We thought of compiling the list of parents | students | interns | staff. They either come to us or they do it remote. ALL school/college/internships are paid to students, as applicable. Volunteer assignments are given as well. Meet our people / admin / coordinators / interns, as required, with full 99% involvement of Hetal Nagaraj :
- These people are trained from all walks of life or we train them through our internship programs.
- all the outsourced companies or freelancers that we have worked with or their executives are also mentioned in this staff list.
- Generated opportunities / positions such as administrative, social-media intern, coordinator, IT-interns, website interns, OPT-candidates & fresh graduates in performing arts for full time, part time, w2, contract as well non-profit volunteer positions. All kinds of staff under Ms. Hetal : here & here. Hetal is Certified Trainer from IIM-AMA & more than 50 specialialities. (www.hetaln.com)
- You don’t have to be without a job to be part of our teams 😉 Dance brings us together! This is how we love our crew so we love to talk about them! How do you all love your crew ?
- All dates/times/months/years as per operating hours (does not include company-holidays/their requested holidays for any emergencies)
- The Grace Effects Crew.
- pseudonym – alias, nickname, pen name, nom de guerre., appellation, designation, soubriquet, sobriquet – a name that is used as pen name to create most often a a seperate brand or identity other than the individual’s other work areas.
- All our staff sign their hours of volunteers, internships or their work hours specificially well ahead of time with exclusively duties or responsibilities to perform. some have their days and times scheduled as well so that ms. hetal can assign them their work. There is a reason why Ms. hetal always had an admin for all these scheduling and activities plus hetaln.com.
- We encourage people to use a pseudonym to create their own independent brand in this field so that their other fields are undisturbed. Pseudonyms are nicknames or alias. All by full paperwork. Ms. Hetal M. Joshi goes by Hetal Nagaraj.
Dance | Performing Arts brought us together. Joining Date to Ending Dates as applicable.
- Swati Burra/Swati S. : Coordinator & Admin : 5 years from 2011 to 2016.
- Part time : 4 days a week
- Training Ended-Moved to IT OWN consultancy – we are so happy for her.
- Read about her.
- Krishna veni putrevu 2012, odyssey – direct company vs company-collab – 6months. refused to go to north-dallas(after agreeing for it) so collab was dissolved. all 12 students officially joined folk classes under hetal nagaraj at south-irving location!
- Shruti Sheladia : intern/holidays/as available. August 2012 to December 2013.
- Internship : August 2012 to August 2013 : No show
- Leadership Work : August 2013 to December 2013 : No show.
- Reason for leaving : Let go, No show. Committed at all programs and never showed up!
- Sponsored program – Raas Nationals. sponsored means we paid and arranged for it!
- About Hetal’s sponsorship activities.
- Mansi Chauhan : intern/holidays/as available.
- Internship August 2014 to August 2015. Volunteer-NJHS-Scholar Path.
- Leadership Work January 2015 to July 2019, as available : Only her batch.
- Reason for leaving big projects : Travel/Studies and own college dance.
- Available for short term projects/occasionally.
- IT Internships : https://www.hetaln.com/leadership
- Graduated in Dance Drama in 2 categories.
- 2013-2023-Successful 10 year contract completed with all work assigned, all the projects completed on timeline, happy customers, delivered (and corrected as needed as well).
- Rinku Das : Nov 2018 to August 2019 : Direct Hire.
- Performed her own solo dance performance in Classical Manipuri and Classical Kathak Dances in Anantha-1 2019 – Indian Classical Dance Production by Hetal Nagaraj.
- Reason for leaving : Let go, No Enrollments.
- Refused to come to flowermound or lewisville for 15 enrollments(after agreeing for it).
- Digvijay Singh. aka Dg or Dj, Jasmindar & family : August 2018/2019.
- Internship August 2018 to March 2019, as available.
- Leadership Work March 2019.
- 2022 : Promoted to Digital Asset Strategy Manager on Paid Role.
- IT internships: https://www.hetaln.com/leadership
- 2019-2024.
- Navneet Jadeja & Family – Hetal’s dance-class friend in high school – often visits Dallas Texas and performs with Hetal’s group. Available for only Hetal’s group. Commercial artist in India – Mumbai & Delhi | Freelancer – Not associated with company directly.
- Freelancer.
- Hetal Shah Patel, Patel & Family. : August 2016 | 2nd generation dances with us | Freelancer – Not associated with company directly. pseudonym
- Moved to hetaln.com for projects in IT and Dance.
- Vanita Patel : August 2018 | Freelancer – Not associated with company directly.
- Jinal Shah Mehta : August 2018 | 2nd generation dances with us | former partner owner of Reachh Mediaa. pseudonym
- Moved to hetaln.com
- Kalpana Sai : March 2019 to till date | Freelancer – Not associated with company directly.
- Moved to PR teams for big projects.
- Shweta (Thakkar) Jagadish : August 2016 – March 20, 2025 | 2nd generation. parent used to dance with Ms. Hetal in Ahmedabad – Freelancer – Not associated with company directly. Often visits Dallas. Mainstream dancer
- Moved to Reachh Mediaa Programs to complete trainings and other PR activities.
- Deepthi Chandrasekaran : solo artist/teach as available/from Jan 2014 to 2022. More about Deepthi.
- Sindhu J : March 2014 Student to performing team/Graduate.
- Leadership Work August 2018
- Successful delivery of all projects assigned.
- Takes short term projects in dance.
- Kavitha R : August 2018 – Freelance 2021 : Congratulations NEW Mommy – Break.
- Tejaswini K : August 2018
- Student to performing team/Graduate in January 2019 Anantha.
- Family plans from Dec 2018.
- Mandi Parikh : intern/holidays. : August 2018 to Nov 1, 2022.
- Internship As available, short work only/staff until Nov 1, 2022.
- Only available to dance for elites team until 2023-completing degree.
- pseudonym
- Samar B & Family : January 2019 Onwards .
- Internship January to August 2019. Leadership Work August 2019. Freelancer – Not associated with company directly.
- Moved to by project from 2020 pandemic.
- Bhuvaneshwari Murugan – 2016 to 2017 : online activities or hybrid as needed.
- 52hr workshop. delivered 1 commercial performance for Kalasri Institute Of Indian Classical Dances & Hetal Nagaraj Dance as well for Samarth Setty and Anaya Kochar Bharatanatyam and was supervised/fully rehearsed by Hetal Nagaraj Dance for all the other technical issues only because online class interface had lot of connecitivity issues. Lewisville/Hybrid/Texas.
- nonetheless, it was sorted by Hetal Nagaraj Dance as local instructor. Samarth Setty and anya were pre.elites back then.
- Prushti Dave :
- Internship of IT(Information Technology), back office – IT / admin / coordinator : March 2019 – August 2019.
- Leadership Work August 2019 onwards IT (Information Technology).
- Graduated 2021 – works independently for Ms. Hetal on contract.
- Successfully delivered 3 projects – development along with Ms. Hetal’s Teams + other 6 projects.
- https://www.hetaln.com/leadership
- Freelancer – Not associated with company directly.
- Moved to hetaln.com
- Anamika Jain : June 2019.
- Performing team/freelance/under training
- 2020 – left | too many travels and family commitments.
- Ketki S : New : June 2019 to October 2019.
- Reason for leaving : Unable to commit due to travels.
- Nimisha Sri : intern/holidays. March 2019 – 2021 : launched in 1 show and few shoots but got job so unable to commit.
- Devi S/Balasundaram : New – Sept 2019 to Oct 31 2019.
- Reason for leaving : Started some business.
- Dr. Puja Natesan : New. Student to performing team/Graduate.
- Continued Education/Performing team. Come see her graduate at Anantha-2020.
- Performs for online events as required or when she finds time.
- Jeya Ravi : New
- External-Continued Education/Performing team/under training – Subject to on-hold/Visa.
- Takes occassional paid work.
- Not associated with company directly and Elite teams or will represent company or hetal.
- Yagna Pathak(Sept 2019 1st week – October 1st week) : Freelance projects/short terms/On-Hold. Background check – cancelled/on-hold. moved out of town/city/state thus unable to commit.
- Rachita Umesh(Feb 2020) : Freelance short-term batches, on-board trial period & Background check – cancelled as the batches rolled off due to low enrollments. More about Ms. Rachita.
- Santosh K (June 2016 to March 21 2021) :
- August 2016 to June 2020 : Our pre-judgement team for competitions for Non-Classical Dances/Genre, as needed, by task & competition.
