parts of the world taking on­line and per­sonal classes with NIMA. Visit the web­site to know what stu­dents say about the classes! Academy web­site – nimadanceandmusic.wix.com/poornimabalan

Name: Natya Mandir of Marlboro, Director Ragini Sridhar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha­natyam
Location: Marlboro, NJ 07751, USA
Telephone: 732-817-0247
Misc. Info: I have 20+ years of train­ing in Bharatha­natyam. My dance gurus are my mother / tea­cher / choreo­grapher – Smt. Radha Sridhar of Venkat­esha Natya Mandir of Bangalore and Sri Krishna­murthy of Kala­kshetra, Chennai. As part of my dance train­ing, I have been a dance tea­cher in my mother’s dance school for a number of years. My inter­est lies in impar­ting Bharatha­natyam dance, history and theory to young aspirants. I also teach semi-clas­sical and Indian folk dance. Beginners classes for 6-8 years old from October – Ragini Sridhar

Name: Navaranjitha Per­forming Arts Center (NRPAC)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha­natyam (Pandanallur style), Semi-Classical, Carnatic Vocal
Location: Main Dance Studio: 3175 Route 27 (Rear Unit), Franklin Park, NJ 08823 Hillsborough Studio: Kathleen Academy of Dance, 411 Route 206, Hills­borough, NJ 08844
Telephone: Land-732-940-4090, Mobile-732-666-4378
Misc. Info: The school’s objective is to pro­vide quality edu­cation and train­ing to stu­dents of all ages in Indian clas­sical dance, pri­marily Bharatha­natyam – Panda­nallur style. The school con­ducts dance clas­ses in junior, inter­mediate and advance levels. The junior train­ing involves basic exercises and stretching for Bharatha­natyam, Pranam (Nama­skaram), Aduvus (steps), co­ordi­nation of feet and talam (rhythm), gestures (hand signs, and move­ments), Abhinaya (expres­sion) and basic theory. Exams and Certi­fication pro­grams avail­able in every level. Classes are con­ducted by Vidushi Smt. Rashmi Sudheendra. Please visit her web­site www.rashmisudheendra.com for more infor­mation. Follow NRPAC on Face­book at https://facebook.com/Navaranjitha

Name: Nritya Creations Academy of Dance
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat Natyam and modern dance
Location: Edison, Marlboro, Old Bridge, Cherry Hill
Telephone: 1-732-598-7079
Misc. Info: Excellence in tech­nique based dance training in NJ for 17 years. Leading NJ dance academy special­izing in Bharat Natyam, creative clas­sical Indian dance and fusion choreo­graphy blending Indian clas­sical dance with Western dance. Clas­ses in Bharat Natyam, ballet, jazz, Hip Hop, and fusion choreo­graphy. Award winning per­forming troop has won numer­ous trophies at Bolly­wood and clas­sical dance com­petitions such as Naya Andaz, FIA, Naach Revolution, Aavishkar, Zalak and other com­petitions. Centers in Edison (Oak Tree Rd), Marlboro (HATCC Temple), Old Bridge (Rt 9) and Cherry Hill. Highly quali­fied, ac­credi­ted and mature dance instruc­tors special­izing in technique based dance training and creative award win­ning choreo­graphy. Visit www.nrityacreations.com

Name: Nrityalina Center for Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam, Kathak, Tagore Style, Bolly­wood, Vocals, Rabindra sangeet
Location: Newark avenue, Jersey City 07306
Telephone: 201.204.6980
Misc. Info: Small group classes, indi­vidual attention towards all, regular stage shows. Both kids and adult dance classes avail­able. web­site – www.nrityalina.com

Name: Nrityanjali Arts – Pallavi Degwekar Shaikh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Structured Kathak dance curriculum.
Location: North Jersey NJ, Edison NJ, Franklin Park NJ, Princeton NJ.
Telephone: 201-203-2603 / 732-208-0990
Misc. Info: Nrity­anjali Arts- a premier Kathak dance academy offers a struc­tured Kathak dance curri­culum. Classes are offered by Shringar Mani Guru Pallavi Degwekar Shaikh who has done masters in Kathak reper­toire and has topped in it. She has learnt under the tute­lage of Guru Smt. Asha Joglekar from the age of 10 years. Pallavi has been teach­ing for more than 15 years. Classes of­fered from 7 years of age. Special foun­dation course for 4 to 6 years of age. Adults are welcome too. No regi­stration until 2016. Please con­tact for more info.

Name: Nupur School of Dance
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood, Folk, Semi-classical (Kathak-based) dance, Bolly­wood workout
Location: 666 Plains­boro Road, Building 1000, Suite 1014, Plains­boro, NJ 08536 & Basking Ridge, NJ
Telephone: 609-716-6020
Misc. Info: Madhavi Devasthale is the Director of Nupur School of Dance for over 15 years. Through her full-time work as a dance tea­cher and choreo­grapher, her school has had signi­ficant achieve­ments & critical acclaim since its in­ception. Regular per­for­mances at cul­tural events and com­petitions. Now welcoming new stu­dents for clas­ses and work­shops!

