Sampradaya Dance Academy

Dinu began her Bharatanatyam training at Sampradaya Dance Academy under the guidance of Guru Smt. Lata Pada, as well as gurus Abirami Rajah, Aarti Joseph, and Atri Nundy. Dinu has had the opportunity to perform, as part of the academy, at various community events and train in a plethora of art forms. In the future, Dinu looks forward to performing and dancing with the company and hopes to teach the future generations of dancers to come.

Dinu would like to convey her deepest appreciation for Guru Lata Pada and Guru Atri Nundy for giving her the strength and resilience she needed to prepare for this milestone in her dance career. Thank you to everyone that gathered for Dinu’s arangetram last Sunday.

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This Sunday marked the end of our SDA 2024 arangetram season!

We are very proud of our students Naynika Nair, Hansika Vusikamalla, and Dinu Thilakasena for their hard work and dedication over the many years.

We hope this is just the beginning for the three of you. Congratulations!

Meet our Summer Intensive 23.24 Yoga instructor, Eddee Huang

Eddee is the studio director of Inye Yoga. With a profound commitment to deepening connections to the physical, energetic, mental, and subtle bodies, Eddee offers guidance through Hatha asana, pranayama, meditation, hypnotherapy, and reiki. His core Hatha Yoga principle is patience, and he meticulously works to restore flexibility and mobility to the spine, helping students move freely. Eddee's classes invite students to re-discover their physical and mental boundaries while exploring their unique paths. Under his direction, step into awareness and embark on a journey of growth and evolution.
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Meet our Summer Intensive 23.24 Mohiniyattam instructor, Harikishan S Nair.

Harikishan S Nair is an accomplished dance artist, teacher, choreographer, mentor, dramaturge, and rehearsal director. As the Artistic Director of Regatta Kala Kendra, he is an active member of the community and a passionate advocate for equity within the dance sector for practitioners of South Asian dance. With a rich heritage in South Asian dance and over three decades of experience, Harikishan is fluent in Mohiniyattam, as well as Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. Don't miss this chance to learn from a celebrated artist who has performed and taught internationally, and is dedicated to fostering equity and excellence in the dance community.

Meet our Summer Intensive 23.24 Yoga instructor, Eddee Huang

Eddee is the studio director of Inye Yoga. With a profound commitment to deepening connections to the physical, energetic, mental, and subtle bodies, Eddee offers guidance through Hatha asana, pranayama, meditation, hypnotherapy, and reiki. His core Hatha Yoga principle is patience, and he meticulously works to restore flexibility and mobility to the spine, helping students move freely. Eddee's classes invite students to re-discover their physical and mental boundaries while exploring their unique paths. Under his direction, step into awareness and embark on a journey of growth and evolution.yogaof.inye

Registration for our Summer Intensive 23/24 is now open. We are thrilled to have the renowned Priyadarsini Govind conduct classes for students at our intensive this year. The intensive is open to intermediate level Bharatanatyam students (4-9 years of training). We also have Toronto based artist Harikishan Nair with us for the week, teaching Mohiniyattam and Eddee Huang from Inye Yoga .yoga .of.inye starting our mornings off with a yoga practice. We are excited to have everyone join us for this rare experience.

To register: links are in our bio. There are separate registration forms for SDA students and non-SDA students. Please register accordingly.

Fee: $450

Dates and times:
Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 4:30PM
Saturday 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Location:
5 - 3250 Ridgeway Drive
Mississauga, ON

Laasya has been learning Bharatanatyam at Sampradaya Dance Academy under Guru Lata Pada and Guru Atri Nundy for more than six years. She began her journey, as a Bharatanatyam dancer, at age six with Guru Petra Heiz in Switzerland. As her family moved from India to Switzerland, and finally to Canada, she continued to pursue the art form to ensure that she was in touch with her culture. Laasya is eternally grateful to her parents for introducing her to Bharatanatyam. Their unconditional support motivated her to persist through the rigorous training for her arangetram over the past sixteen months.

Vaishnavi began her dance journey at Sampradaya at the age of four, and went on to successfully complete all six levels of examinations for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD), a leading professional dance certification organization based in the UK. She aspires to complete further certification and training with Sampradaya to eventually teach Bharathanatyam, and hopes to also become a company dancer.

