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2010
Acharya Shama
Acharya Shama
With experience of teaching over the past 10 years, Acharya Shama established Samarpan Kathak Dance Academy in Pennsylvania in 2018 to carry forward the legacy of Lucknow gharana and promote Indian art culture. The purpose is to fulfill everyone's dream and give colour and happiness to their lives. The classroom is a smart class equipped with audiovisual facilities, and is conducted both for personal and virtual.About Acharya Shama: As a dancer of the young generation of Jaipur and Lucknow Gharana, Acharya Shama has a firm academic foundation in music and dance. From her tender age of 3, she started learning Kathak in Jaipur Gharana style from her late Guru. She completed the academic qualification in Kathak while still in her school years. Later in her life, she became a follower and student of Lucknow Gharana through her present Guru, who is a well known and old disciple of Jai Kishan Maharaj, son of Padma Vibhushan Pt. Birju Maharaj ji.
Rated 5.0 I have been doing kathak for about a year. Acharya Shama is a great teacher, and I feel like I'm in my own little world, having fun, and learning. She has her own way of teaching, and the way she explains it makes the most complicated things seem easy. I just had my first exam, and it wasn't THAT bad! You DO have to know your stuff, but as long as you keep practicing you'll do good. Awesome class, and I really do have fun learning this classical dance form.
Rated 5.0 Acharya Shama came as a blessing in my life when I needed the positivity in my life through Kathak. She is all about passion for dance and spreading the joy of the art form. Learning Kathak has taught me humility, discipline and made me more grounded. Acharya is very supportive, encouraging and most of all very patient with her students. She goes above and beyond to accommodate classes as per your request (due to me being in healthcare) during these very testing times which is a very rare quality you can find in a teacher. Acharya Shama is a very gentle soul, and has become a very dear friend during my journey with her. If you are looking for a dance school which is all about passion but not at all commercial then Samarpan dance institute is the one for you.
Rated 5.0 Acharya Shama is a very graceful kathakar and a great teacher. She is very patient and gives personal attention to each student. Her classes are very detailed. She understands her student's weaknesses and works through them to empower and encourage. She is very polite and makes it fun to learn this intricate form of dance. I am very happy to find her as my Guru.

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