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Name: Mrinal K. Pal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla and Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: 22 Dayton Dr. Apt. 141A, Edison, NJ 08820-3418
Telephone: 732-494 3716
Misc. Info: Dr. Pal received trad­itional train­ing in tabla for more than thirty years from Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan and Ustad Wazid Hussain Khan of Lucknow. His vocal train­ing was at home. His method of teach­ing tabla, devel­oped over a period of more than twenty years, cuts down on the learn­ing time con­sider­ably and allows the stu­dents to develop a much better under­stan­ding of the art and science of tabla play­ing. The method is de­scribed in his book, “Step-by-Step Develop­ment of Tabla Compo­sitions from the Ground Up.” He uses a similar tech­nique in vocal les­sons also. Dr. Pal gives one-on-one tabla and vocal les­sons at his place of residence. Pro­mising and serious stu­dents pay reduced fees.

Name: Gokul Panda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: 24 Baxter Rd, Edison, NJ 08817
Telephone: +1 732 692 8535,
Misc. Info: Sri Gokul Panda, a highly talen­ted, young tabla player originally from Kolkata, India, is one of the new genere of tabla expo­nents of New Jersey who is taking this North Indian per­cus­sion instru­ment to grea­ter heights in USA. Gokul was intro­duced to tabla at an early age of five by his father. Few years later tabla maestro Professor Pandit Anil Bhatt­acharya, of Rabindra­bharati Uni­versity and a dis­ciple of Khalifa Ustad Wajid Hussain Khan of Lakhnaw Gharana, took Gokul under his tutor­ship. After Guruji’s sad demise Gokul is farther trained under world famous tabla guru Pandit Shankar Ghosh of Farukka­bad Gharana. Gokul played tabla solo and accom­panied many famous TV and Radio artists. With 25 years of experi­ence teach­ing and per­forming he has unique tech­nique to teach tabla to kids in a one to one basis with personal care, mingling both Lakhnow and Farukka­bad gharana style of tabla play­ing.

Name: Kajol Panigrahi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi Dancer
Location: 52 farms Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey, 08844
Telephone: 908 837 9357
Misc. Info: I am trained, since my child­hood, under guru Shri Gajendra Kumar Panda, an inter­nation­ally famous expo­nent of odissi dance. Have performed in many dance festi­vals of India like Konark Dance Festival, Orange Festival, Hampi Utsav and many more. Want to per­form in some respect­able cul­tural fun­ctions con­ducted over here and teach clas­sical and semi-clas­sical (Bolly­wood style) dance.

Name: Suba Ramesh Parmar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Bharata­natyam
Location: 7 Jenna Ct, Scotch Plains NJ 07076
Telephone: 908-490-0732
Misc. Info: Founded in 1992 by Suba Ramesh Parmar, a re­nowned clas­sical dancer, Shub­anjali aims to make Bharata­natyam an impor­tant force within US art and works to bring people in con­tact with the creat­ivity of South Asian dance as a part of main­stream dance in the US. Shub­anjali seeks to sus­tain and develop the trad­itional art forms of India through the teach­ing and per­for­mance of Bharata Natyam for audien­ces of all back­grounds. Shub­anjali there­by promotes the values of Indian culture, pre­serves an ancient art form, and forges links among Indian, US and other cultures. Shub­anjali, not just a dance school, also embodies a well-conceived method­ology, where­by its unique curri­culum allows stu­dents to develop a thorough under­standing of the arts through the system­atic study of tech­nique, culture and represen­tation of Indian arts to a global audience.

Name: Aakash Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood, Hip-Hop, lyrical Hip-Hop
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Why walk, if you can dance? Having being trained for almost 6 years at D Virus and Tanzen dance academy (Vadodara), under the guid­ance of pro­fessional choreo­graphers such as Dharmesh and Sumeet sir, I have mastered my tech­niques in Bolly­wood, Hip-hop, Lyrical Hip-Hop, Contem­porary, Locking and Popping, Ball­room, and Krumping. Dancing is my passion since child­hood and now it can be yours as-well, all you have to do is just take a first step and con­tact me for more infor­mation regard­ing personal dance classes. Also, con­tact me for choreo­graphy for var­ious oc­casions.

Name: Pradip Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Light Music (Sugam Sangit – Geet, Bhajan, Ghazal etc. in Gujarati & Hindi), train­ing for sing­ing com­petition, Indian clas­sical (vocal) music, tabla, har­monium, and key­board.
Location: North Bergen, NJ, 07407, USA
Telephone: 551-247-8549
Misc. Info: San­geet Visharad (BA-Music). Personal tution pro­vided at stu­dents’ home

Name: Payal Dancing School
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Folk Dance and Bharat­natyam
Location: Somer­set, NJ
Telephone: 732-659-0507
Misc. Info: Bharata­natyam dance classes are being offered on Sunday evening for children and adults in Somer­set, NJ. Payal Dancing School is commit­ted to teach­ing stu­dents trad­itional dances to help them represent the Diversity of Indian cul­ture in a dance form. For more infor­mation please visit us at www.payaldancingschool.com or email at [email protected] or call @ 732-659-0507.

