Sadhana Paranji

🪔 About

Guru Sadhana Paranji received her training in Indian classical dance under the revered Gurus, Padmashri Saroja Vaidyanathan, Dr. Uma Rama Rao & Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna. She is a gold medalist in MA (Dance) from Telugu University, Hyderabad, INDIA. Sadhanaji has been awarded the titles of Shringaramani by Sur Shringar Samsad, Mumbai, Nritya Kala Praveene & Nritya Shiromani by Basava International, New York; Natya Kala Vipanchee by Vipanchee Fine Arts Inc., Chennai, and Nritya Kala Ratna by Vamsee Fine Arts, Hyderabad. She has also received proclamations from the US Congress, NY State Senate & the NY City Council. She was featured on two ABC-TV shows Eyewitness News and Good Morning America besides being written about in the New York Times & Backstage (a Broadway magazine). Guru Sadhana has been actively promoting Bharatanatyam & Kuchipudi in New York City since 1992 through her dance school, Sadhanalaya. She also teaches Indian classical dance in the U.N. International School in Queens as part of her endeavor to reach out to diverse audiences. She conducts workshops & lecture-demonstrations at various educational institutions, museums and libraries such as the American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, Queens Museum and the Brooklyn Museum. In collaboration with Smt. Janaki Patrik, Artistic Director of Kathak Ensemble, Guru Sadhana promotes Indian art form and culture at the NY City public schools. Her students also regularly perform throughout the tristate area for associations that promote arts and culture. She has over a 1000 performances to her credit and has choreographed and performed in several of her productions including: Shiva Parvathi Kalyanam sponsored by Basava International, Dasavataram, Mahashakthi and Om Namaha Shivaya.She also presented a dance ballet, Sri Venkateshwara Sringara Lahari in 2011 as a fundraiser for the Hindu Temple Society in NY. This ballet was presented once again for the North American Telugu Society, Sri Ranganatha Temple in Pomona, NY and the Albany Telugu Association in Albany.Her most recent production was Navadurga which was staged in 2014 and was a grand success.