Wisconsin

Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance\

THESE BOOKS MAY NOT BE FOR YOU
A superficial exposure to music is acceptable to most people; but there is an elite for whom this is not enough. If you have attained certain social and intellectual level, Elementary North Indian Vocal (Vol 1-2) may be for you. This has compositions, theory, history, and other topics. All exercises and compositions have audio material which may be streamed over the internet for free. Are you really ready to step up to the next level? Check your local Amazon.

Name: Kripa Baskaran
E-Mail: kripabaskaran@gmail.com
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, Pewaukee, New Berlin, and Brookfield Brookfield
Telephone: 262 744 4252
Misc. Info: Natyarpana school of Bharat­natyam in Madison and Mil­waukee (classes con­ducted at the Hindu temple of Wis­con­sin, Pe­wau­kee) Naty­arpana is di­rec­ted by Mrs. Kripa Bas­karan in an ef­fort to pro­mote Indian cul­ture and tra­d­it­ional values through the art form of Bharat­natyam. Kripa Bas­karan is a stu­dent of Kalaima­mani Dr. Ambika Kam­eshwar, Chennai and has been teach­ing the art form for over 15 years.

Name: Deepa Devasena
E-Mail: aarabhischool@gmail.com
Field: Kathak, Bolly­wood, Bhangra, Folk Dance
Location: New Berlin, Green­field, Brook­field, Mequon, Down­town Mil­waukee, Wis­consin
Telephone: 414-477-5693
Misc. Info: Please check www.aarabhi.com for more infor­ma­tion. Deepa Deva­sena is the founder, ar­tis­tic dir­ector and choreo­grapher for Aarabhi Indian dance school. She achie­ved Di­ploma in Bharata­natyam and Bachelors degree in Kathak. Deepa has been trained in Bha­rata­nat­yam under late Sundari San­tanam and Smt. Radha Sridhar. Deepa Deva­sena has stu­died the Luck­now style of Kathak under the di­rec­tion of Ms Kiran Chouhan, senior dis­ciple of the le­gen­dary Pandit Birju Maharaj. She has under­gone fur­ther train­ing in ex­pres­sive and inter­pre­ta­tive aspects of Kathak from Smt. Nirupama and Shri. Rajendra.

Name: Pooja Dhaliwal
E-Mail: pooja_imi@yahoo.com
Field: Hindustani Clas­sical Vocal, Semi-Clas­sical, Light, folk and Sitar
Location: Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Telephone: 414-465-0143
Misc. Info: Masters in Hindu­stani clas­sical music from Punjab Uni­versity Chandi­garh, Gold Meda­list. Learned music under the guid­ance of my father, Prof. Chaman Lal Bhalla, who is a doyen of Hindu­stani clas­sical music..

Name: Bradley Fish
E-Mail: bradleyfishmusic@gmail.com
Field: Beginner Sitar + Rudra Veena; All Levels Guitar, Dulcimer – for East/West Fusion. Music Production/Recording, Theory, Many String & Percussion instruments.
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Telephone: 217-552-9407
Misc. Info: www.bradleyfish.com Released 3 Loop CDs w/SONY. Recorded and Performed w/several multi-million selling producers and musicians. B.A. degree in Jazz Guitar Northern IL U.  37+ Years Teaching Music..

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TABLA, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
This is the first volume of the most complete series on the tabla. Fundamentals of Tabla It is available around the world. Check your local Amazon for pricing.

Name: Anu Kelkar
E-Mail: ask7x12@gmail.com
Field: Kathak , Folk, Bolly­wood
Location: Brookfield WI
Telephone: 717-307-5653
Misc. Info: Anu Kelkar offers train­ing in Indian clas­sical dance Kathak, Indian folk dance & Bolly­wood dance. Anu Kel­kar is trained in Ka­thak Nritya from pres­ti­gious Gan­dharva Maha­vidyala Uni­ver­sity under Guru Dr Manjiri Deo. Please con­tact 717-307-5653 for more details..

Name: Ragani
E-Mail: ragani@raganiworld.com
Field: Kirtan
Location: Kirtan with Ragani, Milwaukee, WI 53217
Telephone:
Misc. Info: www.RaganiWorld.com (website) – Official web­site for Ragani, award-win­ning ar­tist & pro­ducer and leader of Mil­waukee’s on­going monthly Kir­tan with Ragani, one of the lar­gest in­de­pen­dent, on­going kir­tan scenes in the U.S. Named in OnMilwaukee.com’s “100 Mil­waukeeans You Need to Know”, Ra­gani has been fea­tured on FOX & NBC af­fi­liates, in nu­mer­ous inter­na­tio­nal pub­li­ca­tions (Re­cording Magazine, Ode, etc.), With over 30 years of live Kirtan with Ragani events, Ragani’s kir­tan and man­tra beat songs have been top sel­lers at iTunes and CDBaby, and she is fea­tured in the kir­tan do­cu­men­tary movie, Sutra. In ad­dition, Ragani cur­rently writes music for film & TV and leads sacred re­treat tours to India..

Name: Jai Sovani-Garud
E-Mail: jai.garud@gmail.com
Field: Vocal- indian Clas­sical/Bhajan/Semi-clas­sical
Location: Brookfield, WI
Telephone: 248- 470- 0391
Misc. Info: I star­ted learn­ing music from the tender age of 8 and went on to gra­duate in music. I am trained in guru­kul pat­tern under one of India’s best clas­sical singer of our times “Ga­na­saraswati Kishori Amonkar” and cur­ren­tly under the tute­lage of Smt. Arati Ankalikar- Tikekar. I have been awar­ded many ac­col­ades and scholar­ships during her ca­reer in India like Kalyani Karandak, Swar Madhuri, and Govt. of India Scholar­ship to name a few. I am inte­res­ted per­for­ming/ teaching Indian clas­si­cal vocal as well as bha­jans and semi-clas­sical songs.

Name: Lavanyaa Surendar
E-Mail: aumperformingarts@gmail.com
Field: Bharat­natyam & Vocal
Location: Brookfield, WI
Telephone: 503-333-9860
Misc. Info: The vision of AUM is to develop a happy community through Social Intellectual Mental & Physical Learning (SIMPLe) using arts. The mission of the AUM LLC is to spread the art of Bharathanatyam, an Asian Indian art form that evolved with Yoga. AUM trains young children from the age of 5 through adults in bharathanatyam, Carnatic music and Kalaripayattu. This is intended to develop physical and mental wellbeing. Through thematic performances that art form promotes community interaction and delivering social and moral messages that promoted community well-being..

Name: Cyenthia Vijayakumar
E-Mail: Cyenthia.vijay@gmail.com
Field: Kathak
Location: Brookfield, Pewaukee, Waukesha, WI
Telephone: 414 817 2837 
Misc. Info: Aarambh Kathak Dance School (AKDS) is founded by artistic director and choreogragher Cyenthia Vijayakumar. AKDS follows ISTD syllabus which is a recognized syllabus in USA and UK. ISTD is one of the world’s leading dance examination boards. AKDS teaches all ages and levels. AKDS is at the forefront of promoting Kathak – North Indian classical dance for a much diverse group of people in Milwaukee, WI. We create, produce and present new choreographic works and also partner with other genre to create new productions.”..

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