AKRUTHI
The sibling duo of Shruthi Aravindan and Akshay Aravindan.
Shruthi has studied Carnatic music for over 20 years and has performed multiple full-length concerts and kutcheris in the US and in India. She has provided vocal support for many dance arangetrams and rangepravesams, in addition to multiple productions and programs. Shruthi has pursued also Bharathanatyam dance training for over 20 years. She successfully completed her Bharathanatyam arangetram in August 2008 at the age of 10. Since then, she has been an ardent performer, instructor, and budding composer. Shruthi's expertise in dance, music, and rhythm gives her a unique vantage point to synthesize these multiple disciplines in her creative explorations.
Akshay Aravindan is a disciple of Sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan. He has provided percussion support for multiple full-length concerts and kutcheris in the US and in India. Akshay has also provided percussion support for many dance arangetrams and programs.
Gurus
My aesthetics and my fundamentals have been shaped under the tutelage of my incredible gurus. I am who I am because of them.
Carnatic Music
Kalaimamani Dr. Gayathri Girish is an eminent vocalist based in Chennai, India. She trained with her mother and subsequently with Padmabhushan T.N. Seshagopalan. She is an acclaimed artist across the world, best-known for her deep knowledge of Carnatic history, raga explorations, and lecture-demonstrations.
Bharathanatyam
Dr. Deepa Mahadevan is an artist scholar. She is a Bharathanatyam practitioner, researcher, teacher, choreographer, and curator based in New Jersey. She did her initial training under Guru Usha Srinivasan, a student of K.N. Dhandayudapani Pillai, and continued her training under Kalaimamani Madurai Muralidaran. She has curated a practice based on questioning and critically thinking about choreography and performance work.
Kalaimamani Madurai Muralidaran is an acclaimed dance Guru, composer, dancer, choreographer, lyricist, playwright and director best known for his large body of modern compositions for Bharathanatyam dancers and his many elaborate dance musical productions. His works explore the complexities of Bharathanatyam theory and rhythms while remaining accessible and appealing to a modern audience.