Month: November 2020

Time-Line of Grace And Grooves LLC

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Group & Private Classes without registered business name.

Pror to 2012 –

Ms. Hetal’s Journey in Performing Arts Before 2004 and Her U.S. Establishment

The journey of Ms. Hetal in the performing arts is a testament to a life long passion, value of life, value of time, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to cultural education. With roots deeply grounded in classical and folk traditions, her career began long before her emergence on the American stage.

1993 – 1994 – 1995 – Gujarat, India.

Ms. Hetal was officially introduced as a commercial educational artist in drama between 1993 and 1995. During this period, she entered into a series of contractual programs(seeding projects, one after other – fulfillment of prior projects as requirement, yearly) that showcased a comprehensive repertoire of performances, spanning a range of dance genres.

These early endeavors marked her formal entry into the professional performing arts landscape, laying the foundation for a distinguished career.

1998 – 1999 – Gujarat, India.

By 1999, Ms. Hetal had already begun to make her mark as an Educator. Under the independent mentorship of her guru(s) and PR teams in Mumbai & Hyderabad, she graduated her first cohort of students in India in the classical art form of Bharatanatyam and in a variety of Indian folk dances. This milestone reflected not only her mastery of these traditions but also her growing influence as a teacher and mentor.

Some other relevant links of activities and pictures in details

1998-1999 – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi – India.

Entered freelance choreography programs as well other than regular programs.

Link of one of the blog post.

2003 – 2004 – USA – Michigan, Dallas Fortworth.

In 2003, a new chapter began with her marriage, followed by her relocation to the United States in 2004.

Rather than pausing her artistic pursuits, Ms. Hetal embraced the transition as an opportunity to relaunch her side hustle career in a new cultural landscape. Ms. Hetal began performing solo, participating in competitions, and engaging in various artistic collaborations—all through her own self-established public relations (PR) company. This venture allowed her to manage and promote her work independently, building a strong personal brand within the diaspora community.

From 2004 to 2006 – Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Dallas & Fortworth  | 2005 – 2010 – Dallas, Fortworth, Texas, USA

Ms. Hetal worked independently, earning recognition for her dynamic solo initiatives and unwavering dedication to the performing arts. Her growing schedule and consistent presence in the community eventually created the foundation for something more formal.

2010-2012 – Dallas Fortworth Metroplex, California, USA

In 2011, she transitioned from independent work to a structured model of arts education by founding her own company in the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), Texas area. This marked the beginning of an era characterized by systematic instruction, cultural preservation, and innovative programming in Indian classical and folk dance education.

Ms. Hetal’s journey—rooted in tradition and adapted with innovation—continues to inspire both artists and audiences across continents.

How company name was suddenly announced.

Group Names Used Before 2011-2012 for Indian Dance Performances:
Dallas Sitare, Dallas Dance, Irving Gals, Dallas Dancers, Desi Dancers, Naach, Dallas Boys, Desi Beats, Nach Le, Dallas Desi, Groovy Boys, Graceful Girls, Dallas Stars, Irving Boys, and others.

At times, no names were used when not required. Ms. Hetal always performed under her name as choreographer or submission. (Updated March 17, 2018) | See our collaborations here.

More About Our History : Several Blog Posts..

2012 : Grace And Grooves LLC was established and registered in State of Texas by Hetal Nagaraj.

Programs and Clientele Overview:

  • Indian Folk Dances and Bharatnatyam were the primary programs offered.
  • Private group sessions, including Couple Dances, Therapy Dance Lessons for Couples, Marriage Parties, Mehndi Nights, Birthday Parties, Sweet 16 Parties, and Bollywood Fusion with Classical Dances, have been ongoing since 1999 under the guidance of Hetal.
  • The majority of clients were Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) legally settled in the Dallas Metroplex area, including participants from Vidya Vikas Hindu Temple classes, Northlake College, and other local colleges. A smaller portion of the clientele included Non-Indians, such as Mexican, Italian, and African-American participants, as well as students from various religious backgrounds seeking guidance on dance dramas incorporating Indian dances, similar to Hetal Nagaraj’s training.
  • Over 50 students of all ages, ranging from 5 years old to teenagers and young adults, were registered in these programs.

2013 : Grace Creations performing team was formed

Grace Creations Program Overview

  • The Grace Creations performing team was established to foster the fusion of various Indian and Non-Indian dance forms and styles. It was designed for experienced and trained dancers seeking to elevate their creativity and perform regularly.
  • All students were trained exclusively in their respective dance forms and styles, with artist collaborations forming a core part of the program. [Click Here]
  • Bollywood classes were offered to private groups and friends, specifically targeting select performances or competitions. Student enrollment for these classes was structured as group sign-ups.
  • Pre-Elementary Bharatnatyam classes were introduced in Irving, Coppell, Keller, and Southlake, Texas, and were exclusively taught by Hetal.
  • Approximately 15 students were registered for the exclusive Grace Creations program, having been trained in various Non-Indian performing arts through dance institutes and schools. Some students had also earned school credits in their Independent School District (ISD) programs in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip-hop, Contemporary, Theater, and Lyrical dance.
  • Other participants included Bharatnatyam students from different styles, Kathak dancers, and Odissi dancers, along with those trained directly by Hetal

What inspired to create these fusions ? Her own daughter’s experiences in non-indian dances.

