She was learning
under Mrs. Teresa, in the city of Tuticorin, in
South Tamil Nadu. Alongside Bharat Natyam, she also
learned Snake dance, Kurathi, and folk Dances. She
gave multiple stage performances in classical and
folk dances, in her childhood days.
Later she moved to Chennai in
1986,
and continued to be trained under Mrs. Prabha
Natrajan.
Then she took a 17 year break,
finished her Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering,
got married to Kannan Sivarajan, and had two
beautiful children. Later she moved around, in India
and a few places in the USA. The first time she saw,
Navanritya group perform and heard about the various
classical forms of dances taught by Anwesha, her
desire and dream to dance and learn more started to
take shape.
She joined Navanritya Dance Academy in 2006, and
trained as part of the senior group “Mirage”. The
Navanritya form of dance lets her explore a lot of
dance forms and keeps her creativity alive. This is
the main reason; she still wants to continue her
training as a senior dancer. Another personal
reason, because the group is so well bonded.
Irrespective of age, everyone is like a great big
family, helping each other out. The Academy gives
her an opportunity, to pursue the common interest of
dancing shared by all members, alongside doing
charity work, with the talent that everyone
acquires.
“Knowledge learned is not challenged enough until
you share it.” Beginning of 2008, Anitha got the
chance to start teaching the
youngest group of students "Blooming Buds".
She loves and enjoys working and teaching the
children. While teaching the kids, she learns a lot
from them.
Anitha quotes “Dancing is a great pleasure. But,
seeing your students enjoy and dance gives me
immense pleasure. Giving back something to the
community and teaching them the rich dance forms of
India makes me to feel proud.”
Today
she continues to train as part of the Mirage Group,
in Bharatnatyam and Navanritya, under the
guidance of Anwesha Dutta.
She is a very talented dancer, quick learner and an
extremely patient teacher. Lovingly Mirage
Group refers to her "The Clock Work". She never
misses a step, and is forever willing to help the
other students, catch up. She is Anwesha's right
hand, and a a blessing in disguise. In Anwesha's
absence, she single handedly manages all the administrative
tasks, co-ordination and facilitation, to ensure, the classes
take place on time.
