TEACHING AND PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Taught from 2011-2017 in Srinivasa Kuchipudi Art Academy (Premier Kuchipudi School), Hyderabad, India. 
• Internship with Navatman, a Non-Profit which promotes Indian Classical Arts, New York City. (Intern).
• Touring Artist with Centre for Traditional Music and Dance & Lotus Music and Dance (Affiliated to the National Council For Traditional Arts)
• Taught at City As School (High School) as a Teaching Assistant to teach Classical Indian Dance - 8 Weeks Program, 2 classes a week.
• Worked as a Indian classical Dance Instructor at Oasis Day Camp, 2018 (Mercy College Campus from ages 6- 12)
• Taught Kuchipudi dance at a Jewish Senior citizen community center in Coney Island for 3 months 2018.
• Dance instructor at Gitanjali Music and Dance, New Jersey.
• Hosted the show called “Abhyasa” in Telugu language in India teaching Kuchipudi. It is one of the very trending dance education shows for Kuchipudi in India.
• Founded Kritya School of Dance in January 2021. (VIRTUAL & IN PERSON)

COLLABORATIONS:

• Choreographed/arranged a collaboration called “East meets West” where Yamini has fused classical Indian dance with Western classical music with the violist, Dwayne Beach and pianist Stanislav Friedman.
• Worked with, Tony award winning Choreographer George Faison on a production about eminent dancer, Balasaraswathi.
• Collaborated with Rasa String Quartet and visual Artists, The Safarani Sisters April 2020.
• ​Been featured in the Hidden Kingdom Dance Web Series, created by Sacred Pact. (Project supported by NYFA) 
• Been featured in the Remix of Sweet Dreams Music Video by Dwayne Beach.
• ​Collaborated with Folk Music Composer, Christopher Rippey based in Colorado, January 2021. (Project - Tales of the Boatman)
• Collaboration with the Iranian visual artists Safarani Sisters and Iranian composer, Navid Eskandar for Morris Museum, New Jersey.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors in Humanities and Social Sciences from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India (Distance Education) (2021)
• Started training in Dance from the year 2005 from Srinivasa Kuchipudi Art Academy, Hyderabad.
• Elementary, Middle and High School at Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad, India. (2015)
• Certification course in Kuchipudi Dance at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, India. (Passed out with Distinction results)
• Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance - January 2022', New York City. (2 year Full time training program in Graham Technique and Ballet)

PERFORMANCES:
INDIA:
• Konark Dance Festival, Konark.
• Cuttack International Dance Festival, Cuttack.
• Margazhi Season, Chennai. Natyanjali Festival, Kapaleeswarar Temple, Chennai
• Indradhanush Dilli Festival, Delhi.
• Nrittaradhana Dance festival, Kochi.
• Naadaneerajanam, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam.
• Tanisha Yuva Natyotsav, Kuchipudi Village.
• Siliconandhra International Kuchipudi Dance Convention, Hyderabad
• Kalinga Cultural Trust, Hyderabad, 30th November, 2017.
• Natyaswara Ramalayam Dance festival, Hyderabad, 4th October, 2017.
• Dance recital at Chidambaram temple, Tamil Nadu, 2016.
• Telugu University Kuchipudi recital with a live carnatic ensemble, Hyderabad, December, 2018.
• Srisailam Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam, December, 2018.

INTERNATIONAL & USA:

•  Footprint Dance Festival, University of Roehampton, London.
• Birmingham Balaji Temple, Birmingham, May 2016.
• ISKON TEMPLE, Raleigh, North Carolina, September, 2016.
• Balaji Temple, San Antonio, Texas, September 2016.
• Saint Petersburg, Russia, OSTROV THEATRE, May, 2017.
• Harris Park and Wolf Performance Hall, London, Ontario, Canada, July,  2018
• Durga Ma school, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2018.
• Hamsa Studio Showcase along with notable Kuchipudi Dancer, Bhavana Reddy in Ojai Valley California, August, 2018
• Small plates dance festival, Workhorse arts center, Virginia, February 2019
• Yuva Bharathi performance series, Cubberly Theatre, Bay area California, April 2019
• ​Lowell Folk Festival: National Council for the Traditional Arts, July 2019
• National Folk Festival: National Council for the Traditional Arts, September 2019.
• ​Performance at UMass, Augusta Savage Gallery, September, 2019.
• Performed for Dhvani performing arts, Columbus, McConnell Arts center. March, 2020
• Online benefit concert for Autumn Salon in collaboration with Rasa String Quartet and Safarani Sisters, April 2020. 
• Nrithyanjali  - (Online COVID FUNDRAISER KUCHIPUDI & BHARATANATYAM PERFORMANCE) - May 2020
• Jhanana - Online Kuchipudi Dance Showcase at Hamsa Studio - August 2020
• Dwaram Online Indian Dance Showcase, Hamsa Studiom Ojai, California, April 2021
• DivyaKala - Online Kuchipudi & Bharatanatyam Dance showcase (COVID FUNDRAISER) - August 2021