Background and Formation of Grace Creations and G2 Dance Factory

Ms. Hetal’s daughter received five years of formal training in institutional, educational, and non-commercial dance schools in Tap, Jazz, and Ballet as a pre-competitive and competitive dancer at the city and state levels before transitioning to Indian dances and recreational Hip-hop training.

Her daughter’s decision to leave non-Indian dance forms stemmed from feeling isolated as the only Indian participant when advancing to higher levels. Consequently, she discontinued her training in non-Indian dance forms in 2011 and shifted to Indian dances. Despite this transition, she maintained strong friendships and continued collaborative training in non-Indian performing arts from 2011 onwards, ensuring a positive and safe environment.

Following this experience, in 2011 and 2021, Ms. Hetal encountered several other parents whose children faced similar challenges. This led to the formation of Grace Creations in 2013, inspired by Ms. Hetal’s deep-rooted background and the positive, supportive relationships she had built. Grace Creations was established as a hybrid platform, integrating Indian and non-Indian dance forms.

Subsequently, G2 Dance Factory emerged as an advanced extension of Grace Creations. It was established as a separate brand focused on commercial, professional, and educational governance.

These developments significantly enhanced Ms. Hetal’s existing institutional knowledge and expertise, which she had gained through training with her teachers in India. Her extensive experience working with institutional performing arts schools and choreographers in non-Indian dance forms in the USA provided her with valuable insights. Diversity has consistently been a part of Ms. Hetal’s life since her school and college days, reinforcing her ability to create inclusive and enriching dance programs.

[Read below for the rest of the story and 2020 accomplishments.] 

2014 : Bharatnatyam was introduced with structured curriculum.

Program Structure and Curriculum Overview

  • Pre-Elementary to Advanced level classes were exclusively taught by Hetal.
  • The curriculum was reinforced and revised in alignment with university guidelines to reflect the latest trends in creativity.
  • Professional Bharatnatyam lessons were introduced for advanced students with limited classical or competitive backgrounds.
  • Classes in Bharatnatyam, Bollywood (private group sessions per event), and Indian Folk Dances were offered separately in the following locations:
    • Irving, Texas
    • Coppell, Texas
    • Southlake, Texas
    • Frisco, Texas (private lessons and workshops)
    • Grapevine, Texas
    • Keller, Texas
    • Flower Mound, Texas

2014 – 2015 : Choreographers joined as interns or volunteers.

Choreography and Program Expansion Overview

  • Choreographers, including volunteers, joined as assistants to support training and performances.
  • Bollywood, Tollywood, and Indian Movie Dances were introduced as independent programs, structured by levels.
  • Beginner and intern choreographers conducted guided choreography sessions under the strict supervision and presence of Hetal for all dance forms and styles, including practice sessions.
  • Mansi and Deepthi actively participated in all performances, leading to the formation of the Elite Level in Bollywood Dance Lessons.
  • Classes in Bharatnatyam, Bollywood (private group sessions per event), and Indian Folk Dances were offered separately at the following locations:
    • Irving, Texas
    • Coppell, Texas
    • Southlake, Texas
    • Frisco, Texas (private lessons and workshops)
    • Plano, Texas
    • Grapevine, Texas
    • Keller, Texas
    • Flower Mound, Texas

A structured full-course program in Bharatnatyam, following the Kalakshetra style, was introduced with an enrollment of eight students.

2015 : Bollywood, Tollywood, and Indian Movie Dances was introduced.
  • Recreational Classes were introduced in Bollywood and Bharatnatyam(Southlake) for those who don’t want to perform or do it strictly for recreational purpose.
  • Structured Program was further enhanced for Bharatnatyam, Folk Dances of India, and Bollywood/Tollywood/Indian Movie Dances.
  • Bollywood/Tollywood Dances got Level by Level structure to focus on body mechanics, movements, ability level as per age and was successfully implemented.
  • Choreographers started teaching independently their own works with minimal or no supervision or with/without direction from Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Skype Lessons were introduced for Bharatnatyam, Bollywood And Indian Folk Dances and successfully implemented and continued. Choreographers : Hetal, Buvaneshwari.
  • Professional Bharatnatyam And Kathak Choreography Classes were introduced for students with background of advance dance forms or dance styles exclusively for competition and special feature purposes.
  • Classes in Bharatnatyam, Bollywood(Private Group Per Event) and Indian Folk Dances were offered separately in Irving-Texas, Coppell-Texas, Southlake-Texas, Frisco(Private Lessons and Workshops), Plano-Texas, Grapevine-Texas, Keller-Texas, Flowermound-Texas.
  • Hiphop Classes at recreational level started in late 2015 – 2016 Jan exclusively by Hetal Nagaraj – www.hetaln.com

Year 2015 – 2016 –

  • 2015-2016 – All Elite Students were trained separately –
    • For Targetted Indian Folk Dances by Hetal,
    • Professional Bharatnatyam by Hetal,
    • Professional Kathak Workshops by Mansi and then further by Hetal.
    • This created need for costumes for their teams as well or just friend and family that we allow to perform on our stage.
  • This led to the launch of Jazz it Up By Hetal Joshi M (2015–2016), a wholesale costume supplier brand supporting performing arts schools across the USA.

