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TEACHERS AND PERFORMERS OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE (Alberta)

 

Name: Anjana Babbar
E-Mail: babbaranjana@yahoo.ca
Field: Bolly­wood dance, Kathak, Semi-classical, Indian devotional dance
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Telephone: 780-994-8833
Misc. Info: "Dancing with the feet is one thing but danc­ing with the heart is another." Anjana is a trained dance pro­fes­sio­nal pro­fic­ient in Bolly­wood dance and kathak. She star­ted her dance train­ing at a very early age under her guru Sh. Raj­inder Mann ji. She was a con­stant per­for­mer during her school, col­lege and univer­sity years and won every single com­peti­tion she par­ti­ci­pated in. Its her de­votion and pas­sion for dancing that has won her several accol­ades and apprec­iation. Her stu­dents won the Sony TV Boogie Woogie duet auditions in 2004.


Name: Shabnam Begum
E-Mail: shabnambegum1@yahoo.ca
Field: Ghazal Vocalist
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Shab­nam Begum is a re­nowned Ghazal artist, who's silky and sultry vocals has been captured in Canada and Inter­nationally. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Shab­nam Begum hails from a musical back­ground. She is noted for her style in sing­ing semi-clas­sical raags and ghazals, includ­ing an im­pres­sive talent in Khayaal and Thumri ; Re­siding in the Edmon­ton, Alberta landscape of Canada, Shab­nam Begum per­forms regularly in her city, but, as she well at­tracts music admirers you may e-mail her directly at shabnambegum1@yahoo.ca


Name: Mridul Burgi
E-Mail: mridul_burgi@yahoo.com
Field: Indian Clas­sical Dance: Bharata­natyam
Location: Panorama Hills NW, Calgary, AB T3K0A3
Telephone: 403-805-1235
Misc. Info: Mridul is a pas­sion­ate, elegant and ver­satile dancer of the Mysore style of Bharatha­natyam. She created "Lasya" in Calgary with a vision of pro­moting the rich and vibrant Indian culture imbed­ded in the trad­itional clas­sical dance form - Bharatha­natayam. She derives a sense of achieve­ment to see her stu­dents blossom through sus­tained dedication, pas­sion and per­sever­ance. She teaches on week­days & week­ends.


Name: Mohit Dasaur
E-Mail: dasaurzfusion@gmail.com
Field: Indian Film, Bolly­wood dance and Choreo­graphy
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Telephone: 780-908-5308
Misc. Info: "Dance is a lan­guage without any word." Mohit has been learn­ing and per­for­ming dance since his child­hood. He has experi­ence in bhan­gara, filmy and hip hop. He has choreo­graphed var­ious dance numbers in Doaba Col­lege, Jalandhar from 2003-2006. He won the award for "Best western dance" in the com­peti­tion help at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar in 2005. He is teach­ing and choreo­graph­ing dance moves in Canada since he moved to Alberta, Canada. Mohit has choreo­graphed and per­for­med in events like "14th Annual Unity in Diver­sity Cele­bration" in Alberta.


Name: karthikadevi Ganesh
E-Mail:  dancebells15@gmail.com
Field: Bharatha­natyam & Mohini Attam clas­ses, Car­natic vocal clas­ses
Location: 48, Millview Way Sw Calgary, Alberta T2Y 2W5
Telephone: 403-253-3237, 587-719-5678
Misc. Info: www.shakthishethralaya.com Classes - Saturdays 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Exams - Level 1 to Level 6. (Theory & Prac­tical)


Name: Subash Giri
E-mail:   girisubashchandra@gmail.com
Field: Hindustani Classical Voice and Harmonium
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: +1 587-936-3809
Misc. Info: Subash Giri holds a first-class Master's Degree (M Mus) in Hindu­stani Classical Voice. He is a prin­cipal instructor (voice) of the Indian Music Ensemble and a PhD candidate of music at the Depart­ment of Music, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is a regi­stered music teacher in Canada. He provides private and group music lessons on Hindu­stani classical voice and har­monium. Subash's aspiration is to enhance the quality of life by pro­moting love and under­standing of music through pro­fessional music teaching. You can view more infor­mation about music classes on https://subashgiri.com/indian-music-classes/


Name: Deepshikha Joshi
E-Mail: joshideepshikha15@gmail.com
Field: Sitar
Location: Edmon­ton, Alberta, Canada T6H5K5
Telephone: (587) 873-6688
Misc. Info: Deep­shikha is a per­former of Indian Music, based in Edmonton. She started learn­ing music when she was 8 years old. She learnt Sitar from Sitar Maestro Pt. Uma Shankar Mishra who is a world known Musician. Deep­shikha has a degree in Indian Music and has per­formed exten­sively at various dis­trict to Natio­nal level plat­forms in India. For Deep­shikha, Music is a mat­ter of within rather than pro­longed prac­tice and concepts. Indi­viduals of all age groups are welcome to learn from her.