Name: Bhavani Pemmaraju
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic and Hindu­stani Clas­sical
Location: North Brunswick, NJ, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Bhavani studied Carnatic music under guru Rajee Narayan of Mumbai Nritya Geet­anjali School and sub­sequen­tly studied Hindu­stani clas­sical music under guru Kishore Kandhari of Sanskritik Niketan in Mumbai affiliated to the Prayag San­geeet Samithi of Allahabad. She also received train­ing in bhajans, and light music compo­sitions. She is presently offer­ing les­sons in Carnatic music, Hindu­stani, light clas­sical and devotional music in person as well as long distance via Skype. Please check my song samples at – http://swaravali.blogspot.com

Name: Dr. Bhavani Prakash
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal, Veena and Flute (Venu)
Location: 6 Breezy Ct, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Telephone: (908) 834 2265
Misc. Info: Bhavani has studied Carnatic vocal music under Smt. Vasan­tha Subra­maniam, a dis­ciple of B.V. Raman of the Tiger Varadachari school, Smt. Rajya­lakshmi Narasimha­murthy, a dis­ciple of Smt. D. K. Pattammal, Sri T.M. Krishna and Smt. Suguna Varadachari. She studied veena and flute under Sri A. V. Prakash, a dis­ciple of Dr. N. Ramani, and is now Dr. Ramani’s direct disciple. Bhavani is an A Grade artist of All India Radio and Door­darshan. Her stu­dents have won several prizes and awards in all three dis­ciplines and several of them are now mus­icians in their own right. A stickler for trad­ition and quality, Bhavani is much sought after tea­cher in the NJ area having served here as a tea­cher since 1993.

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Name: Tasmiah R.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance – Bolly­wood, Fusion, Semi-clas­sical, Folk, and Dance Choreo­graphy.
Location: Mon­mouth County, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have many years of train­ing in Bolly­wood, folk, Bharat­natyam and Kathak dance. I hold a B.A. In South Asian Studies and have exten­sive know­ledge on South Asian dance theory and history. I was captain of a com­petitive col­legiate Bolly­wood dance team and have experi­ence in teach­ing a variety of Indian dance genres to stu­dents of all ages. I am also avail­able to choreo­graph solo and group dances for any of your events. I am wil­ling to travel to you, for your con­venience. Please feel free to e-mail me to obtain my con­tact infor­mation or to request any further infor­mation. Have a wonderful day!

Name: Sai Kumar Raavi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Mridangam
Location: Raritan, NJ 08869
Telephone: 732 925 7271
Misc. Info: Sai has been acquainted with mrudangam since 20 years. He got his initial train­ing from the late Sri Sudar­shana Charyulu during 1984 at Hyder­abad, India at the age of 11. Later he played mrudangam for vocal and dance con­certs held at Hyder­abad (Thyagaraya Gana Sabha, Shankar Mutt, Charminar, etc), Kuchi­pudi, Madras (TTK) etc. He then started teach­ing for few stu­dents in Hyder­abad starting 1994. He got advan­ced train­ing from Sri Prakash Rao (a re­nowned Mru­dangist in NJ and was also an initial student of Late Sri Sudhar­shana Charyulu, and later learnt from Sri Vellore Rama­bhadran and Sri Raja Mani Iyer, S/O Palgat Mani Iyer). Sai has been per­forming and teach­ing mrudangam in central NJ since 2002.

Name: RagaSpectrum
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian clas­sical & Bolly­wood sing­ing clas­ses
Location: Jersey City
Telephone: (201) 855-6827
Misc. Info: https://www.facebook.com/ragaspectrum/

Name: Meera Rajagopal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical and light clas­sical vocal
Location: 2209, Plaza drive, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Telephone: 508-275-3988 774-571-5241
Misc. Info: I offer Carnatic clas­sical, light clas­sical and also Kan­nada light music classes in Edison, NJ. I can also take on­line classes through skype. I have an experi­ence of more than 12 years in teach­ing music. In my Carnatic clas­sical music classes, I follow the syl­labus pre­scribed by music board of Kar­nataka with theory. My light clas­sical clas­ses include Indian chants, shlokas and bhajans based mainly on both Car­natic and Hindu­stani ragas. In my Kan­nada light music clas­ses I teach devara­namas, vachanas, bhava­geetas and more. Clas­ses are offered both in week­days and week­ends and open to all age groups. I offer both indi­vidual and group clas­ses.

Name: Indhra Rajashekar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
Location: (New York – New City,  New Jersey – Paramus, Jersey City New Jersey)
Telephone: (207-730 2698)
Misc. Info: www.globalmudraperformingarts.com.  Indhra Rajashekar is a dancer, choreographer and an educator, holds a Master degree in Fine Arts (MFA). Born in Chennai, India, began learning Bharata­natyam – Indian classical dance, at the age of five in the Thanjavur ‘bani’ or style. Indhra has per­formed on several stages in South India and at Inter­national Dance festivals and uni­versities here in the U.S. as well. Indhra is the founder and artistic director of Global Mudra Per­forming Arts and has several Arangetrams to her credit.

Name: Nirmala Rajesh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music vocal
Location: 11 reid avenue, Belle Mead, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: A pro­fessional Carnatic vocal­ist who has been per­forming and teach­ing music for over 15 years. Flex­ible timings and class schedules.

Name: Aparna Ram, Sri Saraswathi Nrityalala
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Kendall Park, Franklin Park, East Brunswick and East Brunswick, New Jersey
Telephone: 7329837611
Misc. Info: Aparna Ram is a trained clas­sical dancer from a 75 year old Insti­tution in India. She has 20 + years of experi­ence in teach­ing. Classes will be con­ducted in a studio with ample parking space. Private / group classes are offered for all age groups (5-50) and for all levels (begin­ners, inter­mediate, advanced). Special attention is given on theory aspects of Bharata­natyam also. Main focus will be on learn­ing the intri­cacies of Art, improving the flex­ibility, strengthen­ing and overall fitness.