Jazz it up is the economy brand that was exclusively launched as an E-commerce brand on and w/name of www.graceandgrooves.com for wholesale costumes.

2016 : Musical Dance Dramas were added to Annual Programs.

The initiative focused on encouraging dramatic dance elements (Natya and Navarasa) under Hetal’s supervision, with 4-8 minute routines based on organizers’ requests. Grace and Grooves aimed to complete all Navarasa by year-end for students across various dance forms.

The Grace Creations Program was temporarily paused.

Classes in Bharatnatyam, Bollywood, and Indian Folk Dances were offered in Irving, Coppell, Southlake (recreational), Frisco (private lessons/workshops), Plano, Grapevine, and Flower Mound, Texas. Bollywood recreational classes continued for dancers not performing regularly.

​2017 September And Onwards :

Dance Forms and Bollywood was separated with seperate DBA to submit in different competitions and audiences.

  • Nruthyakala Dance Academy : For All The Indian Folk within Categories.
  • Mirchi Dance Academy : For All The Bollywood-Tollywood and Indian Movie Dances w/or without remixes. We do ALL dances that happens in movies.
    • Mirchi Dance Academy By Hetal Nagaraj was bought by Ms. Hetal from her own senior.
    • The name existed prior to its registrations as well as a registered DBA to use as assumed name (it’s initial date is 2000 in other state). #YES

Date/Month this post was updated : November 7, 2017. Specifics added from Ms. Hetal’s own post.

2018 February :

  • Kalasri Classical Dance Academy : Bharatnatyam Program made it to seperate DBA to submit to different competitions, audiences and to demanding trends of creative Bharatnatyam choreography works from university trainings & past trainings of Hetal Nagaraj’s Mother – Lt. Smt. Daksha Trivedi Joshi (D.M Joshi), Guru(s), Institutes & Schools. Exclusive to Pre-Elementary, Elementary, Standard, Creative and Accelerated Bharatanatyam Dances.
    • Bharatnatyam Theme & Dance Dramas will dance under Kalasri.
    • Name is inspired from Kala as in art and Shri/Sri/Shree written as “श्री” in Devanagari. Wherein, Sri is salutation given in tamil language with regards to Bharatnatyam where sri is most acceptable layman term for shri or shree or “श्री”. Likewise in Sanskrit.
    • It was a merger and an acquisition because of Hetal Nagaraj’s own capacity to handle students and get the results of all the innovative programs and services.
    • Mergers and Acquisitions  – New post soon with specifics.
  • Nruthyakala Dance Academy will serve to Non.Classical Dance Forms & Dances within its categories or forms.
    • Semi-Classical Folk Dances will be part of Nruthyakala and dancers are trained in the following :
      • Bharatnatyam Programs for at-least 12-15 hours plus vigorous practices
      • are existing students of Bharatnatyam program & have been trained in Indian Folk Dances with Grace And Grooves LLC Or Students of any other Bharatnatyam/Indian Folk Dance Company (Must do Trial Class).
    • It was a merger and an acquisition because of Hetal Nagaraj’s own capacity to handle students and get the results of all the innovative programs and services.
    • Mergers and Acquisitions 

2018 August :

  • Elite Dancers of Grace And Grooves LLC named Ashna Pethe, Nirja Setty, Samarth Setty were launched to venture and step out for bigger production houses, modeling companies and various such other paid, unpaid, and volunteer projects.
  • Grace Creations was relaunched by trained bollywood hip-hop dancers and fully trained Indian Folk Dances under Hetal Nagaraj.

2018 September : 

  • Rg2 Dance Productions was formed in collaboration with Raagaleena Dance Academy (A Premier Kuchipudi and Bollywood Indian Dance Company In Irving) for various locations to provide bigger, better and more refined quality dance works for all the Bollywood, Hiphop and related dance productions. Very First Dance Production of RG2 Productions went LIVE in LIVE audience on September 29, 2018 with around 15 advance dancers of Raagaleena Dance Academy and Grace And Grooves LLC in total and with an audience of over 250 people.
    • ALL Costume & Jewelry Exclusively Designed, Provided by Hetal Nagaraj.
    • Choreographers-Swapna, Anusha. Hetal (Grand Finale).
    • Concept, Direction : Hetal & Swapna.
  • Dhamaal Events was launched in partnership with more than 25% share with Hetal Nagaraj and as part of Grace And Grooves regular events for all the dance related major outside/international guests/faculties activities other than routine dance lessons on social media. This was in association with speciality dance & theatre businesses too. Initial Journey of Dhamaal Events – Click Here.

2018 December : 

  • RG2 Dance Productions was dissolved with mutual agreement between Grace And Grooves LLC and Raagaleena Dance Academy due to unpredicted emergency travel dates of owner of Raagalaeena Dance Academy. ​
  • Anantha-1 Series were announced. More about Anantha-1.

2019 January :

  • Anantha-1 was successfully showcased without ANY Bollywood or other dances.
  • Costume Line launched successfully.
  • 2019 – Dhamaal Events was bought in FULL 100%.

