Shambhavi Dandekar - SISK - Kathak

Shambhavi Dandekar

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*Master performer, teacher, choreographer, mentor in Kathak dance 
*Torchbearer of Banaras Gharana 
*Gurus - her mother Pandita Maneesha Sathe, Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar 
*Founder-director of Shambhavi’s International School of Kathak (SISK)
*Originally from Pune, India, Shambhavi lives in San Francisco, performs internationally, trains students all over the world through regular classes &  the Global Distance Learning Program
*Performed in more than 120 cities in 13 countries worldwide
*Trained and mentored 19 professional dancers and the number is rising
*Awards - Kalashree, Nritya Ratna, Singarmani, Bharatashree, P. L. Deshpande Youth Award
*A grade artist of Doordarshan
*Awarded as one of the ‘101 Social Changemakers of Silicon Valley’ by UK based organization ‘The Human Atlas’.
*Performed in Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, New Zealand, India and USA 2023-present.