Austin Dance India
Empowering through dance since 1990
Our Offerings
Our work includes dance workshops, master classes, arts-in-education performances, community events, professional productions, and collaborations.
Workshops &
Arts in Education
with Anuradha Naimpally
Our Artistic Director, Anuradha Naimpally, offers numerous presentations and performances that can be customized for any occasion, venue, and audience.
She performs in diverse settings including museums, schools, libraries, and concert halls, engaging audiences of all ages through interactive performances, workshops, and demonstrations that contextualize this ancient dance. Her Arts in Education program, Moving Myths of India, has brought storytelling, mythology, rhythm, and movement to thousands of youth across Texas and beyond. Drawing on her MFA in Dance Ethnology, she also offers master classes, lecture-demonstrations, and panel discussions for university students.
with Anuradha Naimpally
Performances at Community Events
with ADI’s Student Ensemble
Our student ensemble offers engaging performances for community events, festivals, and special gatherings. The ensemble presents works that are accessible to diverse audiences while honoring the depth and tradition of this classical dance form. Performances can be tailored to suit a wide range of events, creating an immersive cultural experience through engaging explanations, story, music, and movement. Learn about our upcoming shows here.
with ADI Students
Professional Productions & Collaborations
with ADI’s Professional Ensemble
Our professional ensemble produces full-length public performances annually, offering audiences the opportunity to experience new works and repertory. We invite collaborations and participation within dance as well as interdisciplinary projects. With a long history of working alongside Austin-based artists and companies, the ensemble has collaborated for years with groups such as Tapestry Dance Company, Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre, Toni Bravo, Early Era Dance Collective, and many others. These partnerships reflect our commitment to creative exchange, cross-genre work, and building vibrant, collaborative performances that connect classical Bharata Natyam with contemporary voices and artistic practices. Learn about our upcoming shows here.
Upcoming Shows
Agni Foundation for the Arts & Agni Katha presents
DEVI: The Eternal Savior
February 7, 2026 | 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
Rollins Studio Theater
in artistic collaboration with
Austin Dance India • Wall IV.Null Collective • Abhinaya School of Dance • Kaumudini Academy of Dance • CTBA
Check out our past work!
Austin Dance India’s work began in Austin in 1990 and continues to evolve. This gallery offers a glimpse into our more recent creations, with much more history behind us.
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