2019 February :

  • Our friends & partners at Dhamaal Events became family of Grace And Grooves LLC under supervision of Hetal Nagaraj.

2019 August :

  • Anish Rangrej Visited DFW AGAIN and this time Dhamaal Events made a louder noise with structured level by level Navaratri Garba & Dodhiya Workshops. From Beginners To Intermediate and Advance. Lot of dancers who had started their workshops with Hetal last year as beginners or intermediate had a chance this Navaratri season to complete their Intermediate and Advance steps with Anish as the sudden dates of his arrival and workshops aligned.
  • Our Artistic Director Hetal Nagaraj Very First Non-Profit Choreo went LIVE on August 24, 2019 in 2 different categories of dances : Bollywood Traditional Dances featuring community folk and Fusion Category.
  • Our First International Artist who came for residency program on Indian Folk Dances (Not to confuse with bollywood, fusion or lok nritya/community dances).
  • 2019 September 14, 2019 – Our first Bollywood Dance Production featuring Sarvaa Dance Production featuring Bharatanatyam, Folk And Bollywood along with an exclusive Fusion Category of Dances was successfully showcased in DFW of North Texas at Killian Middle School.
  • 2019 November, 2019 – Our Very First Kalaripayattu Batches Begins Officially with first set of batches.
  • 2019 December, 2019 – Rang Indian Folk Dance Productions were announced
  • First set of our graduates were launched as professional artist in Bharatanatyam, Indian Folk Dances, Filmy Dances (Bolly/Tolly/Kollywood) in our various dance productions. – Click Here for their respective Reachh Mediaa Since 2013.
  • Grace And Grooves Successfully Completed 10 YEARS OF NON-STOP 1st 3 PRIZES IN Dance Competitions From Bollywood, Bharatanatyam, Indian Folk Dances & Fusions for ALL AGE GROUPS FROM AGE 5 yrs to Teens and Adults. (Non Voting Competitions).
  • 2 of our students received scholarships with full ride. Mini, and Shweta. Congratulations. This makes total of 3 students so far who took that path.
  • Grace And Grooves Opens its doors to stay at home or working parents to apply for our performing teams, paid events and morning hour trainings.
  • International Dancers visit Grace And Grooves LLC to take Indian Folk Dance Trainings for master technique workshops & corrections in Indian Folk Dances with full theory. See here Dhamaal Events.
  • Grace And Grooves Announces it’s first annual show(Not dance production) March 28,2020 – Saturday @  12 to 2pm. Venue : Plano Courtyard Theater, 1509 H Ave, Plano, TX 75074  —- Postponed and later completed with Video Shoot due to Covid 19 Lockdowns and Later – Virtual Lessons.
  • Our International Artist For Navratri Garba/Dodhiya Visits us again at Dhamaal Events for Workshops Series – Click Here.

2018 – 2019 –

The Elite brand was later launched in 2018-2019 to cater high value customers for commercial productions.

The Elite brand is not named per se but it’s sales was no later than 2021 under www.graceandgrooves.com exclusively under Hetal Joshi M.

Jan 2020 to December 2020:

2021 :

  • January 2021 : Our very first LIVE EVENT And That too : Arangetram of Our Elite : Nirja Setty. Read About Her.
  • February 2021 : Congratulations To Hetal Nagaraj, Nirja Setty, Samarth Setty aka Setty Siblings and Ashna Pethe on ther international awards for bagging Solo & group Awards at international level. Read More – Here.​​​
  • March 2021 : NEW : Hetal Nagaraj to receive her 3rd International Award, this time for not only dance but for leadership. Read More about it : International Women’s Award for 2021 | 43:48 | Click here | Country-India, Award Media Location – Gujarat.
  • April-May 2021: NEW : Congratulations to Nirja Setty, Samarth Setty & Aahana on getting their international awards nominations cleared. Awards were declared in May 24th week of 2021 & will be shipped to their address. More details – here. Country-India, Award Media Location-Mumbai.
  • May 2021 : NEW : Congratulations to Hetal Nagaraj on nominations & being selected for International Award in the list of inspiring enterpreneurs in business and performing arts in month of May. Country-India, Award Media Location/Hyderabad. Award Announcement & Release: June 2021. See Here – NEWS India Today – The Impact.
  • June 2021 : NEW : Hetal Nagaraj Dance, Hetal Nagaraj featured in The India Today-THE IMPACT  as her 4th International Award in the list of inspiring entrepreneurs in business & performing arts. Award will be shipped to Ms. Hetal. Here is the link of the specifics & award. Non-Voting. This is her 4th international award.

