About Smt. Sandhya Kandadai Rajagopal

Smt. Sandhya Bhargavi Kandadai Rajagopal, Founder and Artistic Director of Bhargavi Bharata Natyalaya, is an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer. Bhargavi Bharata Natyalaya is an institution promoting Bharatanatyam and striving to preserve the tradition.

Sandhya is also the Founder of Bhargavi Arts Academy, a Non-Profit Organization to promote Indian Classical Performing Arts and Music. She has been teaching in the greater Seattle area for more than a decade now. Smt. Sandhya has received her formal training in various styles of Indian Classical Dance like Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi from several Gurus. She feels fortunate to have come under the tutelage of Dr. Janaki Rangarajan who is a world-renowned Bharatanatyam exponent.  

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Smt. Sandhya has choreographed and presented dance programs and dance dramas for numerous cultural events in USA. She created and choreographed several productions on many concepts. Many of her students have done Arangetrams and are pursuing this art form. Her students have won several awards in regional and national competitions in Classical Dance. She has served as judge in many competitions held in various organizations. She is a well-known senior artist in the Greater Seattle Region. She entered the Asia Book of Record's, India Book of Record's for the 50 Jathi Challenge conducted by Kalaimamani Madurai R. Muralidharan. She was selected as Master Artist consecutively for 2 years in a row for the Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Program by, an initiative by WA State. She strives to preserve this art and pass on to the future generations to come. Now, she continues to run her dance school while completing her PhD in Bharatanatyam at the Vedic Wellness University