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Audrey Martin-Pre.Elites. An Exclusive student of Hetalnagaraj

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Are you ready Dallas Fortworth for our amazing Pre.Elites Saturday???

We will be announcing pre.elites of Hetal Nagaraj Dance and Grace And Grooves Group of Companies. These are the students of inter-mediate training levels and these in no-specific order. Say hello to our pre.elite audrey martin! From 2018(4.5 years) to 2022-age 10(level 3). Read about ms.audrey.

Ms.audrey is bharatanatyam(4.5years) & hiphop student(2.5 years) who has won 2 curriculum based competitions under Hetal Nagaraj in each. With atleast 1 round. Once a week for genres and from 2021 – more than twice a week.

Audrey is student of @hetalnagaraj for a twice a week program & earned her seat to Grace And Grooves Group of Companies’s gifted program from 2019 itself!

Location: Lewisville, Frisco-west. From online competitions to several commercial projects, audrey is @hetalnagaraj’s students skill by skill level by level with full theory and practical tests as well as commercial programs.

You can see ms.audrey in the following videos. Promos – all promos from 2019.

1. 3.17 : https://youtu.be/jSeA_6b-8wc

2. Pics below

Audrey often tagged along with @hetal for all the clips as well as bench mark videos.

Audrey is trained at substantial level until 3rd set of adavus where audrey started her intenships for younger students at age of 10 because of clarity in preliminary bharatanatyam & has 1 grad by bharatanatyam program too at 1 level. Audreys’s other sub teachers (with curriculam designed by hetalnagaraj and throughout with hetalnagaraj) include:

1. nirja setty a for bharatanatyam practice in 2019 sarva,

2. manojbhai darpana(online pandemic), – intro to kalari workshop.

3. ms.neetu kalakshetra (online pandemic),

4. santosh (online pandemic), 1/2 way through. moved to ms. hetal.

5. mansi (online pandemic), 1/2 way through. moved to ms. hetal

6. online hybrid with ms.hetal and justin-g2 hiphop.

This for all our programs during pandemic & side by side with ms.hetal.

Our gifted students such as audrey usually dance 2-4 hrs by genre(depending on program that these student join) + 1 hr of dedicated company internship in one week regularly!

Clips of ms. Audrey online and in person (both) at the end of this scroll.

Training of audrey from June 2018 to June 2022 is as following, with full holidays :

– 40 hrs package drama and musical with full dance summer sessions that includes introduction of kalaripayattu.

⁃ 12 hr folk kerala folk + rehearsals

– 12 hr folk gujarat + rehearsals

⁃ 12 hr thalam upto adavus – online + hybrid

⁃ Once week bollywood class-1 year (52hrs)

-once a week bharatanatyam class 4.5years with full recitation. video coming soon.

⁃ Once week hiphop class 2.5 years (130 hrs hiphop)

⁃ Gifted class bharatanatyam 24 hrs – earned it.

⁃ Gifted class danceathon series during show 24 hrs – earned it.

⁃ 3 hr intro to fashion walk

– 5 hr package work on choreo for a program.

– demonstration by Ms. Audrey for 12 hour workshop – Navarasa and Body Movements in Bharatanatyam followed by performance and online showcase. international workshop students from 4 countries. locally to DFW : Lewisville hybrid, a few pre.elites(adults and kids) carrollton and international students attended this program(mixed age groups 6 to teens).

Internships company work – Reachh Mediaa Program for trained artists or artists in training :

1. benchmark videos with hetalnagaraj, (class videos for practices by each skill technique + choreo)

2. certificate details+content (from 2022 feb to may 2022 for her student only – flawless work),

3. preparing choreo by margam for her own pre.elementary student under ms.hetal. (Feb 2022 to may 2022) – introduction.

– 2022 : eligible for 2 awards and a $$ project. oh well !

Number of shows : ALL in-house productions of Hetal Nagaraj..

  1. Sarva 2019.
  2. Sarva 2020 – full rehearsals, lockdown, show cancelled.
  3. Anantha 2020 – full rehearsals, lockdown, show cancelled.
  4. Rang 2020 – full rehearsals, lockdown, show cancelled.
  5. Sarva 2021
  6. Rang 2021
  7. Anantha 2021
  8. Anantha 2022
  9. Rang 2022
  10. Sarva 2022
  11. March Madness Annual Recital 2022
  12. 1 drama, 1 musical, 8 danceathon series
  13. 1 fashion walk
  14. Project. 1 educational shoot supplemental program – ISD – Nirja Setty
  15. Project 2. educational shoot supplemental program – ISD – Nirja Setty.
  16. Online showcase Navarasa and Body Movements 12 hour workshop demonstration + showcase.

Culture shows : None under company or ms. hetal.

Reels : None.

Reachh Mediaa Shoots : TBD

Tell us what students learn in 4 years under hetal nagaraj? By curriculum. value of each hour.