  • August 8, 2021 : Hetal Nagaraj broke her own several records & made a history in Entire Performing Arts:

    1. Exclusive by genre – 3 dance productions in 1 day (Anantha Classical Dance Production, Rang Folk Dance Production & Sarva Cinematic Dance Production) featuring Bharatanatyam, Kalaripayattu-Dance, Kalaripayattu- Martial Arts, Chhau Dance & Martial Arts, Indian Folk Dances, Bollywood, Tollywood, Theater/Drama, Dance Drama by genre, Literature and Language Series by Genre, Hiphop, Indian Hiphop, Contemporary, Fashion Show by her teen groups! ​Each of her production were non-stop 2 hours. First production started at 12 noon and last one ended at 730pm. 
    2. Longest Danceathon of straight 19 Mins featuring our pre-competition teams and her national level elites – by genre.
    3. Hetal herself performed a full dance routines with/without her students in Bharatanatyam, Hiphop, Folk Dances, Contemporary, Kalaripayattu, Chhau, Fusions and Fashion Show Routines.
    4. Hetal started her first show w/her students at 19 years under her teachers. Hetal broke her own record of that too when her 18 year old’s first set of students performed flawlessly – that signedup exclusively under Ashna’s own name – NOT under Hetal’s name :). Ashna Pethe.
    5. Otherwise, Hetal had her first intern at the age of 15(Mansi Chauhan-see what she graduated in) under Dance/Learn as Your Earn/Paid Internships – Program of Texas All Star Talents.
      1. Hetal’s Graduate Samarth Setty(Age 13) had his first solo student who performed beautifully on stage(Age 7).
      2. Hetal’s own graduate Nirja Setty(15) had her first set of intern classes in Bharatanatyam. Her own student – a 12 year old started her sub-internships as well for those who needed help.
      3. For volunteer assignments, Hetal’s first direction was at DFW Temple,Irving-Texas-Intern Age was 17 for Traditional-Fashion Show Bollywood Theme. See here.
    6. Hetal as well Grace And Grooves Altogether broke our own record this time for having maximum number of LIVE Shoots during the show itself – Outdoor and Indoors as part of our own show on August 8, 2021 without having you-tube channel.
    7. Theater Series Part 2 went LIVE on stage with full dialogues, acting, music/sound and light effects under Hetal.
    8. We broke our own record of having several virtual students – who went on stage as is with full costumes and routines!
    9. Record Breaking 300 people visited as running audience that were our dance school parents-just her own students’ strength and more than 70 students participated in this event. Outsider artists, teams, guest artists etc and texas all star activities were strictly prohibited this time due to Covid.
  • From March 2020-Aug 2021 : Over a dozen shoots happened for the shows that got cancelled.
    • Record breaking 8 shows were cancelled due to COVID-19 from March 2020 to August 2021 for which advance planning was done including international artists and several of our own teachers-who visit US often. They all live here & travel often.
  • Lot of our other developments : Check here.

Year 2021 –

The first order of Retail was delivered in Jan 2021 (just after the pandemic lockdown) & before the G2 brand initiation for lease in Arlington. Based on this, in 2021 August, Grace Creations Retail infrastructure was designed, planned and implemented exclusively by Hetal to cater to custom request of retail sales for local dancers for smaller orders.(Less than 15-20 costumes), this included G2. 

2021-2022 –

G2 dance factory was registered under Grace And Grooves under Hetal Nagaraj / Hetal M Joshi exclusively. G2 story.

Ms. Hetal faced a multi-million$ fraud from a newly hired volunteer scholar program individual other than the forced inducement by the property manager and vp’s decision for g2 commencement of lease without permission which was just before the newly hired volunteer fraud. This is other than the online financial fraud that occured on our online systems.

The collective fraud and online fraud resulted in huge mess that jammed our online systems “entirely” and several other backlogs everywhere. Individual Saumya was fired the moment everything was caught. 

2022 –

  • Texas All Star Programs was / is paused until further notice.
  • Reachh Mediaa Artist Management Program is only for own graduates.

August 2022 –

Audition Programs Launch for Sponsored & Performing Programs.

  • Page was however created in 2025 as the program was stalled in 2022 right after Bhoomi Trivedi’s Sponsored Program of Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Program was stalled because of massive fraud of 2021-2022 & Ms. Hetal had to put off everything to handle issues.
  • Link of this program.

2023  –

G2 dance factory plugs were pulled out because of massive damages which resulted in lawsuit which could have avoided if property manager would have coordinated well and if the fraud did not occur. The company lost several clients which were bagged for that location back to back for straight 8-9,months, as a huge pipeline of shoots and scheduled workshops due to sheer negligence of incompetant property manager and during that time as well, the commencement date was not discussed upon and for rather forced without prior notice which resulted in other unprepared issues. 

Further more, company saw what it did not see in place like india in 27 years of Ms. Hetal’s own business & 39 years of life such as theft, contract forgery, mess in online systems resulting in jammed systems, mess in stock/inventory registry, chaos, mess in subscriptions, confusions, complaints from venues handled by saumya, deliberate effort to harm Elites by ruining their projects, complaints on code of conduct, slum area behavior of certain parents that was led by saumya and endless police complaints pointing to just one person – saumya and eventually Nritya/Pratap. 

All systems of Grace And Grooves run on icloud based applications & portals. We take regular backups of everything from gadgets, gears and company laptops to online activities. Retreiving data was matter of time by dates of backups and was tedious or time consuming and was thus, traceable in 2024! Appropriate steps are taken on this.

Several locations of Ms. Hetal and several other artist’s lives were impacted because of this fraud and delays of g2 which resulted in catastrophic damages in other locations as well because of backlog.

