Bio:

Gurus Anil Natyaveda (Co-Director) and Dr. Aparna Sindhoor (Founder/Artistic Director of Navarasa Dance Theater www.navarasa.org) are world renowned teachers, choreographers, directors, and performers. They have been teaching Kalari ppayattu (Indian martial art), Yoga and Indian classical dance, for more than two decades around the world.  They teach in studio and online for students from all backgrounds and age groups. Guru Natyaveda is one of the world’s leading experts of Kalari. They have choreographed for Indian films including Santhosh Sivan’s, Anandabadhram, S M Raju’s Varnam.  They have collaborated with Cirque du soleil famed Franco Dragone’ and recently worked with Oscar winner Antony Dodd Mantel. Gurus Sindhoor and Natyaveda have brought the training of Kalari ppayattu in a serious way to North America by teaching at their institution (Navarasa Dance Theater), schools, universities and senior centers.  They have created “Dance For Everyone” program that is bringing free and subsidized dance, martial art and yoga classes to more than 150 underprivileged kids and adults in India and USA. Kalari classes designed by Sindhoor/Natyaveda help people live their life to full potential with mindfulness.