Indian Folk Dance Graduates of Hetal Nagaraj At Nruthyakala Indian Folk Dance Academy (A Grace And Grooves Company)

Those who have completed a full program on types of indian folk dances per state or region with at-least 2 or more styles in each indian folk dance form with/without props from recreational programs to competitions with full theory and all year round dance lessons.

Open to public :

From 1999 under exclusive name of Hetal Nagaraj.

2012 – Nruthyakala Institute, Dallas, Texas.

• Gujarat Folk Dances(ALL) by Hetal Nagaraj :
  • Nirja Setty(2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020). Completed in FULL.
  • Ashna Pethe(2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) : 7 Folk Dances. 
  • Samarth Setty(2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) : 6 Folk dances.
  • 1 Folk Dance Group : Svetlana Rao (2013), Srinija Burra(2013), Mirudala Thangavelu(2013), Ishita Raval (2013), Esha Raval (2013), Varsha Muthu(2013), Varsha Harish Jambunathan (2013), Selvi Jaiganesh(2013).
  • Jinal Shah/Mehta (2019, 2020, 2021). 5 Folk dances
• Rajasthan Folk Dances(ALL) by Hetal Nagaraj:
  • Srinija Burra(2016) 2 Folk Dances,
  • Nirja Setty(2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) 6 Folk Dances.
  • Samarth Setty (2019, 2020, 2021) : 3 Folk Dances.
  • Ashna Pethe (2018, 2019, 2020) : 3 Folk Dances
  • Sucharita Raman 2019. (2 Folk Dances)
  • Anoushka Jain (2020) : 1 Folk Dances.
  • Jinal Shah (2020, 2021) : 2 Folk Dances
• Maharashtra Folk Dances(ALL) by Hetal Nagaraj :
  • Nirja Setty(2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) 5 Folk Dances.
  • Ashna Pethe(2018, 2019) 2 Folk Dances,
  • Srinija Burra(2012, 2015, 2016) 3 Folk Dances,
  • Amulya Ranga (2016), Ishani Kumar (2014), Diya Danda (2016) 1 Folk Dance.
• Punjab Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL) :
  • Srinija Burra(2015) 2 Folk Dances, 
  • Nirja Setty (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)  6 Folk Dances, 
  • Ashna Pethe (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) 3 Folk Dances,
  • Siri Bylappa (2012, 2015) 1 Folk Dance.​
  • Samarth Setty (2017, 2020, 2021) 3 Folk Dance.
• Assam Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL):​
  • Nirja Setty (2013, 2016), Srinija Burra (2013, 2016) – 2 Folk Dances.
  • Siri Bylappa(2013), Samarth Setty (2013) – 1 Folk Dance
• Manipur Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL):​
  • Nirja Setty(2019) 2 Folk Dances ,
  • Ashna Pethe (2019) 1 Folk Dance
  • Samarth Setty (2019) 1 Folk Dance
• Tamilnadu Folk Dances :​
  • By Hetal Nagaraj : 1 Folk Dance – Shravya Musunuru(2017), Akhil Sukhavasi (2017), Samarth Setty(2017). 
  • By Gng Adults Performing Team : 2019 – 1 Folk Dance : Sindhu Jampala, Kvaitha Rajappan, Deepthi Chandrasekaran.(Guidance/Mentorship:Hetal Nagaraj)
  • By Hetal Nagaraj 2020 : 1 Folk Dance – participating students of Annual Program​ 2020 & Creative Movement Intermediate Students. Ages 8 to 16. 
• Kashmiri Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL) :​
  • Nirja Setty (2012, 2013), Srinija Burra (2012, 2013),
  • Siri Bylappa (2012, 2013), Varsha Harish Jambunathan (2013), Selvi Jaiganesh(2013) – 1 Folk Dance.
• Andra Pradesh Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL):​
  • Jinal Mehta (2019), Shravya Musunuru(2017), Akhil Sukhavasi (2017), Samarth Setty(2017) – 1 Folk Dance
• Telangana Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL):
  • 2015 : 1 folk dance : ​Jeevana Kunduru, Anshu Nandhyala, Srija Venna, Vamika Bangarukathi, Mahita Singireddy, Chetna Singireddy, Nandika Pati.​
• Kerala Folk Dances by Hetal Nagaraj(ALL):​​
  • Nilam Dave (2005), Riyah Dave(2005), ​Selvi T(2015), Nilima Seth(2005), Merin/Marian Abraham(2012), Aahna Marella (2017), Mahika Mediratta (2017), Aanya Sharma(2017), Gowri Gurumurthy (2017): 1 Folk Dance.​
  • Nirja Setty(2010, 2012) : 2 Folk dances

This post is updated / transferred from website for further additions : Feb 27, 2023

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