Asha Chandrashekhara
Asha Chandrashekhara Adiga (Acharya) Bharathanatyam : For more than 25 years, Asha has been in art field as a student, a performer and as an instructor. Asha was introduced and encouraged to the art forms at a very young age. Asha received her formal Bharathanatyam dance training form Vidhwan Raja Gopala Bhagavath and Vidushi Poornima Bhagavath in “Kalakshetra”dance style and she completed her “Vidhwat” level with their guidance.Guru Bhagavath couple took dance training from Vid. Janardhan, who was trained by Prof. M.R. Krishnamurthy who in turn received a disciplined training under guru Rukmini Devi Arundale Kalakshetra India. Asha graduated in Bharathanatyam dance form and secured 3rd Rank in state level ‘Vidhwat’ examination conducted by Secondary Board of Karnataka government.
Performances Asha’s creative and unique dance choreography which is combination of Bharathanatyam, Kuchupudi and Yoga in which she keeping 4 pots on her head, holding light in both her hands and while balancing them she dances on floor and on a plate giving various different ‘yoga’ postures, is very popular and crowd puller. She has performed this in more than 100 shows and each mesmerizing the crowd equally or better than the previous. She has given dance performances in Paris, France in the year 1992 (when she was just 9 years old) after getting selected in the workshop organized by Thirupathi Dance Academy of India. This gave her more recognition, motivation and responsibility to learn and contribute further to the art form.
Website : http://ashaacharya.org/founder/
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