Preethi Ramaprasad

Preethi Ramaprasad is an international dancer, musician, and researcher. He toured and performed Bharatanatyam throughout India, Europe, and the United States. She is a student of Critical Dance Studies at the University of California, Riverside. Where she does research on the representation and performance of myth among transnational Bharatanatyam practitioners. She has co-curated "Varnam Salon," "Performing Voices of Bhakti" and San Francisco's first South Asian choreography festival, "When Eyes Speak." Her Bharatanatyam and global politics workshops have been presented at many institutions including Barnard College, the Juilliard School of the Arts, Sonoma State University, Heart with Lines by Alonzo King, and Young Arts.

Many foundations support her work, some of which include the San Francisco Arts Commission, Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation, American Conservatory Theater ArtShare Fellowship, Deborah Slater Dance Theater Residency, SAFEhouse Arts Lead Artist Fellowship, All-Rounder Yuva Kala Bharati for Young Artists, Guru Sanjukta Panigrahi Award, and the National YouthArts Scholarship. Preethi presents her Bharatnatyam dance through poetry, community building, and storytelling.