When it comes to Ms. Hetal, YES, you are allowed to dream BIG! That is ms. hetal’s strength and capacity. Company runs on Ms. Hetal exclusively other than all the other activities. 

This resulted to complete freeze in hiring and a pause until further notice on Texas All Star Programs, 501 3 c programs.

Year 2024 –

ALL locations were minimized to several operations and activities so that Ms. hetal can focus on clearing all the backlog which further impacted Ms. hetals’ personal life as well and that resulted to several backlogs of several pending family work in personal life. Only Ms. Hetal knows this because this entire build of infrastructure is mastermind of Ms. Hetal. The system backlog took longest time because of integrations to several portals and sensitive information of passwords and phone number to each!

Jan 2024 – Dubai, UAE | Rajasthan – Jaipur, Udaipur, India | Delhi, India.

G2 International Launch – w/first batch of own trained professionals. Grad/Elite – Digvijay Singh & Family.

  • Digvijay should not be confused to Manojbhai (Darpana, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) who offers workshops via Dhamaal Events, USA for online. programs (only as needed).
    • Manojbhai and several Dhamaal Events international instructors were scheduled in 2020 but then because of pandemic, their USA visits were postponed until further notice.
  • Launched G2 internationally outside USA w/successful delivery of gigs, annual programs – Grad/Elite – Director – Digvijay Singh & Family.
  • Digvijay’s 13 family kids are enrolled under different programs w/Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Leadership, Instruction, Planning, Finance, Stage, Lights, Costumes – Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Edits, Social Media – Jinal Shah.
  • Photo/Videography Planning and Arranged by Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Pics below. Pics are digitized w/Ai tools to maintain privacy of HNI.

March 2024 –

  • G2 is/was moved out of USA keeping it’s location low key until it reaches international.
  • March 2025 Hetal successfully delivered an international program through consultations and on paper design of entire production as well as program in 3 cities (internationally while Hetal was in USA) & with extremely happy clients and viral videos of those stage performances all over twitter, youtube and tiktok. It was a big hit!
  • Details of these programs will be listed once it reaches its peak potential.

Spl thanks to Digvijay and Jinal for handling the back office work during these rough times. YOU TOUCH ANY OF GEARS, GADGET OR ANYTHING OF THE COMPANY, MS. HETAL CAN CATCH YOU FROM ANYWHERE. It is connected to iCLOUD & CAMERAS.

September 2024 –

IRS (INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE) grants Grace And Grooves LLC, a status of CORPORATION for stocks and trading. 

December 3, 2024 –

United States Patent and Trademark Org (USPTO) grants Grace And Grooves, a registered trademark to Hetal Nagaraj/Hetal Joshi in 8 products and services in education and 8 of them in mainstream entertainment as well!

February 14, 2025 –

Vendor Applications were Opened for the first time in history of Grace And Grooves as well as Hetal Nagaraj’s own performing arts timeline. Link.

February 13, 2025 to February 14, 2025 –

A comprehensive LIST of all activities that are regularly conducted exclusively and independently by Ms. Hetal was published for the first time in the history;prior to that most activities were published in albums as well as list of activities. Link

2025 – March 17 –

Resume Wholesale Costumes.

http://www.graceandgrooves.com wholesale costume resumes its product and services, 

  • Designs, Catalogs and Suppliers. Sale of products work in progress.

March 2025 –

  • Hetal Nagaraj cleared the centralized IT infrastructure to prevent future backlogs. Under Hetal Nagaraj’s direction, it was made exclusive to streamline submissions and payments by our own IT teams and Hetal Nagaraj’s interns. Staff, Interns, Volunteers | Permanent Staff for Projects and Ad hoc work.
  • Internal Company Choreographers/Grads/Former Dancers & External Vendor Applications successfully starts in Dallas Fortworth, USA exclu. under Hetal Nagaraj.
  • External Company Vendor Applications receives a massive positive response from local groups.
  • All contracts and IT infrastructure were updated to address potential future issues, based on prior fraudulent deliberate activity by a volunteer on company devices and several other issues. Click here.
  • Automated systems are enhanced to enable detailed cross-functional intranet activity tracking to automatically stop online payment services and any such activities.
  • Upgrades on online storage, devices & subscriptions, gears and gadgets to enhance transparency.
  • Inclusion of AI, AI tools & AI agents in entire automated company’s infrastructure.
  • All classes that were exclusive under Hetal Nagaraj continued as before;Hetal had to however downsize the locations and not take new students because of hetal’s time was required to clear all the mess.
  • Moved G2 Out of USA in 2023 without delay and launched it successfully with gigs, shows and artist launch programs.
    • G2 was acquired by The Settys due to their substantial monetary investment, losing full control on G2 activities and downgraded my own partnership to partial partnership.
  • The comprehensive restructuring of all company’s technology and its associated brands was initially planned for 2022 & was postponed due to substantial fraud incidents. These incidents resulted in multiple setbacks and excessive costs arising from subscription overload. As a result, the initiative was reintroduced by Ms. Hetal in 2025, as a significant upgrade to the existing infrastructure, focusing on automation and inclusion of Ai tools. Ms. Hetal single-handedly revived and upgraded all brands, companies, and activities from scratch, expanding internationally which is planned to be completed by April 15th, 2025.