Name: Kala Bhavan of Calgary (KBC)
E-Mail: kala_bhavan@hotmail.com
Field: Indian Dance (Bharatnatyam, Folk, Fusion, Bolly­wood / Cine­matic / Filmi)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Telephone:
Misc. Info: KBC is an Indian Dance school  and have been in opera­tion for 30 years now. We con­duct base train­ing in Bharat­natyam as well as teach in var­ious Indian folk dance styles and filmi/cinematic/ bolly­wood styles to all Indian lan­guages. https://www.facebook.com/KalaBhavanofCalgary/ https://www.instagram.com/kala_bhavan/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyqYYDbMGYCIr9dRtRDsnVA


Name: Shruti Santosh Kulkarni
E-Mail: shrutigayatri0616@gmail.com
Field: Indian Clas­sical Vocal Music and Indian Mar­athi and Hindi Songs Teaching
Location: Calgary Alberta
Telephone: 403 463 3533
Misc. Info: I have star­ted my sing­ing learn­ing at the age of 5. I star­ted learn­ing music with Pt. Chandra­kant Parkar who is the dis­ciple of Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki. After­wards I have par­tici­pated in many inter­school com­peti­tions and always giving out­standing per­for­mance after finish­ing my primary Music les­sons with Pt. Chandrakant Parkar I went to learn Indian Clas­sical Music with Dr. Ram Desh­pande. He is a re­nowned singer of Gwalior Gharana. In col­lage also I have par­tici­pated in many inter col­lage com­peti­tions and always stood first. I got Masters Degree from Mumbai Uni­versity and because con­stantly showing best per­for­mance in collage our HOD awar­ded me with best student of the year.


Name: Ashley Kumar
E-Mail: ashley.dance[email protected]gmail.com
Field: Bolly­wood, Kathak, Bharat­natyam, Bhan­gra, Fusion, and Lyrical Contem­porary South Asian
Location: 9238 - 34 Ave NW, Edmon­ton, AB T6E 5P2
Telephone: 780-499-0866 or 780-433-1115
Misc. Info: Ashley has been learn­ing and per­for­ming East Indian Dance since she was 10 years old. She has experi­ence in Kathak, Bharata­natyam, Bolly­wood, Bhangra/Gidda, Hip Hop, and other Indian Folk (Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Dandiya). She cur­rently runs a dance com­pany called Sharara Dance & Fit­ness Studio (aka Sharara Enter­tainment Group) and has been operat­ing as a com­munity based organi­zation since February 10th, 2007; it is the largest and ONLY dance studio in Alberta to teach Kathak, Bharata­nataym, Bolly­wood, Bhan­gra, Dance-Fitness and Hip Hop ALL under one studio. Ashley hopes to in­crease the exposure of, educate others and in­crease aware­ness about South Asian per­forming arts. The studio's web­site is: www.ShararaDanceFitness.com


Name: Maddy Superstar Dance Studio
E-Mail: info@maddysuperstar.com
Field: Profes­sional Bolly­wood Dance Perfor­mance Group
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Telephone:
Misc. Info: www.maddysuperstar.com. Managed by South Asian Arts Move­ment


Name: Sharmila Mathur
E-Mail: sharmila@indianmusic.ca
Field: Sitar, Tabla, Voice, Harmon­ium
Location: Edmon­ton, Alberta
Telephone:. +1 (780) 265-5232
Misc. Info: Sharmila Mathur is the Director of the Indian Music En­semble at Uni­versity of Alberta. She learnt Sitar from the Grammy Award Win­ning Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. She runs the Indian Music Academy, an Edmon­ton based Indian Music School that teaches courses on Sitar, Tabla, Voice and Harmon­ium, and a unique Course for Musicians in which stu­dents learn to play Indian Music on their own Wind, Key, or String instru­ments. You can view more infor­mation on www­.indian­music.ca


Name: Anita Mittal
E-Mail: anitajainmittal25@gmail.com
Field: Sitar
Location: 11024-11 A Ave Edmon­ton Alberta T6J 6M5
Telephone: 587-879-7666
Misc. Info: I have learnt Sitar from dis­ciple of Vilayt Khan Ustad Nar­inder Narula and com­pleted my Masters Degree in Sitar with Honors & achieved first position in the whole Punjab Univer­sity. Per­formed in several pro­grams during my school & col­lege years & won every single com­peti­tion. In India also per­formed in Herblab Festival at Jalandhar city India and in Canada per­formed in Mystique of India Premier Show, Rag Mala Society of Alberta, Paki­stan Flood Victim Fund Raiser Gandhi Jayanti & per­forms regularly at all Major Events. All Age people are welcome to learn. If you are inter­ested in learn­ing Sitar please con­tact me on the phone number above. Sitar Soul Of Music Academy


Name: Shailaja Narayan
E-Mail: shailaja.nnm@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: St. Albert, Edmonton, Alberta
Telephone: 780 651 0135
Misc. Info: I started learn­ing Carnatic vocal at the age of 5. My Guru Smt. Akhila Krishnan is a well-known Car­natic music­ian based in Delhi. She is an A grade artist in All India Radio. I trained under her for 15 years. As a stu­dent, I was a scholar­ship holder of Sahitya Kala Parishad. I won many prizes at both state and natio­nal level. I was a B grade artist with All india radio. Even though now I am a chemical engineer, I still love to keep my pas­sion for music alive. The best way for that is through teach­ing others. I had trained stu­dents in India and would love to start clas­ses in Edmon­ton too. All indivi­duals are welcome irrespec­tive of age.


