About the Dancer
Ardra is the daughter of Deena Ajayan and Ajayan, and the elder sister of Aloka Ajayan. She is currently Studying in KGES Bengaluru.
Since the young age of four, Ardra has been practicing Bharatanatyam in the Kalanjali School of Dance under the guidance of Guru Smt. Namitha Balagopal. Attending classes has moulded Ardra into a gifted dancer and each year she displays her skills by performing in many stages and shows in Bengaluru and outside Bengaluru. In the year of 2015 she performed Bharatanatyam in ‘Natyanjali festival’ in pandanallur. She also performed Bharatanatyam in many famous temples in Kerala and Karnataka. Along with Bharatanatyam she is practicing Mohiniyatam and Kuchipudi under her Guru Smt. Namitha Balagopal.
Her arangetram, at the age of 12, is indeed an early milestone in her passionate journey towards excellence in this divine art form.
About the Guru
A danseuse par excellence,versatile choreographer of repute and a venerated guru of Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattam,Smt:Namita Balagopal who is also a performing artist in Kathakali,Kuchupudi,keralanatanam,Yakshagana.She turned very much phenomenon in Indian Classical dance.
She did her MA ,MPhil and pursuing her PhD in dance.She has performed many programs in India as well as abroad and won appreciation from one and all including press and public.
She has been training students for the past 10 years,she established dance in Bengaluru for for performing arts and
"Kalanjali" an institute which she is the founder director.The institution grooms young talent in the field of Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyatam.
Ardra is the daughter of Deena Ajayan and Ajayan, and the elder sister of Aloka Ajayan. She is currently Studying in KGES Bengaluru.
Since the young age of four, Ardra has been practicing Bharatanatyam in the Kalanjali School of Dance under the guidance of Guru Smt. Namitha Balagopal. Attending classes has moulded Ardra into a gifted dancer and each year she displays her skills by performing in many stages and shows in Bengaluru and outside Bengaluru. In the year of 2015 she performed Bharatanatyam in ‘Natyanjali festival’ in pandanallur. She also performed Bharatanatyam in many famous temples in Kerala and Karnataka. Along with Bharatanatyam she is practicing Mohiniyatam and Kuchipudi under her Guru Smt. Namitha Balagopal.
Her arangetram, at the age of 12, is indeed an early milestone in her passionate journey towards excellence in this divine art form.
About the Guru
A danseuse par excellence,versatile choreographer of repute and a venerated guru of Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattam,Smt:Namita Balagopal who is also a performing artist in Kathakali,Kuchupudi,keralanatanam,Yakshagana.She turned very much phenomenon in Indian Classical dance.
She did her MA ,MPhil and pursuing her PhD in dance.She has performed many programs in India as well as abroad and won appreciation from one and all including press and public.
She has been training students for the past 10 years,she established dance in Bengaluru for for performing arts and
"Kalanjali" an institute which she is the founder director.The institution grooms young talent in the field of Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyatam.