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Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance

Name: Sivakami Bhavanandan, Director, Bharata Kalarpana School of Indian Fine Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam (Kalakshetra style)
Location: 205 Winding River Lane, Simpsonville, SC 29681
Telephone: (864) 238-6379
Misc. Info: Sivakami Bhavanandan is the Director of Bharata Kalarpana School of Indian Fine Arts. For more info check: www.BharataKalarpana.com

Name: Jyoti Garg, TAAL School of Dance & the Indian Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Clas­sical Indian Dance, Clas­sical North Indian Music and Key­board, Bolly­wood, Semi-Classical, Folk, Fusion
Location: TAAL Center for the Arts, 1145 East Butler Rd., Greenville, SC 29607
Telephone: (864) 990-5858
Misc. Info: TAAL offers pro­fes­sional train­ing in Clas­sical Kathak dance, Hindu­stani Vocal an Key­board lessons, Folk dance, Contem­porary Indian dance, Art lessons, Bolly­wood Fitness classes, and more! Visit our web­site www.DanceTaal.com or call for more infor­mation.

Name: Prof. Shurajit Gopal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal South Indian Carnatic and North Indian Hindu­stani Vocal Music, Light Indian Clas­sical Vocal, and Bhajans.
Location: 2950 E North St, Apt 800C, Greenville, SC 29615
Telephone: (864) 414-1812, (864) 735-8449, (864) 990-5599, (864) 414-1812
Misc. Info:

Name: Anuradha Murali
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam and Kuchi­pudi
Location: 1944 Way Drive Orangeburg, SC 29118
Telephone: 803-536-4133
Misc. Info: Mrudani School of Per­forming Arts Artistic Director Per­former and tea­cher

Name: Sunitha Raj
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam, Clas­sical Indian Dance, and Bolly­wood
Location: Greenville, Asheville, Spartanburg and Anderson
Telephone: 864-335-9898
Misc. Info: NRITHYANJALI School Of Dance has been preserving & promoting the rich cultural heritage of India, through train­ing stu­dents in the Vazhuvoor style of Bharathnatyam (Classical dance) as well as Semi-classical, folk, Bolly­wood dances for over 15 years in the Carolinas (Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Asheville, etc). We take pride in following the Guru – Shishya parampara, thus bringing the Indian values closer to heart through art. Visit www.nrithyanjaliSC.com for more info.

Name:  Ms. Arvind K. Rajpal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field:  Hindustani Classical Music (Vocal), Harmonium and Key board
Location: Charlotte NC, Fort Mill SC USA
Telephone: 704 277 2391
Misc. Info:   Hindu­stani Clas­sical Vocal music lessons offered in the Greater Charlotte area by Sangeet Visharad from Gan­dharva Uni­versity per uni­versity cur­riculum. Children age 6 and above as well as adults. Cur­rently all lessons are being offered virtually.


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My Experience in Bharata Natyam (Indian Dance)

Learning Embodied Semantics via Music and Dance Semiotic Correlations


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