Name:  Bhuyash Neupane
E-Mail: bhuyashneupane@gmail.com
Field: Intermediate to Advanced level - Tabla, Foundation-Intermediate Level Eastern Clas­sical Vocal
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: +1 587 920 4682
Misc. Info: Bhuyash Neupane is a multi-instru­mental­ist, singer, and rhythmic ensemble com­poser hailing from Nepal. Bhuyash has per­for­med at numer­ous music venues in India, Nepal and Rus­sian Federa­tion as a solo artist as well as with var­ious musical groups. He has worked with inter­natio­nal mus­icians from dif­ferent back­ground and is thus stu­dent of dif­ferent music styles too; some­thing he wishes to pursue academ­ically. He is cur­rently enrolled in the Arts and Cultural Manage­ment program at MacEwan Uni­versity where he will learn the skills he needs to ad­vance his career and broaden his know­ledge in every aspect of music events and participation.


Name: Dr. Varagur S.V. Rajan, P.Eng.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Violin
Location: 6 Milford Crescent Sherwood Park, AB, T8A 3V4 Canada
Telephone: 780-464-3646
Misc. Info: Teach car­natic music on the Violin/Viola on week ends only. The sche­dule is on a mutual flex­ible basis. Do it for plea­sure and to promote Car­natic music. Also, play a number of other instru­ments - includ­ing some hindu­sthani music on the Saarangi. All, regard­less of age, gender etc. are welcome. The only require­ment is a keen interest in music and in learn­ing for pleasure.


Name: Lavanya Rajesh ( SUR school of Bolly­wood Music)
E-Mail: lavrajtrish@gmail.com
Field: bolly­wood and semi clas­sical vocal train­ing
Location: 8380 shaske crescent nw, edmonton, t6r 0b5, Canada
Telephone: 780-298-9795
Misc. Info: Lavanya is trained in semi clas­sical genre of music from the highly ac­claimed school San­geet Samiti in Allaha­bad where she special­ized in Ghazals, thumris, khyals, bhajans, dhrupads and sufi compo­si­tions.She further honed her skills and con­tinued her tute­lage under Shri Shivram Kathak ji. She started pro­fes­sional per­formances at the age of 14 and has won several national level com­peti­tions in India. Having been closely associated with the film indus­try she has per­formed at various fun­ctions like femina, filmare, citadel show, the mayor's diwali gala in Toronto, Ibaddat at the royal alberta museum in edmonton, to name a few. She is a pop­ular radio record­ing artist. At Sur, she has created a unique cur­riculum that explores the clas­sical leanings of the ver­satile bolly­wood music industry and allows the student to learn using modern fun tech­niques and help in building a reper­toire that ranges from clas­sical bhajans to romantic bal­lad to racy dance songs. To learn more, please visit www.surschoolofmusic.com


Name: Raj Rangayyan
E-Mail: raj_rangayyan@shaw.ca
Field: Bansuri bamboo flute and sitar
Location: 48 Scandia Hill NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3L 1T8
Telephone: +1 403 239 7380
Misc. Info: web­site - rangayyan.ca


Name: Mr. Ananda Saha
E-Mail: ananda.saha@gmail.com
Field: Tabla
Location: Edmonton, Alberta. Canada
Telephone: 780-237-9584
Misc. Info: Begin­ner tabla classes teaches you the foundation of Indian music. Classes are avail­able for begin­ners as well as experi­enced who wants to learn accom­pani­ment with clas­sical, ghazal, bhajan and Bolly­wood style music. Great start for children and aspir­ing adults. Located in south-west Edmonton.


Name: Deepti Sami
E-Mail: deeptisami@bollywoodbeats.org
Field: Bolly­wood Dancing and Choreogrpahy and 'Bollyrobics' Dance Work Out
Location: 5637 Riverbend Road Edmonton, Alberta
Telephone: 780 9537302
Misc. Info: www.bollywoodbeats.org - Deepti Sami has been instructing and learn­ing dance for the past 16 years. She has been learn­ing and per­forming formal Bharat­natyam and mohiniyattam dance forms for the past 20 years. She was the head choreo­grapher in 'The Hail Foundation' of CMS College Alumina 1999 in Dubai, U.A.E and has participated in the Indian Day Celebrations 2011 which got featured on Global TV . She has compiled a dance workout called 'Bollyrobics' which has been featured on CTV Alberta Prime Time, Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun. She has also recentely been featured on City News Breakfast Tele­vision and the Toronto Women's Health and Lifestyle Magazine.


Name: Rene Varma
E-Mail: brotherrene@shaw.ca
Field: Sitar tea­cher
Location: 2206 15 A St. S.E. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: 403-453-7231
Misc. Info: Vilayat Khan Gharana. Profes­sional per­former and record­ing musician with inde­pendent cd releases. Repair technician. Teaching Ragas for sitar and Ghazals in the English language. $40. per hour


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