Arts India US

Arts India US Creating and supporting a community of emerging Indian classical performing artists in the United States.

For parents of Indian classical performing arts students, summer is a great time for your child to deep-dive on a skill ...
06/17/2026

For parents of Indian classical performing arts students, summer is a great time for your child to deep-dive on a skill or topic through workshops led by other schools and teachers. Here are just a few. Check out our Resource Hub, by accessing the Linkin bio, to look up more! Educators, if you would like to add your workshop to our Hub, check out the site for instructions.
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For parents of Indian classical performing arts students, summer is a great time for your child to deep-dive on a skill ...
06/17/2026

For parents of Indian classical performing arts students, summer is a great time for your child to deep-dive on a skill or topic through workshops led by other schools and teachers. Here are just a few. Check out our Resource Hub, by accessing the Linkin bio, to look up more! Educators, if you would like to add your workshop to our Hub, check out the site for instructions.

We are thrilled to welcome the inaugural cohort of the Arts India US National Junior Board.Selected through a highly com...
06/11/2026

We are thrilled to welcome the inaugural cohort of the Arts India US National Junior Board.

Selected through a highly competitive application process, these 30 students represent a remarkable cross-section of the Indian classical arts community in the United States. They come from different regions of the country, practice a wide range of art forms, and bring with them diverse interests, experiences, and perspectives.

What united them was a desire to contribute to this field beyond their individual artistic practice, and a drive to become leaders in the American performing arts ecosystem in the future.

Over the coming year, Junior Board members will engage with the work of Arts India US, participate in committee discussions, help shape initiatives, and gain firsthand knowledge and experience in governance, fundraising, and community-building.

We are excited to learn from them and work alongside them!

Congratulations to our 2026–2027 National Junior Board. We're looking forward to a wonderful year ahead.

This week, our team member Sri Perangur presents his original show, “Enargeia,” at Chicago’s storied Elastic Arts venue....
06/08/2026

This week, our team member Sri Perangur presents his original show, “Enargeia,” at Chicago’s storied Elastic Arts venue. Inspired by the rāgamāla paintings of premodern India, “Enargeia,” from the Greek word meaning lifelike description, seeks to imagine and portray rāgas as characters, ideas, and symbols in a completely improvised program.

The concept borrows from the long Indian tradition of rāgamāla paintings, in which rāgas are personified—as musicians and dancers, lovers, kings and queens, and gods. Sri asks the question: How might the reverse process work? How can a rāga be used to depict a character or a scene with the same richness of color and deep symbolism?

This performance is part of Elastic Arts’ prestigious Improvised Music Series, which over the last 25 years has featured hundreds of world-renowned and emerging improvisers from across diverse musical traditions. “Enargeia” premiers at 8:30pm on Thursday, June 11th at Elastic Arts.

Check out the Linkin bio to learn more. Good luck, Sri!

06/05/2026

Indian classical arts in the United States are rich in talent, tradition, and possibility.

Unfortunately, that's not enough to sustain these genres in this country.

Artists need mentorship. They need networks. They need institutions that understand their work, audiences that can connect with it, and pathways that allow them to build sustainable artistic lives.

That's why Arts India US exists.

Through initiatives like the Lotus Fellowship, Curated Artist Partnerships, and the National Junior Board, we invest deeply in artists, institutions, and emerging leaders. Through research, resources, and public programming, we share insights, opportunities, and perspectives with the broader community.

We are helping to create the conditions in which these artists and art forms can thrive.

If you're a U.S.-based Indian classical performing artist, or someone who cares about the future of these traditions, we'd love to have you join us.

06/02/2026

A small window into the Lotus Fellowship.

During her keynote and workshop, Preeti Vasudevan .preeti posed a question that every artist must eventually answer:

Why are you doing this?

As opportunities arise, your "why" becomes a filter. It helps you decide what to say yes to, what to say no to, what to chase, and where to invest your time and energy.