If you can graduate from grade 1 to grade 4, you can definitely graduate in performing arts too by each speciality, as you take it !!! All of this from age of 4.5 years to age 10. Sky is the limit.

Do you know, Hetal Nagaraj is the only teacher with straight background of all that Ms. Hetal offers unlike any dance school or teacher and thus the results. New to you?

***** Benchmark videos : class videos for practices by each skill technique with full name of each technique and recitation of skill as required + choreo

***Pre.Elite Saturday*** Audrey. Bharatanatyam. Educational Category. Per.elementary bharatanatyam and assisted in classes at Lewisville as well as FM423, Texas. Also taught a few inhouse students independently under the supervision Hetal Nagaraj Dance showcasing tatta adavus and a few natta adavus. About Audrey – https://samnir.blog/2023/07/21/pre-elites-more/
Wishing you are very merry christmas- we will offline until Dec 25th.

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Youtube Channel Used for Submissions Only : Coming Soon!

Copyright Hetal Nagaraj | Hetal Joshi M | Grace And Grooves | The Grace Effects | Reachh Mediaa Since 2013 | 2012-2024. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

List of Company Albums :

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List of company picture albums and pre-dominantly Hetal Joshi M | Hetal Nagaraj’s Contributions :

  1. List of our Events, Shoots, Production, Projects. Executed by Hetal Joshi M, Hetal Nagaraj.
  2. Workshops Programs of Hetal@GraceAndGrooves at our locations :
  3. Hetal’s Fundraisers Events Pictures :
  4. Hetal’s sponsored events(outside of Grace And Grooves) :
  5. Hetal’s Reachh Mediaa Artists Since 2013 Program Invitees & Grads :
  6. Texas All Star Talents Program Graduates Of Hetal Nagaraj :
  7. Shot by Hetal Nagaraj – Exclusively :
    • Shot, Shoots, Model Shoots and Photography, Videography, Cinematography, Direction, Exclusive Direction with Rehearsals so that photographer can shoot exactly what Hetal want and as requested by organizers or producers, Light Shots, by Me.
    • About my experience, expertise, education and knowledge in this field and thus @TheGraceEffects : https://www.graceandgrooves.com/the-grace-effects 
    • All productions / events till date planned by me from start to finish including costumes and teaching to direction!
    • Grace and Grooves have never had a responsible full timer who pulled it off more than 0.01% – till date! 
    • All work 99.99% all mine and yep, some solo invites etc are their own and thats submission required so that others know-what’s happening. 5 years with me and this success. Hetal’s other planned choreo for the shoots and shots : https://www.graceandgrooves.com/coupleandmarriagepackages
    • Link of Pics : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.542599171201364&type=3
  8. Hetal’s Dance Workshops, per request :
    • My Various Dance Workshops Given by Me in Various Genres. Paid, Sponsored & Fundraising Activites. I perform Solo(s) as requested in these workshops.
    • Hetal gives workshops by genre because of my varied dance specialities with 100% transparency in performing arts. With more than 13 workshops for Indian Folk Dances, 4 technique workshops for Bharatanatyam, 2 Hiphop Urban, and pretty much all the rest of Bollywood/Tollywood/Customized-Traditionals and Bollyhop Fun with their choice of song! 
    • These workshops are not company workshops that we do in summers for festival folk, folk dance or 40hour or 25 hour workshops. These are seperately called by diff clients
    • Link of Pics : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4485001098248514&type=3
  9. Hetal (Solo+Key)Paid, Sponsored & In-house shows :
    • 38 years of history going Live. Hetal’s solo and key dance performances in groups in various genres.
    • ALL actual stage pictures, performances in workshops with full costumes etc.
    • Paid, Sponsored and a few Volunteer participations. We do all types of events.
  10. Hetal’s Lecture, Demonstrations, Research/Thesis :
  11. Hetal’s Couple/Marriage Packages :
    • ** Each pic resembles a diff package for diff events within event such as engagement, sangeet, marriage, reception, anniversary party and a min of 5min routine.
    • We thank all our couples who made an effort to perform in our company events as our invited guests or representing our company as a whole in other culture events, by genre or category. Much Love! This is one of my favorites too. I love it so much. 
    • Who knew, Hetal would learn it for herself and it will benefit so many people 🙂. Come and fall in love with love!!! More about my couple dance category by genre : https://www.graceandgrooves.com/coupleandmarriagepackages
    • Link of Pics : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4560240470724576&type=3
  12. Hetal Nagaraj’s On-Stage In-House Dance+Model Productions :
  13. Hetal’s Show announcements and flyers, dates and venues :
  14. Hetal’s Fitness & Women Wellness Workshops :

Why Grace And Grooves LLC discontinued Better Business Bureau of Dallas Fortworth.

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Why Grace And Grooves LLC discontinued Better Business Bureau of Dallas Fortworth : 

Loved, loved and loved the services and perks that we received from BBB, A Better Business Bureau. Past 2 years has been an amazing ride with them with all the wonderful services, workshops and knowledge that they offer for small businesses like Grace And Grooves LLC.

It is when you suddenly realize that you are the only Indian Company offering exclusive indian folk dance classes apart from bollywood and not mix it up anywhere around, and that you are the only one with absolutely transparent background in all the programs that you offer from Bharatnatyam and Bollywood as well, it is a feature on our hats to be connected with BBB, A better Business Bureau.

The only problem that we faced was as we moved further in journey with them, we asked our parents and staff members to write something about how they feel about us on our little place that we earned it from Better Business Bureau as we were with A+ accreditation with them.

It seems like social media such as google, waze, facebook, twitter and instagram took over all of this when it came to customer feeling more at comfort talking about it. Our customers share such a fun and healthy relationship with us that it was better and easier for them to just write reviews over social medias instead of BBB boards.

From ethical grounds, quality of work, affordable services, beautiful costumes, non-allergic jewelry, arangetram preps, continued education in classical dances for various degrees and providing services as promised in the related programs, everything just ended up in social medias, recommendations, emails and text/sms messages.

And thus, we had to let go the better business bureau accreditation at-least until we get students/parents/customers who would not mind spending some time logging to these BBB boards to see our exclusive little place on their website and write something about us-good or bad!

That being said, we still enjoy attending their programs as we come across and available. We miss that tiny little icon of better business bureau and we hope that in near future, we can do something more with them and use them further for our services and products.

Grace And Grooves LLC shared A+ accreditation amongst the BBB businesses from 2016 to May 2018.

But that taught us to give you all what we do best :).

Copyright Reach Media for Grace And Grooves | Grace Creations | 2012-2018. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Grace And Grooves Annual Updates By Hetal Nagaraj

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Grace And Grooves Annual Updates | Hetal Joshi M, Hetal Nagaraj.

For research students/art enthusiasts and for dance credit interns – Pls contact Ms. Hetal : Here OR here directly.

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

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.

Recital 2018 – A Fusion Life of American Born Cultured Indian/Desi (ABCD)

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Recital 2018 – A Fusion Life of American Born Cultured Indian/Desi (ABCD)
Celebrating the Golden Era of Indian Cinema Through Dance

One of the distinctive creative elements of Recital 2018 – A Fusion Life of American-Born Cultured Indian/Desi (ABCD) was a special tribute to the Golden Era of Indian Cinema, celebrating the timeless music, storytelling, and choreography that influenced generations across India and beyond.

All of Hetal Joshi Nagaraj’s productions or recitals either have inspirations of her own childhood training years or story in the production itself.

Drama, Acting and Theater is heavily enforced in all the productions in various role play. Students commute to other locations for rehearsals just for these role play and acting scenes.

The production explored the evolution of Indian cinema and dance traditions across multiple decades:

  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • And latest hits of 2017, 2018.

This era represented a remarkable period of cinematic creativity, where music, poetry, classical influences, folk traditions, and innovative choreography came together to create unforgettable cultural experiences.

A huge shift of modernization from traditional performing arts was showcased in every performance through year round trainings.

The showcase highlighted the diversity of Indian cinema across various languages, recognizing that India’s film heritage extends far beyond a single industry. Through different regional languages, musical styles, and storytelling traditions, Indian cinema has continuously reflected the country’s vast cultural landscape.

The performances traveled through a creative journey that included, through strict curriculam :

  • Semi-Classical Mujra-inspired presentations reflecting elegance, expression, and classical aesthetics
  • Traditional and regional Indian Folk Dance influences
  • Folk to Bollywood, whole era of Modernization influences were showcased on stage.
  • Cinematic dance interpretations inspired by India’s rich movie heritage
  • Bharatanatyam dances included rich literature performances evergreen to several cultures — other than margam performances were beautifully performed by Pre.Elites Levels of Students.
  • Bharatanatyam trends were also showcased through flairs of classical trainings by Elites of Hetal Joshi Nagaraj.
  • Contemporary and Desi Hip-Hop fusion, representing the artistic identity of younger generations growing up in a global environment
  • Last but not the least, Remix versions of various folk, classical and hiphop styles were showcased on 1 stage as a scene itself with a LIVE shoot for some future assignments.

The segment demonstrated how Indian dance has continuously evolved—from classical expressions and traditional folk movements to modern urban influences—while maintaining its cultural roots.

The creative vision, concept development, choreography, and overall direction of this production were led by Hetal Nagaraj, who designed the presentation to showcase the connection between generations, cultures, and artistic styles.

By combining historical cinematic influences with contemporary movement vocabulary, the performance celebrated how Indian performing arts continue to transform while preserving the emotions, stories, and traditions that define them.

This artistic journey represented the essence of ABCD – American-Born Cultured Indian/Desi: a generation that honors its heritage, understands its foundations, and confidently creates new expressions of culture for the future.

Story Line of 2018 Recital –

Recital 2018 had a story on the stage itself through performances –

  • Story was about a young Indian Boy who migrated to USA and gets married in USA embracing the cross culture environments.
  • The Entire production had a marvelous end with SRK Danceathon, annual students as young as 4 years to age 40 performed non stop.
  • The whole production is shown as a dream to young gentleman dreaming about USA and US girls until the fairy awakes him to reality. At the end, he takes away the desi-bride with Veer Zaara Style scene!

Role Play in the show – Hetal Nagaraj, Nirja, Ranveer, Ashna, Samarth.

The Legacy of Recital 2018

Recital 2018 – A Fusion Life of American-Born Cultured Indian/Desi (ABCD) was more than a dance showcase. It was a reflection of identity, cultural preservation, artistic education, and the evolving journey of Indian-origin youth growing up in America.

Through classical traditions, folk heritage, Bollywood storytelling, contemporary fusion, and community collaboration, Grace And Grooves demonstrated that culture is not something preserved only in the past—it is something continuously created by every generation.

Several students received their yearly achievement awards, nominations to various competitions and publications as well as Student of the year.

The production celebrated a simple belief:

When strong foundations meet creativity, heritage does not disappear—it evolves, expands, and shines on new stages.

Venue – Plano Courtyard Theater, Plano, Texas.

Students of Las Colinas, Plano 121-Mcdermott-Independence, Carrollton, and Stonebrair Mall Frisco Locations performed in this program. Exclusive to Hetal Joshi Nagaraj. Pre.Elites and Elites performed as well as part of their performances and curriculam assignments.

PR activities were planned before the show thus, partly Ticketted.

Audiences 300+ x 2 Seperate Audiences.

1st Half – Young Kids 1.5 hours.

Texas All Star Showcase – Ticketted 1 hour.

2nd Half – Elites, Teens and Up – Heavily Ticketted. 2.5 hours.

Main Sponsor of Entire Program – Former Owner of Nruthyakala Indian Folk Dance Academy – South Irving, Keller, Euless and Fortworth Areas., followed by permanent merger to Grace and Grooves.

Special Thanks :

  • Mishu Shastri-Dance, Ritu Kharbanda-Dance for their participation in Recital 2018, A Fusion Life of ABCD as guest performer with her own team/kids, 1 dance and 1 role play in danceathon.
    • All Star International Platforms – Not to confuse with Texas All Star Talents.
  • Arjun Iyer for Instruments – All Star International Platforms – Reachh Mediaa Invited Artist.
  • Kedar Golvelkar For Music on Guitar (Ankhon Mein Teri) – All Star International Platforms.
    • Pre-recorded Guitar on Aum Shanti Aum-tune and Ankhon Mein Teri.
  • Bhagwat Pandya For Sound Technician Services.
  • Nagaraj Kunchum as Master File Recording from Sound Room.
  • Service Provider – Dinesh – Deepthi’s Husband as assistant crew teams.
  • Ticketing Platforms – Meraticket.com, Eventbrite.com.
  • Raghavendra and Pavitra Bhat as Veer Zaraa Special Appearance – One of Ms. Hetal’s former couple package.
  • Refreshments Vendor – Chennai Cafe – Richardson-Frisco.
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At Grace And Grooves, each recital and production represents more than a public performance—it serves as an important milestone in a student’s artistic journey.

Students demonstrate the knowledge, technique, discipline, and performance skills they have acquired throughout the year, progressing toward higher levels of learning and responsibility. In many ways, every recital functions as a practical graduation, where students advance not only in technical ability but also in confidence, stage presence, teamwork, leadership, and artistic maturity.

As students grow, so do our faculty. This continuous cycle of learning, mentorship, performance, and leadership development is fundamental to the Grace And Grooves philosophy, ensuring that every production contributes to the long-term growth of both artists and educators.

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  6. Elite Lines.
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  3. Rang Folk Dance Productions By Hetal Joshi Nagaraj
  4. Sarva Folk Dance Productions By Hetal Joshi Nagaraj
  5. Anantha Classical Dance Productions by Hetal Joshi Nagaraj.
  6. March Madness Recitals By Hetal Joshi Nagaraj
  7. Drama Recitals By Hetal Joshi Nagaraj.
  8. Model Productions By Hetal Joshi Nagaraj.
  9. Shoot Productions Exclusive for PR, as of July 31, 2026.
  10. List of In House Dance Productions with LIVE Audiences, Stage and Recitals of Hetal Joshi Nagaraj.

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Post Updated : March 15 2018, Jan 2 2020.