NEW YORK AND TRI-STATE AREA:

• Drive East Dance Festival, New York City, August 2016.
• Brunch Performance Series, Navatman, The Actor’s Theatre Workshop, Manhattan NYC, April 2018.
• Mothers Day celebration performance at Gibney, Manhattan NY, May 2018
• Milford Dance festival, Milford PA, May 2018.
• Newburgh Dance festival, Newburgh, NY, May 2018.
•  Sans Limites Dance Festival, Manhattan, NYC, May 2018.
• Dance Astoria, Queens NY, May 2018.
• Toured with Queensboro Dance Festival, Queens NY, 2018 from MAY - OCTOBER.
• Pangaea Dance series, Manhattan NY, June 2018
• Me2 Music Showcase, Harlem NY, July 2018.
• El salon Studioshowcase, NEW WOMEN SPACE, Brooklyn NY, September 2018.
• Liberty Hall Dance festival, New Jersey, September 2018.
• Small Plates Dance festival, Brooklyn NY, October 2018.
• International Human Rights Art Festival, Manhattan, NY, November, 2018.
• APAP Center for Traditional Music and Dance Showcase, Manhattan, NY, January, 2019.
• Stuffed arts festival, Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, February 2019.
• ​Mod arts dance festival, Mark Morris dance company, Brooklyn, March 2019
• The Hatch series, Jennifer Muller/The Works studio, Manhattan, March 2019.
• ​Soapbox gallery Showcase, Brooklyn, March 2019.
• Showcase for Manhattan Neighborhood Network, March 2019.
• Production “Bala” for Lotus Music and Dance company's anniversary celebration under George Faison's supervision, April 2019 (Kennedy High School Theatre Manhattan)
• Small Plates Dance festival, St. Luke’s Church Metuchen New Jersey, May 2019
• Draw the Dance workshop, Dixon Place Manhattan, May 2019.
• Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Queens NY (Queensboro Dance Festival), May 2019.
• Queens Outdoor Dance festival: Salvatore Larusso, Queens NY, June 2019.
• NUWORKS Dance festival: Pan-Asian Repertory, Bruce Mitchell Room, Manhattan NY, June 2019.
• M.A.D.E In The Garden performing series, Harlem, NY, September 2019.
• Liberty Hall Dance festival, New Jersey, September 2019.
• Waxworks dance festival, Brooklyn (triskelion arts), October 2019.

AWARDS & TITLES:

• Natya Manjari given by Nataraj music and dance academy, Vizag, India
• Nritya Mani given by Cuttack Dance Festival, Orissa, india
• Bala Ratna given by Abhinandana Organization, Hyderabad, India
• Pt. Jasraj Scholarship given by Pt. Jasraj, India
• All-Rounder Award given by Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad, India
• Natya Bhramari given by Sathyanjali Kuchipudi dance academy, Kerala, India
• Natya Krithika given by Nataraj Music and Dance Academy, Vizag, India.
• Katta Sarojini Devi Gold Medal given by Padmasri Dr. Sobha Naidu. (Best Student of the Year), Hyderabad, India.
• Yamini was the first and youngest Kuchipudi dancer to be interviewed by the BBC Radio Asian Network in May, 2016 for being the teenage Kuchipudi sensation. London, UK.
• Yamini was interviewed by the New York Times being the only Kuchipudi Dancer and youngest dancer in the Drive East Dance festival organized in Manhattan. NYC, USA. August, 2016.
• Queens Theatre Grant Winner, 2018 for being part of the Queensboro dance festival. NYC, USA

WORKSHOPS:

•  University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom, May 2016.
• Birmingham, United Kingdom, May 2016
• Sri Sundar Gopal Mandir, NYC, July 2016
• Several ongoing workshops at Raleigh, Sri Venkatesa Kuchipudi Academy, September, 2016
• Siva Kameswari Temple, Irvine, CA, October, 2016.
• Saint Petersburg, Russia, Centre for Indian Dance, May 2017
• Several workshops with Queensboro Dance Festival 2018 (Spring through Fall)
• Workshops in Buenos Aires at Durga Ma School September 2018
• Free class taught for “Dance To The People” in partnership with Brooklyn Arts Exchange.
• Toured with Connecticut Ballet to different public schools in Connecticut for the program called World of Dance to teach Indian dance, March 2019.
• Workshop at Vashti Dance company, NYC, Feb & March 2019.

• Natyapriya School of Dance, Columbus, Ohio, March 2020.