About Smt Kishu Pal...
An exponent in classical dances like Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi Smt. Kishu Pal is also well trained in Folk Dances of India. She has learned Bharatnatyam from Gurus Shree Venugopal Pillai & Smt. Jayshree Pillai of Tanjavur Gharana and Kuchipudi from Guru Smt. Radhamohan. She had extensive training in folk, creative and cinematic dances from her father Shree Subal Sarkar the renowned Dance Director in film. She also has opportunities to work as an assistant dance director for films done by him. She is having T V Serials, Ad films and Marathi films to her credit as an independent dance director also. Since her childhood she had been touring often with her maternal grandfather the great Ballet performer Shree Sachin Shankar and after starting Nrityalika she has created and choreographed Ballets like UTSAV, BAL KRANTIVEER SIRISH KUMAR, PICNIC and ASMITA MAHARASHTRACHI.

After her marriage in 1986,she along with her husband Shri Krishna Pal started the organization 'NRITYALIKA' which was aimed at teaching Bharatnatyam and Folk dances on an institutional system like having standard written down portion, appointing teachers to run various classes at different locations, upgrading teachers knowledge by teachers training classes, having a separate performance section etc. And since then shaping up this institution to have over 26 branches comprising of about 800 students at different locations.

Besides running her own institution she also guides other dance classes at Nashik, Malegaon, Panvel & Alibaug which are affiliated to her institution.

Her choreographed show 'ASMITA MAHARASHTRACHI' - The Cultural Pride Of Maharashtra, has been performed for more than seven hundred times at various locations from small gatherings to nearly all five star hotels, for companies like Cadburys ,Johnson & Johnson, and many more for management & marketing conferences etc. Shows for political rallies held at Nashik for Shiv Sena, Shivaji Park for Samajwadi, Churchgate for Congress, Free India mega event at Thane stadium etc.

Mrs. Kishu Pal had the opportunity to participate for the International Festival at Hongkong and Taiwan, in 2001 with the Indian delegation.

Mrs. Kishu Pal is always sought to judge various dance competitions held by various T V Channels as ETV Marathi, ALPHA Bangla, Doordarshan, Sayadhri etc. Banks, Government Departments, Schools, B M C, L I C. Mumbai Police, MTNL, Provident Fund offices, Inter Ward Dance Competitions, Rotary Clubs, Lions Club, Malhar, Navratri Dandia, Cultural Associations, Fashion Shows and many more.

She is also an examiner for other dance classes examinations . Besides doing all these activities she has written a book on BHARATNATYAM with a teacher approach towards the subject rather than a research book. This book is directly helping student as a standard portion and is used by many other dances classes as a teaching medium.

She is the publisher and editor of the dance based newspaper 'NRITYASAMACHAR' and has two websites named www.nrityalikadance.com and www.mumbaidance.com

About Gurus VenuGopal...

Gurus VenuGopal and Jayashree Pillai are husband and wife team teaching Bharatnatyam of the Tanjavur Gharana . Both are disciples of Guru Acharya Parvati Kumar and were participants in his dance ballet , Discovery of India by Indian National Theatre . Guru Venugopal Pillai is the nephew of Chandranshekar Pillai who was the teacher of Guru Acharya Parvati Kumar .