Without that clarity, it's easy to pursue things that don't speak to your personal artistic journey.

And eventually, as Preeti shared, that's when artists plateau.

This excerpt offers a glimpse into the kinds of conversations taking place inside the Fellowship, where artists are not only developing new work, but developing the clarity needed to sustain a creative life.

An Italian artist, Giampaolo Tomassetti, spent years painting scenes from the Mahabharatha and audiences across the worl...
05/29/2026

An Italian artist, Giampaolo Tomassetti, spent years painting scenes from the Mahabharatha and audiences across the world are responding to it: this raises an interesting question for those of us thinking about Indian classical arts in the U.S.:

What allows someone outside a tradition to connect deeply enough with it to interpret it meaningfully?

Too often, we assume familiarity is automatic within a community and impossible outside of it. But perhaps connection has less to do with proximity and more to do with how a tradition is introduced, studied, framed, and experienced over time.

At Arts India US, we think about this often.

How do Indian classical artists create meaningful entry points into forms that can initially feel unfamiliar to broader audiences—without flattening or diluting what makes them profound?

When engagement happens with sincerity and depth, cultural exchange stops feeling superficial. And maybe that’s where new audiences begin.

A recent piece in Dance Magazine explored the backlash to “balletcore.”For those unfamiliar, balletcore refers to a fash...
05/22/2026

A recent piece in Dance Magazine explored the backlash to “balletcore.”

For those unfamiliar, balletcore refers to a fashion and aesthetic trend inspired by ballet—tutus, wrap sweaters, pointe shoes—often removed from the context of the art form itself.

We are sure many of you can relate to this article because the tension addressed isn’t unique to ballet. When a form that demands years of rigor, lineage, and lived experience is flattened into something consumable, what gets lost?

There’s a fundamental question here that we must continue to experiment with in answering:

How do we invite new audiences in without losing what makes the work and genre meaningful?

There’s something powerful in recognizing that these conversations are not happening in isolation. They are unfolding across the arts, especially with genres that take pride in the purity of their frameworks and history.

Check out the Linkin bio to read the full article.

Conversations with an Artist: Yamini Saripalli Join us on June 4th at 9 pm EST (6 pm PT) for our next Conversations with...
05/20/2026

Conversations with an Artist: Yamini Saripalli


Join us on June 4th at 9 pm EST (6 pm PT) for our next Conversations with an Artist, featuring Kuchipudi dancer and choreographer Yamini Saripalli in conversation with our Founder and Executive Director, Vani Krishnamurthy.

This session will focus on a core question within Kuchipudi today:
What does it mean to carry forward a deeply theatrical form in a modern context?

From its roots in dance-drama traditions to how it is taught, performed, and received in the U.S., we’ll explore:
— The role of theatricality and storytelling in Kuchipudi today
— How artists translate dramatic depth for new audiences
— What it takes to move from technique to true performance
— And how pedagogy evolves across geographies and generations

Check out our Linkin bio or the QR code to sign up!

Last night, our Founder & Executive Director, Vani Krishnamurthy, moderated a powerful conversation at the New Jersey Pe...
05/12/2026

Last night, our Founder & Executive Director, Vani Krishnamurthy, moderated a powerful conversation at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center as part of an evening celebrating AAPI trailblazers.

Following a screening of the story of Patsy Mink—who challenged invisibility through persistence and purpose—the panel brought together leaders across government, business, academia, and community work. What emerged was not one singular narrative, but many: complex, evolving, and deeply rooted in identity.

At Arts India US, we often think about the gap between what communities hold and what broader audiences are able to see, understand, and connect with.

That idea surfaced in a different way last night.

Many in the AAPI community are taught how to work hard, adapt, and contribute, but not always how to take up space. And yet, the leaders on this stage have done exactly that: bringing their full identities into the rooms they enter and expanding those rooms for others.

Conversations like these remind us that representation is just the beginning. The real work lies in building visibility, belonging, and pathways for the next generation.

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