Name: Manjula Rama­chandran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: South Carnatic Veena and Vocal classes
Location: 29 L, Readidng Rd, Edison.
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Graded artist of All India Radio and passed out with gold medal in music. Winner of AIR nationl music com­peti­tion and have per­formed con­certs in radio, tele­vision and stages in USA and India.

Name: Sneha Rama­chandran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam – Pandanallur style
Location: Newport, Jersey City, NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Have been dancing for the past 22 years in India, Sri Lanka. Student of Smt. Krishna­kumari Naren­dran, Abinaya Natyalaya, Chennai.

Name: Sudha Ramakrishnan
E-mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Addresses: Hillsborough, NJ | Kendall Park, NJ
Telephone: 908-304-2436 (mobile)
Misc. Info:

Name: Ambika Raman
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha­natyam
Location: 35 Debra Drive, Dayton, NJ 08810
Telephone: 732-438-0304
Misc. Info: New clas­ses forming for girls and boys from age 5 onwards. Classes are also avail­able for adults inter­ested in learn­ing Bharatha­natyam

Name: Poornema Rama­sundaram
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam, Indian Folk
Location: 52, Gill lane, Iselin, NJ 08830
Telephone: 201-680-8593
Misc. Info: A profes­sional clas­sical dancer with over 9 years of experi­ence (also in Indian folk and fusion dances) and per­formed over 150 programs in India. Recently moved to the United States and looking for oppor­tunities to per­form and col­laborate with pas­sion­ate and dedi­cated tea­chers and per­formers.

Name: Chitra Ramaswamy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam
Location: Classes are offered in 3 locations: Edison, Piscataway and North Brunswick
Telephone: 732-910-9197
Misc. Info: I teach Kala­kshetra style of Bharatha­natyam. I am a student of Padmashree Adyar. K. Laksh­manan and have beem learn­ing and per­forming dance for over 25 years now.

Name: Chitra Ramesh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic vocal
Location: Lawrenceville – NJ USA
Telephone: (609) 356-0609 (Home), (609) 540-6608 (Cell)
Misc. Info: I have a Carnatic music experi­ence of 5 years from Mrs. Rajalakshmi (sister of the very famous mri­danga vidwan Guru­vayoor Durai). I would like to take vocal Carnatic, small bhajans, slo­kams and also short devotinal songs. If you are inter­ested, you can con­tact me with the num­bers above.

Name: Ramya Ramnarayan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam
Location: North Brunswick NJ
Telephone: 732 398 9895
Misc. Info: Ms. Ramya Ram­narayan is a com­mendable Bharatha­natyam per­former, choreo­grapher, edu­cator and a pioneer of this art. Ramya received train­ing from doyens in the field of Bharatha­natyam, such as the late guru Kalaimamai Raja­ratham and Padma­bushan Kala­nidhi Narayanan. Ramya started her own Bharathanatyam pro­duc­tion company and school called Nrithy­anjali, in North Bruns­wick, New Jersey, USA (www.nrithyanjali.org). Ramya has won the much coveted “Kalaimamani” (Tamil Nadu State Award) and “Nada­nama­mani” titles which are among the highest honor con­fer­red upon a per­forming artist in India. The Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey have passed a joint resolution re­cog­nizing Ramya Ram­narayan for her commit­ment, dedi­cation and achieve­ment in the art of Indian clas­sical dance. She has the distin­ction of being the first non-resident Indian.

Name: Pt. Sujan Rane
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Vocal
Location: 149 Cranbury Neck Road, Cranbury NJ 08512
Telephone: 609 716 1531 / 609 213 421(C)
Misc. Info: Senior singer of KIrana gharana with 30 years of sing­ing back­ground. Senior dis­ciple of Pt. Firoz Dastoor of Kirana Gharana. Par­ticipated in pres­tigious Sawai Gan­dharva Music Festival of Pune and Abdul Karim Khan Music Festival of Meeraj. Several recitals in India, Middle East and USA over the 30 years. Teach only adult and ad­vanced stu­dents at their residence, fees $50 to $100 per sit­ting depend­ing on the distance from my house.

Name: Jayasri Ranganathan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Music, Instru­mental Music – Veena, Bharatnatyam
Location: Edison, NJ, USA
Telephone: 732 516 8702 (After 6 PM EST)
Misc. Info: Kala­Upasana Music and Dance Academy is an endeavor to ex­plore and experi­ence Indian clas­sical arts. It was started in 2007 and is continuing its journey for more than a decade.

Name: Akhila Rao
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Bridgewater, NJ, USA
Telephone: (908) 575-0933
Misc. Info: Akhila Rao is a pro­ponent of Pandanallur-Tanjavur style, popular for its crisp execu­tion of Nritta, with very well defined lines. Akhila blends the fluidity and purity of move­ments effort­lessly. She has per­formed exten­sively in India and US. She has also had the privilege of partici­pating in major choreo­graphies by well-known artists. This exposure widened her aesthetic vision and sens­ibilities to the nuances of choreo­graphy. This insti­tution is dedi­cated to im­parting meticulous train­ing to young­sters with a vision to impart the rich culture and herit­age, holistic­ally. Classes of­fered in Bridge­water Dance Studio during week and week­ends.

