Rudram Dance Company

Tara Priyadarshini Bikkasani is a professional Bharatanatyam dancer. She mastered her intricacies of Bharatanatyam under the tutelage of Nrithya Choodamani Smt. Krishnaveni Lakshnam of Kalakshetra ,Prof. M. R. Krishnamurthy Smt. Uma Sundaram, and Smt. Uma Rao of Kalakshetra, Chennai, India. Tara also had the privilege of learning Abhinayam from Padma Shri. Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna and Smt. Saride Manikyamma who is a legendary exponent of “Temple Dance form” from Hyderabad, India. Tara has garnered the attention of media and connoisseurs of the arts by virtue of several hundreds of performances in India and abroad. The schedule she keeps is a testimony of her outstanding calibre and total commitment to her chosen field. Tara has choreographed Ramayana, Krishnam Vande Jagat Guru, Dhasavatharam, Draupadi, and recently Nrithya-Milana, an amalgamation of various Indian classical forms together. She has remarkable appearances at important national and international Dance Festivals. Tara taught at the University of Florida in Gainesville for a few semesters, and has been invited to conduct workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and performances at several universities including Purdue, South Bend, Indianapolis, and other Midwest schools. Tara runs Rudram Dance Company, which is a premier dance school where she teaches and trains students for performances. To her credit, several of her students had their Arangetram and continue to dance at the Rudram Company.