Description: Sharanya Mukhopadhyay, is a UCLA graduate and a dedicated dancer in the Odissi style. She has been studying dance since the tender age of 4. She started learning odissi under the tutelage of Srimati Nandita Behera and then numerous famous teachers like Aruna Mohanty, Monoranjan Prodhan and others in Orissa Dance Academy. Renowned dance critics have called Sharanya a child prodigy. She has been compared with Shirley Temple and other doyens of art and culture by judges and experts. At age twelve, she was the
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A dancer characterized by a “fluidity and clarity of technique, married beautifully with quicksilver dramatic skills” (LA Times) – Sharanya Mukhopadhyay’s footwork and expressions synchronize to create as aesthetically gratifying experience and has been a star performer since age 12. Numerous awards, extensive press reviews and superb comments from critics have made her one of the leading proponents of Indian classical dance. Rooted in tradition she as been experimenting with new genres like fusion, semi-cl
Sharanya thanks all the people, fans, friends, family, Gurus and divinity for the support she needs to be what she is today.