Triaksha Acharya - Dancer
Triaksha Acharya is a seventh grader at Herbert Hoover Middle School. She is a 13-year-old who loves her family, friends, and hobbies. Along with dancing, she really enjoys singing, playing instruments, and theatre. Triaksha is also an avid reader. She plays the piano, guitar, and flute in her school band. The outdoor activities that she enjoys are ice skating and skiing. Ever since she started Bharatanatyam classes with Smt. Deepa Natarajan at age seven, she fell in love with it and is now thrilled to share her passion with her family and friends at her Arangetram!
Deepa Natarajan - Guru
Deepa Natarajan, also known as "Deepa Teacher" to her students is a renowned Bharatanatyam dance guru and the teacher at Nrithya Geethanjali School of Dance in Potomac, MD. She is an exponent of the Thanjavur Bani of Bharatnatyam.
Guru Deepa Natarajan started learning Bharatnatyam at the age of 4 from Guru Smt. Rajee Narayan, and since then fell in love with this form of dance. Guru Rajee Narayan was a rare combination of Bharatanatyam guru, musician, composer, and choreographer. Smt. Narayan taught not only Bharatanatyam but also Carnatic Music, Natyashastra, and Nattuvangam. Deepa gained mastery over these arts and at the age of 13 she performed her Arangetram, winning the audience with her talent. In an attempt to share this talent and the love of dance with others she began teaching dance. Deepa set up her first academy in Columbia, South Carolina in 1995 with a few students. She continued teaching dance as her life took her to Bangalore, India, where under her guru's guidance she opened Nrithya Geethanjali dance school. Deepa taught over 55 students while in India. She has also performed across India and the US and won many awards across National and International festivals.
Deepa currently resides in Potomac MD and Nrithya Geethanjali has grown. She is hoping to inspire the same interest for dance which she embodies. She has an innate talent to connect with students of all ages. This rare capability allows her to teach this ancient art form to a new generation of students and drive appeal for the art form among a modern audience. Deepa continues to perform Bharatanatyam and inspire students who will hopefully take this art form well into the next millennia
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy - Vocals
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy is a professional musician in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC Metro area. Jaishree sings in a variety of genres and styles ranging from Carnatic, ghazals, abhangs, bhajans to film music. She is a leading artist in the Northern VA - DC area providing vocal support for Arangetrams and Rangapraveshams.
Jaishree obtained her Master’s degree in Carnatic Music at the University of Madras. In addition, she has received classical music training under the guidance of Sri. N Ramanathan, Smt. Prameela Gurumurthy, Smt. Suguna Varadachary, Smt. R.S.Jayalakshmi, Malladi Sri Ravikumar and Dr. Sriram Parasuram. She was trained in Hindustani classical vocal by Shri Ullal Bangalore.
She has been a playback singer and worked alongside a variety of artists ranging from Vempati Chinnasatyam, Dr. KJ Yesudas, Vidyasagar, Devi Sriprasad, Gangai Amaran, Dr. PB Srinivasan among others.
Varadmurthy Srinivasan - Vocals
Varadamurthy Srinivasan, a resident of Maryland, juggles a career in Pharma along with a passion for Carnatic music as a vocalist. He also dabbles in light music in different languages. His emphasis on bhava, raga and diction of lyrics brings out the essence of compositions as intended by the composer. Outside these passions, he loves to travel and spend time with his family.
Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Vijay Ganesh, a seasoned mridangist, learnt this divine art from the age of 6. He had his tutelage under great and illustrious master:Vidwan Late Sri. Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer.
Vijay Ganesh has over the years established himself as a Mridangam player, performed extensively in music and dance festivals in India and USA and have played over 175 dance arangetrams. He has accompanied many eminent Carnatic musicians, vocalists and players of instruments. He has won several awards from Mqdras Music Academy, Sri Krishna Gana sabha and other organization for his excellence in mridangam.
In 2010, he started a percussion school called KMR school of Mridangam to promote classical music by inviting artists from India.
Samapriya Dandibhotla - Violin
Samapriya Dandibhotla had her initial vocal training with her mother, Smt. Lavanya Ghantasala, and had further vocal guidance from Sri VK Raman. She is a disciple of renowned violinist Sri Subhash Vinjamuri Garu for well over a decade. She has won numerous prizes in both violin and vocal in multiple categories at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. Samapriya has been performing and accompanying artists on violin for many years in the Washington DC Metro area, as well as in sabhas around the US including Sankara Netralaya, SR Fine Arts, and Mani Krishnaswamy Academy; and in India, she has played in the Chennai December Season, as well as other places in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Among other pursuits, she is currently working as a Software engineer at FINRA.
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