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Name: Samir Chatterjee
Email: samir@tabla.org
Field: Tabla
Address: 11117 Candlelight Lane : Potomac, MD, 20854
Telephone: 301 983 8870
Misc. Info: Farrukhabad Gharana - Every third Sunday morning through afternoon group classes are held in three levels; Beginner, Intermediate, and group. Each class is of an hour-and-half duration and costs $70. More detail can be obtained from website www.tabla.org
Name: Dance Delight - Chitra Kumar
Email: chitrakumar05@yahoo.com
Field: Kathak, Folk Dances of North India
Address: Ellicott City, Maryland 21042
Telephone: (410) 465-0919
Misc. Info: Learn a new art form, a delightful experience in learning
dance for all ages. Classical, semi-classical, and folk dances of
North India. Also learn light movie songs for special occasions such as
marriage, anniversaries, etc. and devotional songs for Indian
festivals. Students have performed in the Baltimore/Columbia area for
temples and various Indian associations over the last 20 years.
Name: The India School
Email: indiaschool2004@yahoo.com
Field: tabla, kathak, Indian folk dance, movie dance, fusion dance,vocal music, yoga
Address: PO Box 40003, Washington DC 20016
Telephone: 301-654-6915
Misc Info: www.indiaschoolinc.com
Come learn Indian languages, dance. music and cultural arts at the India School located in Bethesda,Maryland. India School is renowned for its excellence in teaching and imparting knowledge of cultural arts for over 30 years.
Name: Savita Jain
Email: savita@savitajain.com
Field: Bollywood Film Dance
Address: MD 20886
Telephone: 240-784-0140
Misc. Info: I teach bollywood film dance to children and adults. I am located in Gaithersburg MD. For more information, please visit my website: www.savitajain.com.
Name: Dr. P. K. Swaminathan
Email: swamipk@hotmail.com
Field: Mrudangam - South Indian Percussion
Address: Burtonsville, Maryland
Telephone: 301 421 9040
Misc. Info: Dr. P. K. Swaminathan is a Senior Disciple of Padmashree Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mrudangam Maestro Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivarman Over 20 years of experience performing for music and Dance in USA and Canada Runs the Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman School of Mrudangam with lessons developed by the Maestro himself. Students will have opportunity to take advanced lessons from Sri UKS in India or in Maryland
Name: Kalalayam--Dance and Music Academy
Email: radhadutta@juno.com
Field: classical and folk Dances of India/Bangladesh; Bengali Tagore and modern songs
Address: Montgomery County
Telephone: (301) 564-3683
Misc. Info: Radha Dutta is an internationally acclaimed performer, teacher (for over 25 years), choreographer, and dance critic. She has performed extensively in four continents and is one of the 1st exponents of Mohiniattam, among other styles, abroad. Among her gurus are the Dhananjayans(Madras) and Kalyanikuttyamma (Kerala). Not only is Radha a very popular dancer on stage in the DC areas nad abroad, her students perform widely as well.
Name: Dr. Urmil Kalra
Email: urmilkalra@yahoo.com
Field: Theory- CLassical Indian Music and Dance
Address: 204 Duke of Kent Ln Apt 202 Cockeysville MD 21030
Telephone:
Misc. Info:
Name: Konark Dance School - Jayantee Paine-Ganguly (director)
Email: jayanteep@hotmail.com
Field: Odissi, Kathak, Folk, Tagore, Western creative modern, & Mohiniattam
Address: 12001 Lilium Lane, Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769
Telephone: (301) 860-1144
Misc. Info: http://www.Konarkdanceschool.org/
Name: Ms Kumud Mathur
Email: kumud_mathur@hotmail.com
Field: Bhangra and Bollywood Film Dance, Health Enrichment with Laughter
Address: Potomac, MD 20854
Telephone: 301-299-3334
Misc. Info: I teach Bhangra and Bollywood Film Dance to teenagers and adults, men and women. Learn an art while staying in shape. FOX TV and NBC4 TVs covered the class on their networks as fun way to exercise. Check out the link http://www.nbc4.com/video/9428570/index.html. I also teach Dholak, Tabla, Kathak, Rajasthani and Garba styles of dances in 6 weeks for a social event. Please visit my website: www.dance2health.com. Health Enrichment with Laughter includes breathing techniques, memory-enhancement, and "laugthter" exercise. This program improves memory, reduces stress, calms mind, relieves anxiety and depression, increases energy, focus and clarity, and improves general quality of health.
Name: Shruthi & Deepti Mukund
Email: shruthi.mukund@gmail.com
Field: Bharathnatyam
Address: Natyabhoomi School of Dance, 13420, Query Mill Road, North Potomac, MD
Telephone: (240) 491 3467
Misc. Info: Teaching for over 10 years. Specialising in Mysore School of Bharathnatyam and an innnovative dance and exercise class - DESI DANCERCIZE - dance-dc.com
Name: Saraswathi Narayan
Email: snarayan5@yahoo.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal Music
Address: Baltimore, MD
Telephone:
Misc. Info: South Indian Classical music lessons for beginners and intermediate to all ages. For Group or idividual classes please contact me through e-mail.