Gearing up for an exciting weekend with Vaishnavi & Laasya as they step on stage to present their Arangetram, their first solo performance after years of training in Bharatanatyam at our academy.
This weekend at the Lester B Pearson Memorial Theatre, 150 Central Park Drive, Brampton
Vaishnavi Rameshkumar | August 20th 2022 | 5:30 PM
Laasya Rajgopal | August 21st 2022 | 4:00 PM

This weekend, Sampradaya Dance Academy presents two Bharatanatyam Arangetrams. The shows will happen on August 20th and 21st at the Lester B Pearson Theatre in Brampton. We are delighted to have music of stalwarts Arun Gopinath on Vocal, Gowrishankar Balachandran on Mridangam, Radhika Bhaskar on Veena and rising stars Rampragash Saravanabavan on Violin, Prushoth Uthayashankar on Flute. Atri Nundy, a dynamic dancer who has been part of the Sampradaya family for over 25 years will be doing Nattuvangam. We are grateful for the support from Canadian Heritage's Canada Arts Training Fund and the Ontario Arts Council.

This weekend we are excited to share with you that we will be doing what we love most - immersing ourselves in the arts and bringing back a sense of homecoming.
The festival is a free event. If you have missed on picking up your passes you can watch it on page!

Rest in Eternal Peace, Menaka ji.

Indian Classical Dance in Canada is what it is today, because of Menaka Thakkar's magnanimous work in the field that she began decades ago. Her legacy will live on and her work that paved the way , will outlast the incredible life she lived, devoted to the arts.

We are eternally grateful for her contribution that gave South Asian dance a home in Canada. To her dear family and friends and her most special dance family at Nrtyakala Academy of Indian Dance, we extend our deepest condolences.

We’re so excited to have everyone back this weekend for another semester of 2021/22 school year! Due to provincial mandates we will be continuing classes online until further notice. Welcome back everyone!

Day 2 of our Abhinaya lecture demo today!

Day 1 of our demonstration led by .renuka happening tomorrow!

Ta ka dhi mi
These are the beats a bharatanatyam dancer’s feet follow. Instilling a musical and rhythmic foundation which helps students break down and understand these beats are essential skills we instill at SDA

Introducing Harvi- Our student of 2021! Good Luck Harvi 👏🏽

At the age of 4, Harvi began her Bharatanatyam training at Sampradaya Dance Academy under the guidance of Guru Smt. Lata Pada. Through her time at Sampradaya, she successfully completed 6 levels of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) examinations.

In the past 14 years, Harvi has competed and performed at countless events. In addition to these performances, Harvi has been able to take part in numerous dance workshops held by renowned Guru Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram, Bharatanatyam dancer Parshwanath Upadhye, Kuchipudi dancer Harikishan Nair and Mohiniyattam exponent Mala Pisharody. Harvi also had the opportunity of learning and performing other classical dance forms like Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Bollywood, Kathak, and Folk. Alongside dance, Harvi has explored carnatic music (vocals and violin) and led various executive positions in federal NGOs (Target Alpha, FUSE Society, etc.), in school clubs (WOSS History Society, WOSS TSA, Music Council, Softball, etc.), and more.

Harvi is incredibly grateful to Guru Smt. Lata Pada .pada.7 and Guru Atri Nundy for giving her the skills and confidence to be able to present this Arangetram to you today. Guru Lata Pada has always been and will always continue to be an inspiration and a role model. Harvi would also like to thank all her friends and teachers for their encouragement throughout her dance journey. Harvi would also like to express her gratitude to her parents for supporting her in everything.

“Classical Indian dance is the identity of the culture of the nation and preserving it is the first
duty of the people of this country. Any art form, whether dance, music or poetry is a direct
identification of one culture, our personality and who we are”.

One of the upsides of our needed shift towards online learning throughout the pandemic is learning how to use technology to our advantage. As we have worked on returning back to the studio, hybrid (in-person/online) classes have helped to ensure all students can continue to participate in the learning process.

Our studios are now open! We’ve taken all the precautionary measures to transition safely back to in-person classes. 😷All students have their temperature checked upon arrival at our studio and have designated spaces outlined in tape to ensure safe distance is maintained while dancing! Welcome back to the studio :)

for January 2021

Annual Recital 2021 ✔️

Registration Now Open!