Anitha Srikant

Anitha Srikant owes much of her success as an engineer to dance, making a mark through her imaginative performances.  Anitha started her Bharathanatyam training (an ancient classical Indian dance form) in Bangalore under the guidance of Guru KV Manasa (Natyasampada Dance school, student of Kalashree Radha Sridhar and Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam) for over 15 years in Pandanallur style and later started training with Shirisha Shashank (student of CV Chandrashekar Rao and Priyadarshini Govind) to enhance her dance career. 

 

Anitha has impressed the audiences with her abhinaya (expressions) at a very young age and has won many awards and accolades representing her dance school. Having excelled in the dance examination conducted by the Karnataka state in India, Anitha excels in the theoretical aspect of Bharathanatyam as well.

As a dance performer, Anitha has successfully presented in several stages and prestigious dance festivals including Parampara, Hoysala Mahotsava, Nrutyarpana, Vishwarpanam festival at the historic Udupi Sri Krishna temple, NIE fun fest by Times of India and several others in India. For several years, Anitha was a part of Prabath Kalavidharu, a famous theater group based in Bangalore performing dance ballets. 

 

Anitha has over 300 stage performances (both solo and group) to her credit, both in India and abroad. She has performed at the Asian festival, Eli Lilly Sangam (where she choreographed a dance production -Trikaya with other eminent artists from Indianapolis), Dalai Lama pre-talk program in Indianapolis, Navika, Indian Consulate, Chicago, World Culture festival in DC, Sammilana and other local temples around the Midwest. Double Oscar-winning Indian composer - A.R. Rahman has critically acclaimed her performance during the Global Rhythms platform at Miami, Ohio. Anitha also served as an Indian Raga fellow in the year 2021-2022. 

 

Anitha started Nrityanjali dance school in Fishers, Indiana to propagate this divine art form as well as to nurture the future generation to achieve greater heights. Despite being a successful software professional, she pays complete justice to her dance institute by providing year-round classes to the students.