Name: Prakash Rao
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Mridangam
Location: 6 Breezy Ct, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Telephone: (908) 834 2265
Misc. Info: Prakash is a senior dis­ciple of the world-famous master of “Sarvalaghu” style of accom­pani­ment, San­geetha Kalanidhi Vellore G. Rama­bhadran. A true follower of his guru’s unique style, Prakash is a much sought after mri­dangam artist in the Tri-State area and North­east in general. With over 3 decades of mri­dangam train­ing and experi­ence behind him, Prakash is the longest serv­ing mri­dangam artist in NJ having per­formed here since 1988. He has pro­duced several prize win­ning disciples, several of whom are now per­forming in their own right.

Name: Anuradha Renganathan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam (Kala­kshetra style)
Location: Edison, NJ – 08817
Telephone: 732 318 6676
Misc. Info: clas­ses offered in Edison / Metuchen. Visit our web­site www.bharatakalakshetra.com for more info about the clas­ses

Name: RightNotes.com (Sanjay Amladi)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Begin­ners clas­sical and vocal training for kids and adults aspiring to learn sing­ing clas­sical, semi clas­sical, raag based songs and bha­jans.
Location: 5 Stockton Ct, Belle Mead, NJ 08502
Telephone: 908-764-0738
Misc. Info: I can pro­vide kids and adults lessons in voice train­ing and foun­dational know­ledge of Indian clas­sical music. Step-by-step lessons on voice cul­ture and building confidence when singing at per­formances, music circles and karaoke. Will cover semi-classical songs, bhajans/ abhangs and raag based songs. I have trained singers in the US to per­form cla­ssical and semi-clas­sical songs on stage for social events. Classes only on week­ends.

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Name: Janani S.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic vocal
Location: Jersey City, NJ, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have been learn­ing Carnatic music for over 20 years and have given small con­certs in India. I am open to per­formance and col­labor­ation enquiries.

Name: Surya S.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Clas­sical Dance – Baratha­natyam & Mohini­attam.
Location: Prince­ton Junction, NJ
Telephone: 609-750-8695
Misc. Info: Classes held once per week. Con­venient timings. Small batches. Ages: 6 and up.

Name: Saanwee Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Wedding Dance, Bolly­wood, Latin, Ball­room, Wedding Sangeet, Bolly­Natyam, Bharata­natyam, Dance Choreo­graphy, Semi-Classical, Indian Folk
Location: Locations in Jersey City & Manhattan
Telephone: 617-245-2195
Misc. Info: To register for classes, please visit: www.saanwee­.com. Priti Gupta-Udeshi has been a pro on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ in India and has been an award winning tea­cher and per­former with over 18 years of experi­ence in the field. Partici­pate in per­for­mances with us.

Name: Parinatha Sampath
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam, Bolly­wood Dance, Storytelling
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; New York City, New York
Telephone: 201-375-2226
Misc. Info: Parinatha Sampath is a lifestyle writer and social media manager by pro­fession. She has worked for Time Out and Times of India, and cur­rently writes for various web­sites. More import­antly, she has learnt Bharata­natyam under the tute­lage of Guru Revathi Nara­simhan, in Bangalore, for over 20 years and has per­formed extens­ively across India, and in New York City. Having also been deeply in­volved in theater for the most part of her life, she has acted in several plays includ­ing The Silent Front, Pancha­tantra and Hayavadana among others.

Name: Sonali Sadana
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood dance
Location: Edison, NJ, USA
Telephone: 518-577-9607
Misc. Info: I have experi­ence with teach­ing dance to stu­dents of all ages. I am also able to choreo­graph dances for your events, as well. I come to you, which makes it much easier, so you don’t have to leave your house!

Name: Srividhya Sairam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic – Vocal
Location: Somerville, NJ, USA
Telephone: 908-848-3626
Misc. Info: Web­site – www.srividhyasairam.com. Srividhya Sairam, a Carnatic vocal­ist from Chennai, has im­mersed herself into Carnatic music since the age of 8. She in­itially trained under Sri Kovai Padma­nabhan and Smt. Shanta Naga­rajan, in Delhi. Her advan­ced train­ing hap­pened under the able guid­ance of Smt. T.M. Prabha­vathi, senior dis­ciple of Padma­bhushan Dr. M.L. Vasantha­kumari. She is also an alumni of Kala­kshetra Foun­dation. She is undergoing highly advan­ced train­ing in Carnatic music, further­ing her exper­tise in the Art. In addition to per­for­ming all over the US, she is train­ing stu­dents via the coveted GNB-MLV style of sing­ing. Her major per­formances include Music Academy, Shanmukh­ananda, India Inter­national Center, Delhi Tamil Sangam etc. She is offering in-person as well as Skype classes to stu­dents who are really pas­sion­ate about learn­ing this divine art.

Name: Sujavanthy Srinivasan Santhosh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical (Bharatha­natyam), Semi- clas­sical dancer.
Location: 204, fox hill run drive wood­bridge new jersey
Telephone: 856 994 3571
Misc. Info: Am a clas­sical Bharatha­natyam dancer, who got experi­ence for more than 18 years. I have given many per­formances in many coun­tries, I have received many awards from many legend­aries like chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Padma­shree padma subra­maniam and etc. I was also one of the finalist in Vivel Miss Chennai 2009 and crowed as “Ms. Folk” for per­forming a semi-classical dance. I got ex­per­ience teach­ing stu­dents of all ages. kindly con­tact me for more infor­mations on the classes.

