Shruthi Mukund

She has also collaborated with dancers from different countries and performed all over the DC metro area at prestigious venues including the Black Rock Center, MD. She is a part of the DANCE ASIA ALLIANCE, an unique dance group including dancers from Malaysia, China, Mongolia, Indonesia, Burma and Phillipines

Shruthi has served the Indian Dance Educators Association (IDEA) board in various capacities over the years including Chairperson for 2006 -2007 and is one of the founding members of the Asia Heritage Foundation. She also served on the programming committee for the Black Rock Center for the Arts here in Maryland.

Shruthi Mukund is a professionally trained dancer in Classical Indian Dance style of Bharathanatyam having learnt from Guru Smt. Lalitha Srinivasan and Gurus Smt Sandhya and Sri Kiran Subramanian. She is also well versed in Indian Folk Dances and martial arts.

Shruthi, is the artistic director for Natyabhoomi School of Dance (North Potomac, MD) since 2001. Along with teaching and choreographing, Shruthi helps promote the school and works exclusively on the outreach of Indian Classical dance.

She has also experimented in Contemporary Dance Style through choreography.

In the 2000, Shruthi began the Desi movement or better known as Desi Dancercize to capture the essence of being Desi and share the joy of Desi Dance!! She conceptualized and designed for women who want to dance as well as exercise to Indian/Asian music & moves! She is currently teaching at http://www.studiobooseh.com/ located in the Kentlands in Gaithersburg, MD.