Tara is a Boston-based dancer and choreographer who specializes in the classical Indian dance techniques of Kuchipudi and Bharat Natyam. She has performed and taught in Colombia, Brazil, Turkey, India and the U.S. In 2003 she performed in the FleetBoston Celebrity Series, dancing the title role in the critically acclaimed "Chitra." Tara founded and directed Lasandhi Dance Theater, which had its final performance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2003. Her television appearances include WGBH's DanceFest 2003 and WGBH's Greater Boston Arts in 2001. Some of the venues where she has performed are Sanders Theater (Cambridge, MA), Miller Theater (Manhattan, NY), Bogazici Universite, (Istanbul, Turkey), Amritanandyamayi Ashram, (Kerala, India).

Tara is on the roster of the Creative Arts & Sciences Council of the Newton Public Schools, and was selected to perform at the 2003 New England Art & Education Conference in Hyannis, MA. She has taught and lectured for schools and organizations including the Boston Ballet, Adrien Block Middle School (Queens, NY), Devereux Glenholme School (Washington, CT), Groundwerx Movement Center (Providence, RI), Holy Cross College (Worcester, MA) and Natyalaya Escola de Dancas Classicas Indianas (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

Tara is currently semi-retired; she now gives lecture/demonstrations in schools and cultural institutions.

TRAINING

Tara studied with Neena Gulati at the Triveni School of Dance in Brookline, MA and with Anuradha Jonnalagadda in Hyderabad, India.  She studied Modern Dance at the Harvard Summer Dance School, and holds a cum laude Bachelor's Degree in Dance Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  She also studied West African dance and spent a year in Dakar, Senegal.  In 2003 she completed an apprenticeship in Japanese taiko drumming and continues to study and perform with Odaiko New England.