Sweta Ravisankar is a Bharatanatyam performing artist, teacher, and choreographer. She has been dancing for nearly three decades, andholds a Masters in Bharatanatyam, MFA, and is the artistic director of Sarada Kala Nilayam (SKN), where she teaches Bharathanatyam and Nattuvangam. Sweta also trains beginner youth and adult dancers who are now growing into serious cultural arts practitioners.
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A Bharatanatyam performing artist, teacher, and choreographer, Sweta Ravisankar began her journey in this art form nearly three decades ago. Sweta holds a Masters in Bharatanatyam, MFA, and is the artistic director of Sarada Kala Nilayam (SKN), where she teaches Bharathanatyam and Nattuvangam (cymbals). She performs extensively throughout the US and India as a solo artist and freelance dancer performing with other dance companies. Sweta also trains beginner youth and adult dancers who are now growing into serious cultural arts practitioners. She believes that dance is a mode of communication, and has performed socially engaging, emotive, and rhythmic pieces at community engagement festivals throughout the west coast of the US. Some of the themes taken up by Sweta, either as a solo or an SKN production are depression, community building during the pandemic, joy of dancing, rhythmic expressions, and principles of learning. Through her school, she conducts a summer community engagement program! The program focuses on Indian classical dance and music workshops led by a leading percussion artist from India, culminating in live orchestra music and dance performance.