- 2016-2017 : Judged for our “pricey” & “very strict” non-voting dance competition/non-classical genre as out of institute perspective and inputs esp for those kids where instructor’s whose kids were taking part.
- June 2020 to March 22, 2021 : Elites (Ages 10+) Online Classes Only.
- Status as of March 22, 2021 : Terminated | Date : March 22, 2021
- Reason : Refused To Take Students Below 10 yrs inspite of Cleared Open Houses or Trial Classes (& took them anyways outside our institute in our business areas!)
- Too Many Drop Outs Per Class For Teen Classes and the Elites from June 2020 to March 2021. Harmed the Integrity of Our National Teams.
- Joins back in 2022 September for Entertainment Projects and other 3rd eye mentorship/judegement with Ms. Hetal only for commercial submissions instead of regular teaching.
- Special gig projects & online or hybrid workshops.
- Taylor Hayes (August 2020 to April 2021). More about Ms. Taylor.
- Successfully delivered all modules/tasks/projects assigned.
- Ashna Pethe : 2019 to 2022 : In-home graduate of Hetal Nagaraj. Full Internships & Own Team of Bollywood Beginners!
- Internships ended satisfactorily & teams performed in 2021 August 8th Show- Congratulations!
- Internships of private classes for indian folk and bollywood hiphop, as needed from 2018 onwards and for teen groups-lewisville, texas.
- Moved to Elite Teams for Reachh Mediaa And Grace Effects.
- Successfully delivered all modules/tasks/projects assigned.
- Nirja Setty : 2019 to 2022 : In-home graduate of Hetal Nagaraj. Full Internships & Own Team of Folk & Bharatanatyam Beginners(with thalam & nattavagam)!
- Internships ended satisfactorily & teams performed in 2021 August 8th Show- Congratulations!
- Internships of private classes for indian folk and bollywood hiphop, as needed from 2019 onwards and for teen groups-lewisville, texas.
- Moved to Elite Teams for Reachh Mediaa And Grace Effects.
- IT Internships : Success : https://www.hetaln.com/leadership
- Successfully delivered all modules/tasks/projects assigned.
- Samarth Setty : 2019 to 2022 : In-home graduate of Hetal Nagaraj. Full Internships & Own Private Class Student for Hiphop, Bharatanatyam-online classes(with thalam & nattavagam), Bollywood-who needed help & Kalaripayattu.
- Internships ended satisfactorily & teams performed in 2021 August 8th Show – Congratulations!
- Internships of private classes for indian folk and bollywood hiphop, as needed from 2019 onwards and for teen groups-lewisville, texas.
- Moved to Elite Teams for Reachh Mediaa And Grace Effects.
- Successfully delivered all modules/tasks/projects assigned.
- Anna Vacquez : Moved thus Laid off : Sept 2021 to June 15th 2022 : Not offered work anywhere in any locations or brands. Successful delivery of work assigned.
- Mina : Moved & Laid off : Sept 2021 to June 15th 2022 : Not offered work anywhere in any locations or brands.
- Marchawn Franklin : Laid Off : Sept 2021 to June 15th 2022 :
- Fitness Program failed for reasons unknown (in-spite of giving full controls to run under g2)
- Success of Hetal Joshi M and Her Leadership.
- Admin work refined under Hetal Joshi M from booking meetings to calender for Ms. Hetal.
- IT Internship : Success : https://www.hetaln.com/leadership
- Never had to baby sit for any other tasks. ALL other tasks full-filled as expected. Successfully delivered all modules/tasks/projects assigned.
- Jaimin Patel : 2022 June 30 : After hours online replies only as needed. Pseudoname.
- Saumya Bhardwaj Kaur : Asst. Manager (leadership scholars program for aspiring university students, volunteer-scholar-internship path) for 5 Brands : 1. Mirchi Dance Academy, 2. Texas All Star Talents, 3. Reachh Mediaa Since 2013, 4. Grace Effects, 5. G2 Dance Factory. March 2022-Sept 30 2022. Fired-theft/criminal fraud reported to authorities. About Ms. Saumya and the issues.
- Vinish Vasam : Sept 30, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023 : More about Vinish.
- Preethi Cholleti – 2023-2024/current – Can be followed on this link. – Success as of March 2025.
- Ms. Preeti – successfully launched in Aug 2023 with “on the spot” LIVE workshops, solo performances as well as group team performances as a paid gig and a introducing choreographer.