March 2025 –

Launch of Vendor Services – Ms. Hetal’s & Company’s First Time in History –

Mirchi Dance Academy’s Massive Bollywood/Cinema & Cinema Fusion Launch – International Celebrity Scale Event in Jaipur, Rajasthan (India). – Grad – Director Digvijay Singh & Family.

  • Professional, Gigs, Cultural & Sponsored Programs. Instruction-Training Programs soon!
  • Leadership, Instruction, Planning, Finance, Costumes – Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Edits, Social Media – Jinal Shah.
  • Photo/Videography Planning and Arranged by Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Stage, Lights – 3rd Party endorsements.

August 3, 2025 –

International Program, Arangetram of Jinal Shah & Launch Activities of various brands in London, UK.

August 30, 2025 –

International Program(Arangetram) of Hetal J Shah & Initiation of 8th Line of Elites. Surat(Gujarat), India & Canada.

October 2025 –

G3 Mega Launch in 2 countries. 21 & Above Only.

  • 31st October 2025 – G3 was internationally launched in 2 countries outside USA, as we speak. It was launched with a series of programs and an official entertainment showcase. Age Group 21+ Only. Men & Women.
  • Brand will be registered much later with an official name, very soon. Exclusive Leadership, Direction, Producer, Launch, Concept, Theme, Costumes, Lights, Instruction Planning, Lesson Plan, Choreo Plans, Technicalities, Creativity, Finance, Stage – Hetal Joshi M – USA/America, Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Photography & Videography arranged by – Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Social Media Edits for digital distribution – Jinal Shah, Reachh Mediaa Since 2013 By Hetal Nagaraj, The Grace Effects By Hetal Nagaraj.
  • Youtube Link.
  • Content for digital & brand distribution – Hetal J Shah
  • Logo Hand Drawn by Hetal Nagaraj. #designer
  • Logo Recreated for digital distribution & brand endorsements by Jinal Shah.
  • Ms. Hetal does not have any mentor, paid consult, or any peers ever since 1998. A Full Graduate w/full extern, internships & experience in everything,
  • More details, soon.

November 2025 

Nov 1 – Stats – published on Oct 31, 2025 midnight.

Hetal Nagaraj – Exclusive Leadership, Supervision, Lesson Plan, Instruction Plan, Curriculam, finances, costumes, logistics, every single aspect.

  • 14 Elites first generations created, Exclusively.
  • 8 lines of international Elites(as of 2025) from scratch plus other graduates.
  • 9th Line of Elites under supervision, currently under training.
  • Ms. Hetal’s 5th personal family generation is international in 6+ genres w/full trainings, in person and online.
  • Ms. Hetal 6th parallel family (niece) in personal family generations graduates in 3 specialities.
    • Not from Ms. Hetal but from other local instructor and her own mother who is accomplished bharatanatyam & creative dancer (- Mumbai, Malaysia, Australia ) and is Ms. Hetal’s direct cousin.
    • International, in person (Europe, Paris, Italy).
  • Ms. Hetal’s 5th parallel “grand father’s lineage” generation, is an award winning bollywood movie star (Mumbai, India) & several others in television series.
  • 99.99% of Elites, Grads are employed within the company itself for various company and enjoy perks of being graduate as well as Elites! #YES

Nov 5 – Nov 11

G4 Mega Launch in 2 countries – Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.

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Ms. Hetal does not have mentor, or any peers or any consults of any type from anybody. Unless otherwise assigned by university for her own degrees, wherein a mentor is just for that university degree. Example – MFA then there is guide assigned by university just for that. None other! A Full Graduate.

  • Ms Hetal is full graduate of every program under hetaln.com and is independent ever since 1998.
  • 1999 was thus, Ms. Hetal’s first batch of Graduates. (Not Elites).
  • All Graduates are not Elites.

Fun Facts –

  • A 1999 graduate now manages all blogs and holds exclusive copyright, digital, and publishing rights for all of Ms. Hetal’s online and print content. He is verified publisher and university professor.

Since the registration of every blog, company, or website including hetaln.com all digital and print materials, social media, software, subscriptions, hosting, and billing are managed externally. Ms. Hetal has outsourced these from inception to protect minors and maintain compliance across multiple countries.

  • Company is international both the ways unofficially or launched as solo artist – USA (2004), India (2004), Canada (2019), UAE (2019) & London/UK (2023). Official Launches 2025.

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Most of mergers or acquisitions were or are Ms. Hetal’s own friends or senior classmates with whom Ms. Hetal performed in past or in her own teen/college days or 2nd gen of service providers.

These mergers do not include the following – At- least UNTIL NOW  :
  • ANY programs offered by other artists with us  OR
  • Offered by Hetal somewhere else OR
  • Offered as the part of our teams OR
  • Offered by other institutes in % or fixed amounts OR
  • Any workshop artists who are our visiting faculties or guests OR
  • These mergers are NOT because we do not specialize in it OR
  • Part of ANY collaborations with other artists (that’s seperate — Click Here).

These are :

  • These are business mergers or acquisitions on paper with full list of products, services, assets & liabilities.  OR
  • Direct partnerships offered to/by Hetal Nagaraj   OR
  • Direct partnerships offered to/by the company Grace And Grooves LLC itself under leadership of Hetal Nagaraj.