Name: Gayatree Sarma
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal, Modern Hindi / Bengali songs
Location: 21 Tulsa Ct, South Brunswick, NJ 08852
Telephone: 732 419 3494
Misc. Info: Master’s degree in music from Bhat­khande San­geet Vidyapeeth. Former AIR and Door­dar­shan vocal artist (graded by both insti­tutes). Winner of award for music by HR Ministry of GOI. Winner of Gold Medal in Uni­versity vocal music com­peti­tion. Performs clas­sical / semi-clas­sical, golden oldies, modern Hindi/Bengali songs for association/ organization events and pri­vate gather­ings. Has several albums of songs to her credit. Con­ducts music clas­ses for adults as well as children of age 6 and above.

Name: Deepa Sastry
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic violinist and vocalist
Location: Piscataway NJ
Telephone: 646 943 3323
Misc. Info: Deepa Sastry is a senior graded AIR artiste from Bangalore. She has been per­forming for more than 25 years as solo and ac­company­ing artiste giving more than 1000 con­certs in various leading sabhas in India and abroad accom­panying many top graded artiste. She is a dis­ciple of Vidwan Sri H.K. Nara­simha­murthy and Vidwan Sri H.S. Sudhindra. As a senior violin­ist and vocal­ist, she teaches in Piscata­way NJ.

Name: Vid. Bhargavi Seshadri
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Barathanatyam (Pandanallur Style), folk dance
Location: Morganville, NJ
Telephone: 347-515-5839
Misc. Info: Bhargavi is trained in Panda­nallur style of Bharata­natyam. She is a challenging per­former, tea­cher and choreo­grapher. She has com­pleted her pro­ficiency exams in Bharata­natyam con­ducted by Karnataka State Edu­cation Board, Mysore. Bhargavi has estab­lished an instit­ution “Nritya­ranga Per­forming Arts Academy” and is pro­mot­ing the art, culture and trad­ition of bharata­natyam and folk dance to the aspir­ing stu­dents.

Name: Dr. Rashmi Shah
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Folk Dance — Garba
Location: 7305, Laurel Court, Monmouth jn, South Bruns­wick Township, NJ – 08852
Telephone: 732-333-8111
Misc. Info: Garba dance Trainer. Cost of the classes- $ 15 per class.

Name: Andrew Shantz
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical and Light Clas­sical vocal
Location: Denville, NJ, USA
Telephone: 973-930-5335
Misc. Info: Trained in Kirana Gharana style of khyal clas­sical vocal as well as bhajan, dadra and ghazal. Began studies in 2008 with train­ing in both Kolkata, WB New York under Pt. Sanjoy Banerjee, Smt. Madhu­mita Saha. Further tabla train­ing from Pt. Samar Saha. Recip­ient of the 2015 Tapati Basu Roy Charit­able Trust Scholar­ship for studies with Pt. Sanjoy Baner­jee. Clas­ses offered in Man­hattan, Jersey City, NJ and Denville, NJ

Name: Alka Sharma
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Bolly­wood
Location: 13, Tulsa court Mon­mouth Jct. NJ
Telephone: (908) 720-0803
Misc. Info: Formal Kathak (Jaipur Gharana) and Bolly­wood fusion dance, One-on-one and group lessons avail­able.

Name: Rita Sharma
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak Dance
Location: North Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen and Marlboro Townships in NJ
Telephone: 848-391-0518, 732-348-8805
Misc. Info: Rita Sharma has been teach­ing and per­forming Kathak dance for past about 25 Years. Rita Sharma, Director of Rita Dance Academy follows Jaipur gharana of Kathak and has been teach­ing Kathak for last 10 years in New Jersey and Pennsyl­vania. In every spring sea­son, Rita Dance Academy organizes Kathak Mahotsav to cele­brate the Kathak trad­itions of Jaipur gharana. For more infor­mation about the classes or Kathak Mahotsav, please visit the web site: www.RitaDanceAcademy.com or give us a call.

Name: Shiva Tala Insti­tute of Bharata­natyam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam (In advance classes: Intro to Kathak, Kuchi­pudi, Ballet)
Location: Colonia, NJ (next to Iselin, Edison, Avenel, Woodbridge)
Telephone: 908-403-6023
Misc. Info: Founder and Artistic Director – Gayathri Higashide. Shiva Tala Insti­tute is an award win­ning insti­tute known for its unique choreo­graphy and per­sis­tence in per­fection in the art of Bharata­natyam. Funda­mentals, practicals and theory of Bharata­natyam are taught in the style of Kala­kshetra. Much im­por­tance is given to revive and perfect the foun­dation of Bharata­natyam that is instil­led in stu­dents by focus­ing on thorough going the funda­mentals. Annual shows, com­peti­tions, pro­ductions and per­for­mance in festi­vals are en­couraged every year. Annual exam­inations, semester quizzes and evaluat­ions are rendered for each class. We take pride in instil­ling a posit­ive and fun filled learn­ing environ­ment where stu­dents are en­cour­aged to enjoy and immerse them­selves in the wonderful art of Bharata­natyam. www.shivatalainstitute.com

Name: Nithya Sivaram
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Violin
Location: Mon­mouth Junction, South Bruns­wick Tonwn­ship, New Jersey
Telephone: 551-226-3432
Misc. Info:

Name: Anusha Sivaramakrishnan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam
Location: Lawrence­ville NJ
Telephone: 201-686-3908
Misc. Info: 25 years of train­ing in clas­sical Bharat­natyam with Sikkil Vasantha Kumari of Kala­kshetra, Chennai. Recipient of Nritya Vallabhi award with per­for­mances at major Sabhas, Chidam­baram Naty­anjali and others. Classes offered on weekends in Hacken­sack NJ for kids, teens and adults. Please con­tact for more infor­mation.

