KALASADHANA DANCE COMPANY

Kalasadhana Dance Company, founded by Samyuktha Punthambekar in January 2020 and based in Lubbock, Texas, aims to create revolutionary, contemporary-inspired Bharatanatyam dance.

The name 'Kalasadhana' combines "Kala," meaning Dance and Arts, with "Sadhana," meaning Dedicated, Devotional Hard Work or Penance.

NEWS

Offering Kalakshetra style Bharatanatyam dance classes.

Offering mentorships to emerging arts workers in arts administration and artistic explorations.

I hope that, as you train the next generation in the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam dance, you will be able to share this art form not only with the South Asian community of Ottawa but also with the wider Canadian community. May your dance, teaching and arts administration experience serve you well as you embark on this new venture!

- Chandra Arya, Member of Parliament / Député – Nepean

TESTIMONIALS

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Kalasadhana Dance Company (KDC) acknowledges with deep respect that its work spans across the traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin people in the region known today as Ottawa, Canada, and the lands of the Comanche and Mescalero Apache Peoples in what is now Lubbock, Texas. We honor the enduring presence, knowledge, and resilience of Indigenous communities in both regions and recognize the histories of displacement and care that continue to shape the lands on which we live, learn, and create.

To learn more about Canadian/Algonquin Land Acknowledgements, please visit here to read a blog post by Lynn Gehl, PHD.

Additionally, please visit here to learn more about Land Acknowledgements in the USA.