For Those Who Do Not Know : Hetal Nagaraj Specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Processes & several such subjects due to her strong education background other than her experiences of over 20 years in 10+ fields as of 2024. About her expertise, www.hetaln.com.

All the Grace And Grooves information is on http://www.graceandgrooves.com

Call NOW 972 979 2559 | info@graceandgrooves.com

We take the honors of what is NOT in our dances, it is that pure!

This post will be updated regularly as and when the developments surface.
It is republished from our own original post of 2017 as well.
 
There is always an update on this page | Updated on Sept 24, 2024, Dec 3, 2024 , March 18, 2025, Oct 31, 2025.
 
We, at Grace And Grooves are approached very often by lot of media personnels, news, and local advertisers or performing arts students. They often use this material and our blogs for our publishings or their research or surveys and thus, it is update every other day or very often! 
It saves us time of 100s of submissions….!
 
 
All Pictures posted here are with an exclusive consent of participating students, parents or school staffs. This material can not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. 

Enjoy some of the undertakings logo(s), digital media flyers, distribution materals……Work in Progress!!!

Grace And Grooves holds exclusive rights for all the content & pictures being posted with permission of organizers for exclusive Grace And Groove use only. Exclusive Copyrights by Reachh Mediaa from 2013 for Hetal Joshi | Grace & Grooves | Grace Creations | Grace And Grooves 2012-current

Dhamaal Events USA Website Now Rests at Grace And Grooves LLC

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Dhamaal Events, USA Website Now Rests At Grace And Grooves LLC

NEW Link of Dhamaal Events.

An Elite Dallas-based event management company, founded by a freelancer(Ms. Hetal’s NIFT friend) in the 2015–2016 academic year, with Hetal Nagaraj holding a 25% partnership, specializing exclusively in performing arts events.

Facebook page for Dhamaal Events was made in Feb 6, 2018 as effort for social media exposure as well.

Dhamaal Events had its very first set of events with Grace Creations of Grace And Grooves LLC with their grand launch of C.R.Y – America – DFW events and several other educational school events/programs under Ms. Hetal Nagaraj. Facebook page will remain active as Facebook does not merge any of the business pages due to difference in services.

Click Here for Dhamaal Events USA Facebook Page.

On March 1, 2019 Dhamaal Events becomes a 100% undertaking of Hetal Nagaraj under Grace And Grooves LLC. Logo was made right after then. ALL the subscriptions & website itself eventually moved to www.graceandgrooves.com .

Entire Grace And Grooves content and every word as well as database and subscription was moved to London based company to save it from hackers or any intruders by November 2020. All the other subscirptions were renewed by dates of their initial signup/setup dates.

ALL the other social media remains intact as links are spread out in such a huge scale that it is impossible to merge them.

We choose not to display the names of her previous partners as they are NOT in USA (moved to Paris, France) but they all visit Ms. Hetal whenever they visit DFW-Texas/USA. They are LIKE her family NOW. (NOT family).

Enjoy the Pictures/Flyers of Dhamaal Events USA by their teams in below slide show. Check Video Glimpse at This Youtube Channel. Check all updates, event success, and all the activities at their facbeook page.

Facebook Page of Dhamaal Events USA.

About Dhamaal Events USA By Hetal Nagaraj –

  • — Local Programs (Dallas Fortworth, USA) – Event PR, Event Organization, Media, Telecast, Digital Online LIVE Programs, LIVE programs for publications and production houses, LIVE programs for publications and production houses, NEWS Promotions and the ticketing platform.
  • — All our Shows, Productions, Fundraisers, Sponsorship Programs of Grace And Grooves or Hetal Nagaraj or any Elites or Staff.
  • — International Artist Programs (both ways) –
    • In person, Online, workshops, international programs in person as well as online by Ms Hetal for international students out of USA as well as online students exclusively and by other instructors as well to grace and grooves online, inperson or hybrid, local students of DFW or just about anywhere for any brand.
  • — International Artists visit DFW for various programs & workshops –
    • To take the classes, mentor consults and to provide their services of specialities as well.
  • — This brand was created to keep all seasonal, workshop & PR activities seperate as we provide this platform inperson and online other than all we do.
  • Graduates are listed by each type of workshop as well as programs, They were all Ms. Hetal’s students thus directed as well exclusively by technique name accordingly as only Ms. Hetal knows what’s next.
  •  List of In person guest faculties. ​

Enjoy old pictures of website as screenshots album as the memoir of http://www.dhamaalevents.com Website. It was wonderful working with previous owner!

As Hetal Nagaraj said, they are the loveliest people she has ever met.

NEW DHAMAAL EVENT PAGE LINK IS : CLICK HERE.

Date that this page was updated : Nov 4/5, 2020.

Main Company : Grace And Grooves Group of Companies.

Exclusive Copyrights by Reach Media Since 2013 for Hetal Joshi Nagaraj| Grace & Grooves | Grace Creations | Grace And Grooves | Nruthyakala Dance Academy | Mirchi Dance Academy | Kalasri Classical Dance Academy : 2011-till date.  

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