Name: Sri Art Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam
Location: Prince­ton, South Bruns­wick, NJ
Telephone: 609 937 3202
Misc. Info: Aritis­tic Director – Smt Sridevi Sri­nivas. Web­site – www.sriartacademy.com

Name: Vasanthi Subra­manian
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharath Natyam and Carnatic music, also teach vocalization tech­niques for dif­ferent genres of songs
Location: Bridge­water, NJ
Telephone: 908-526-0938
Misc. Info: Teacher and per­former of the Tan­jore style of dance, and have per­formed in solo (Many lo­cations in India, includ­ing Krishna Gana Sabha, and also in US) and Group dance recitals and ballets staged by Sri Raja Raja­eshwari Kala MAndir, Mumbai,( (viz.) Vasantha Valli, Thyaga Brahm­anjali, Skanda Leela and many others). Trained under Kalaima­manis Guru Maha­lingam Pillai and Kalaima­mani Guru Kalyana­sundaram. Also had initial train­ing in Carnatic music under Smt. Alamelu Mani and Mrs. Meera Nathan. Can also ap­proach if you have a locat­ions with multi­ple stu­dents avail­able. Students have per­for­med in music com­peti­tions in TFAS and in Bridge­water temple pro­grams. Also teach Bhajans and group songs. new batches star­ting this Dussehra

Name: Sur San­geet Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Harmon­ium & Indian Music (Classical, Bolly­wood songs, Patriotic, Ghazal, Bhajan, Shabad, etc.)
Location: EBC Radio, 2088 US Highway 130 Mon­mouth Junction NJ 08852
Telephone: 646-220-8108, 732-668-3726
Misc. Info: EBC Radio just started a Indian music academy for all age groups and you will not only learn music here but may also get a chance to per­form on radio with a huge net­work. So if you are inter­ested, give us a call.

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Name: T. S. Nandakumar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Mridangam
Location: 132 Jared Drive, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Telephone: 732 763 3600
Misc. Info: www.mridangam.info. TSN’s Percus­sive Arts Centre was founded in res­ponse to demand from stu­dents for higher learn­ing in the art of per­cussion. Since inception,the centre has pre­sented several annual events which included per­formances by well known artists in car­natic music, amongst others by N. Rajam, N. Ramani, A. Kanya­kumari, L. Subra­manium and several others at the Shanmukhananda Hall, Chembur Fine Arts Hall and vice versa. Such events organ­ized under the banner of TSN’s Percus­sive Arts Centre serve as ins­piration to young stu­dents and en­courage them to take to the stage. Nanda­kumar has Indian stu­dents as well as non-Indian stu­dents all over the globe. He con­ducted decennary fun­ction of the centre with a per­formance by ninety six stu­dents on stage.

Name: Taalim School of Indian Music – New Jersey Branch)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla, Kathak, guitar
Location: Main Branch – Edison, NJ. Other locations in New Jersey include Little Falls, Ruther­ford, Towaco, East Bruns­wick, Edison, Prince­ton, Engle­wood and Kinnelon.
Telephone: (732) 715-6546
Misc. Info: With the bles­sings and guid­ance of tabla guru Pandit Divyang Vakil, the Taalim School pro­vides high quality tabla les­sons in a pri­vate and/ or group setting. Clas­ses are avail­able all over the Tri-State. For full class sched­ule and fur­ther details, visit www.taalim.com

Name: Takajum Dance Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam, Semi-classical/ Fusion / Bolly­wood /Folk
Location: Marlboro, NJ
Telephone: 732-851-3354
Misc. Info: www.takajum.com – Clas­ses in Bha­ratanatyam based semi-clas­sical dance, fusion and Bolly­wood dances. At Takajum we are focused on bringing the best out of each student. Im­portance is given to per­fec­ting a dancer’s move­ment, expres­sions and style. Yearly per­for­mances for every stu­dent at the Takajum Stu­dent’s Day. They also participate in com­peti­tions and other events in the Tri-State area. Please check­out our web­site for updates on latest events.

Name: Anuradha Tempe
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi Dance
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
Telephone: Please get in touch via email for further con­tact infor­mation
Misc. Info: Exten­sively trained in Hindu­stani clas­sical music and odissi dance since the age of 5 by her mother who is Alankaar (M.A) first division in clas­sical music, and by the doyenne of Odissi, Madhavi Mudgal. Per­for­med on various pro­minent oc­cas­ions in India and US.

Name: Premini Thanan, Bharatha Arangam Dance Insti­tute
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha Natyam [Kalakshehtra Style]
Location: 29 Mountain Blvd, Warren NJ 07059
Telephone: 908-462-2151
Misc. Info: web­site – www.Bharathaarangam.org Smt. Premini Thanan, a moti­vated dance tea­cher and an inspired choreo­grapher, founder and an artistic director of Bharatha Arangam Dance insti­tute, a school that is devoted to the ex­tensive train­ing in the Kalak­shetra style of Bharata­natyam. She has been teach­ing bharata­natyam for over 20 years and has earned the title “Natiya Kala Vithahar”. She is com­mitted to actively train­ing the pro­gressing group of dedi­cated stu­dents in New Jersey. Her instruc­tion empha­sizes the impor­tance of teach­ing this ancient art in its pure form.