Name: Soma Sarkar Preciado
Email: so_sar@yahoo.com
Field: Hindustani Voice, Bhajan and other light/semi classical
Address: 8510 - 16th Street, Apt - 716, Silver Spring, MD - 20910. (For commuters, this area is conveniently located on the Red line and driving and parking here is never a problem. If you live in NoVA, DC or MD, please feel free to contact me).
Telephone: 301-5892922
Misc. Info: : I received my degree in "Sangeet Visharad" in 1994 with a first class in singing khayal. I have been teaching since 1993. Later I moved to the U.S to receive my Masters in "Music Education" from New England Conservatory of music, Boston. I am also trained in Early childhood education as well as teaching Indian music to Non Indian musicians and non-musicians. I teach children and adults. For more information, please visit: www.somasarkar.com
Name: Babu Parameswaran
Email: babusmusic@yahoo.com
Field: Musician, Music Composer, Nattuvangam Artist, Keyboard Player, and Sequencing expert
Address: 1204, Westerlee Place #T-2 Catonsville, MD-21228
Telephone: 410-719-1569
Misc. Info: Babu is the Director of the Keerthana Shcool of Indian Music & Fine Arts, MD He is one of the sought after musician who travel around the world and perform through out the year. He is a staff artist of Bharata Kalanjali, the dance academy of the world-renowned dancers The Dhananjayans for the past 12 years. Babu has performed in most of the major festivals like the Festival of India in Moscow. He has composed music for many dance productions like Meera, The Nutcracker, The Cinderella, Tagores Shyama, Thulsi Ramayan Kalidasas Malavika and many others. Recently Babu Composed Music for the production Hari Charan which was staged in Los Angeles He has worked with Pandit Ravishankar in his musical theater Ghanashyam and was featured in the album Chants of India by Pandit Ravishankar and George Harrison of the Beatles.
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Name: K. S. Resmi
Email: ksresmi@hotmail.com
Field: Vocal - Carnatic, Kathakali padams, bhajans, film songs (Languages - Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, English)
Address: 2604 Evergreen Avenue, Apt. #2, Baltimore City, Maryland 21214-1731 USA
Telephone: 410-254-6832 (Telephone &Fax)
Misc Info: http://www.myspace.com/ksresmi. Please see my website for a full bio, audio samples, photos, and schedule. My experience in India includes 14 years of private instruction in Kerala at Sangeetha Bharati and 3 years as a fulltime faculty member for Carnatic vocal in the Department of Indian Music at the University of Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Please feel free to contact me for private or group lessons.
Name: Dr Anjali A. Sarkar
E-mail: sarkaraa@gmail.com
Field: Kathak, Indian Folk dance, Creative Dance, Dance on Tagore's
songs and Hindi bhajans, Yoga
Address: 2342, Glenmont Circle, Apt#104, Silver Spring, MD 20902.
Telephone: 301-501-7128
Misc. Info: Dr Anjali Sarkar, daughter and disciple of Guru
Bharati Roy, has been performing and choreographing Kathak, Indian
folk dances, Modern Creative dance, dance dramas by Tagore and
compositions on Indian bhajans in India and abroad for the past ten
years. In addition to teaching, Dr Sarkar is currently forming a group
of artists interested in varied creative experimentations. Contact
time: Mon-Fri: 7pm to 9pm; Sat-Sun: 9am to 9pm.
Name: Praful Shah
Email: payal3shah@yahoo.com
Field: Musical Keyboard, Piano, Guitar
Address: 2111 Riding Crop Way., Windsor Mill, MD
Phone: 410-926-9426
Misc Info: Praful Shah is a professional musician. He has been teaching Piano, Keyboard and Guitar for 20 years. Please contact by cell phone or email for lessons.
Name: Raju Soundararajan
Email: sai20876@yahoo.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Address: 11313 Rambling Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Telephone: 301-353-1297
Raju Soundararajan is a senior disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. Hails from the music family of Uthukkadu Sri Venkatasubhaier: Has been performing in India, Singapore and USA. Has been teaching and performing in Maryland for last 30 years. Carnatic vocal classes are held for beginners to advance level.
Name: Supraja Srikanth
Email: supraja.srikanth@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Address: 587, Pelican Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Telephone: 301-208-1256
Misc Info: I teach Carnatic Vocal for kids and adults. Please call me or email me for music class.
Name: Akhila Venkatachalam
Email: akhilav@yahoo.com
Field: Bharathanatyam
Address: Baltimore, Maryland
Misc. Info: Initiated to the Indian classical danceform, Bharathanatyam under Guru Sri Kalasadan Mani and later Guru Smt Vasanthasena, I evolved as a dancer under the aegis of Guru Smt Gayatri Subramanian. Also I have received training in Nattuvangam (the art of teaching dance) under the great stalwart, Guru Smt Rajee Narayan. Determined to make dance a way of life, I am currently working towards a career in Dance/Movement therapy (a mode of Psychotherapy). Alongside I am a teacher, performer and continuing student of this danceform. To learn more visit me at www.geocities.com/akhilav