Seema Rao

🪔 About

Seema is the senior-most disciple of G. V. Ramani Natya Kala Foundation or GVRNKF and has been associated with Guru Smt. Gayatri Subramanian since 1987. After presenting her Arangetram (maiden stage performance) in 1993, Seema continued her pursuit of the art form to explore further. ​ Seema’s specialization has been in the field of “bhava” or “abhinaya” enabling her to portray any character, any emotion flawlessly. She has been a part of various dance productions of her academy like Kutrala Kuravanji, Andal Kalyanam, Krishna Leela, Panchakanya and Ramayanam. ​ She began assisting her guru, teaching batches of students in the Academy and also started training students independently since 2000, few of whom continued their training to become accomplished dancers themselves. ​ Seema has also been leading GVRNKF in organizing 2 festivals annually – UTSAV and Margazhi – for the past 10 years. She is well-versed with organizing, managing and executing both in person and online festivals. Artist coordination, end-to-end festival management, creative content, social media promotion, budgeting & expenses and communication, she has handled it all and continues to support with events for her and her teacher's school. ​ Seema also has effortlessly compered for numerous dance performances in India & USA, given her knowledge of the subject and love for languages. She can incorporate English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada & Tamil in her communication with the audience when behind the mic. She is a much sought after master of ceremonies in the dance circles in Dallas. ​ Seema started the Dallas branch of GVRNKF in 2018 and loves sharing her knowledge of the art with young aspiring dancers and adults. She also co-chairs the Dallas Adavu club started in 2023 March, an initiative to bring together Natyam practitioners in the DFW Metroplex to encourage collaboration and sharing. ​ She balances this with a flourishing career as a Program Manager, employed with Charles Schwab at Dallas.