Name: Thats Art LLC (Samaya Arts)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam, Bolly­wood
Location: Jersey City NJ
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Samaya Arts nurtures bud­ding young talents in music and dance. Clas­ses forall age group from 5 years onward , week­days and week­end classes, in 2 locations in Jersey City or your con­veni­ence. We also do corporate events.

Name: Thillai Fine Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: 41 Boehmway Hills­borough NJ 08844
Telephone: 848-248-8300
Misc. Info: Thillai Fine Arts offers clas­ses for kids to adults to train in clas­sical Bharata­natyam – Kalashetra style. Founder Artist Director Viji Arasan has trained from guru Malathi Sri­nivasan and guru Chandra­kala Jaga­nathan from Chennai. She has per­formed solo and as a group at various venues in India and US. Students are trained and pro­vided opportunity to perform at special events, temples and cultural cele­brations. Standard cur­riculum includes in-depth theory and prac­tical ses­sions. Periodic exam­inations con­ducted. To register please email or call.

Name: Rekha Tirumalaimuttu
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocals
Location: 333, Fairmount avenue, Apt 1J,Jersey City, New Jersey – 07306
Telephone: 201 932 9451
Misc. Info: I am a trained Car­natic vocal­ist who has learnt Car­natic music for 9 years. Have per­formed in a lot of temples in India. Would love to share my know­ledge in music.

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Name: V.V.S. Amulya
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic clas­sical, annamaya keerthanalu, karoke (old and new songs)
Location: 2710, Green Hollow Drive, 08830, Iselin, NJ
Telephone: 201-680-9773
Misc. Info: I got trained under eminent guru’s like Pantula Rama garu, Phani Nara­yana garu, Tiru­pati Anjani Kishore Garu, Hyder­abad sisters. I have been sing­ing Carnatic music since the age of 5. I was awar­ded as “Voice of Vizag” 2010. Typic­ally my focus is on teach­ing chil­dren starting the age of 5 and higher, but other stu­dents are also welcome. I can help you develop­ your stage per­forming skills. For more details, con­tact me anytime.

Name: Radha Varadhachary
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Somerset, NJ
Telephone: 252 427 2826
Misc. Info: With the bles­sings of her elders, tea­chers and The Al­mighty, Radha Varadh­achary teaches Bharatha­natyam in the Panda­nallur style at Shree Nrithya Niketan in Somerset and Bridge­water. She holds a Degree in Bharatha­natyam.

Name: Gayathri Venkat M.A.,M.Phil.,
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: Hidden valley drive, Edison, NJ,U.S.A
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am teach­ing Car­natic music classes includ­ing bhajans, slogas & small keer­thanas to kids and adults. I am also teach­ing Lan­guages Sanskrit, Tamil & Hindi. Indi­vidual atten­tion will be given to the learners. please feel free to con­tact me if you have any ques­tions.

Name: Raksha Venkat
E-Mail:  [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal classes for kids and adults
Location: Highland Park, NJ, Edison NJ, New Bruns­wick NJ, North Brunswick NJ, East Brunswick NJ, Piscataway NJ
Telephone: 201-844-1758
Misc. Info: A distin­guished Car­natic music singer with more than 14 years of experi­ence. Have given var­ious per­for­mances in India and in the US (East Coast and Mid-
west) and also an AIR (All India Radio) artist. Have star­ted my own music school named “Aarambh” to keep my pas­sion alive. At Aarambh, dif­ferent levels (Begin­ner to advan­ced) of Car­natic music are offered for kids and adults includ­ing slokas and bhajans. Visit www.aarambhmusic.com for more details.

Name: Nirupamaa Venkatesan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha­natyam, Carnatic Vocal
Semi clas­sical, folk, Bolly­wood dances.
Location: 8 A Casey Avenue, Edison.
Telephone: 732 754 8075
Misc. Info: Sriyam Academy of Music Dance and Indian Culture is an award win­ning school. New stu­dents are wel­come for trial classes. con­tact for details.

Name: Vidyashree School of Music
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Karnatic Classical Music (Vocal) and Sanksrit Shlokas
Location: Edison, New Jersey
Telephone: +1-813-454-4659
Misc. Info:  Vidya­shree Venkata­rama­sastry began her musical journey at the age of 6. She has learnt Kar­natic clas­sical music (vocal) from Vidushi Naga­valli Nagaraj, Shri­mati Vijaya, Vidwan H.K. Nara­yana and Vidwan B.S. Anand. Vidya­shree offers les­sons in Karnatic classical music (vocal) and San­skrit Shlokas for stu­dents of all age groups. Her web ­presence is www.VidyashreeMusic.com.

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Name: Anuj Wadhawan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance
Location: New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Plainsboro,NJ
Telephone: 732-485-8265
Misc. Info: I am the choreo­grapher and tea­cher for Infinity Dance School in NJ. We special­ize in Bhangra folk dance, creative Bolly­wood fusion dance, Hip-Hop and Break­ing. We have won awards and tro­phies in many dance com­peti­tions. We also offer fitness and yoga classes for adults. Indi­vidual at­tention is given for chil­dren and adults. I have over 8 years of experi­ence in choreo­graphy and per­for­ming folk as well as modern dance forms.

Name: Suresh Wadkar’s Ajivasan Music Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Indian Music
Location: NJ : Edison, Hacken­sack, North Bruns­wick, Princeton, NY : Man­hattan, Flush­ing
Telephone: 551 404 0540
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