- The Reachh Media work was paused due to system backlogs caused by criminal fraud and other deliberate disruptions, as previously mentioned.
- Ms. Preethi’s classes were successful, achieving full enrollment solely from Ms. Hetal’s existing customer base in DFW (Mckinney areas), without advertisements. Advertisements targeted Allen; however, all inquiries came from McKinney. Ms. Hetal declined to supervise Ms. Preethi’s internship program due to system backlogs and other work commitments requiring her attention. As Ms. Hetal built the entire infrastructure, only she had the expertise to restore its functionality.
- Consequently, Ms. Preethi’s batch became inoperative. She managed her own batch, including parent and student coordination. Phones and equipment were safely returned to Ms. Hetal, as she declined to travel to McKinney. Notably, the contract does not require Ms. Hetal to provide supervision.
- Ms. Preethi remains part of group Elite’s submissions, but her association with the company is on hold until the first resumed submission. Per the contract, she is free to work elsewhere as long as she acts discreetly and does not harm company work or clients until March 2025.
- Ms. Hetal is fully aware of Ms. Preethi’s dance activities, including her collaborations with a local social media artist and performances at parties. While, Ms. Hetal’s group usually performs at such events only when they manage the entire production, including music, dance, MCing, and videography/photography of the party and not just mere entertainment.
- 2025 March – Ms. Preeti declined two $150 solo performance gigs in schools/ISD in March, totaling $300+ other benefits, within a 10–15 mile drivable distance, both of which a carpool could have been arranged. These opportunities were part of a seeding program and were discussed in detail prior to her decision. Despite previously stating her availability, she ultimately chose to pass on the opportunity. As a result, the contract or mutual understanding is terminated on these grounds, and the company holds no further responsibility. However, Preeti and her team are welcome to apply for vendor services if they wish to! As a friendly note, she will be part of performance teams as others are.
- Avani Parihar – 2022-2023 – NJHS Scholar Program Paths – 51 hours of successful tasks assigned and completed along with in-person private package trainings. Moved to Prosper so terminated contract.
- Student/Parents unable to drive that far and Ms. Hetal does not offer programs in Prosper. (Trainings in Bharatanatyam).
- Certificate not required as student has Ms. Hetal’s signatures signed on all the NJHS hours of school itself. Videoclips coming soon.
- Anula 2022-current – Ms. Anula is included in Elite’s submissions as a team and her associations with company is on standstill mode/paused/on hold until it resumes as a courtesy.
- As per contract, she is always free to work for anybody as long as she maintains discreet actions and that she has as none of the company work or clients were either messed or harmed. Successfully delivered 1 batch during the fraud era of Grace and Grooves and 2 gigs. 1 sponsorship received from Ms. Hetal.
- 2025 – March – Ms. Anula continues to have her associations with the company as in vendor services with her own groups that are external to Grace And Grooves or Ms. Hetal Nagaraj with and without Ms. Hetal’s direction, by genre and category. As a friendly note, she will be part of performance teams as others are.
We Are HIRING : Managers – Who knows legal formalities, on-site issues, studio operation, product management and should be aware of performing arts formalities, for all age groups. Degree not required but will be preferred. 972 979 2559.
Non Staff – External Dancers – By Auditions and from own couples or other workshops or private packages :
- Krishna Pseudo name – aka Hi**** – Male – Dancer. from own couples package – No Show.
- Nandika Jay – Female – Own Texas All Star Talent Student – Successfully Delivered.
- Tani*** and sister (Flowermound)- Dancer Female. from own couples package – Successfully Delivered.
List of occasional dancers / dance only (no teaching and no other work) :
— We are NOT hiring at this moment —
Our other teams / staff currently under us or our trainings of various fields :
It is really sad that actions of fraud have affected Ms. Preethi and Ms. Anula’s engagements and all the activities at such a massive scale. luckily contracts saved the company!
Our contracts are for our company’s safety and does not bind anybody unless you are a full timer or for special turnkey high budget sensitive projects and those are rare or most often not offered to newbies or first timers or those just stepping in because of experience level or until they master certain technicalities or have ability to take the full load like our Elites do. The contract has an auto expiry as well which allows artists to have complete freedom :). Ethically or morally speaking as well it stands true.
This post is an appreciation to these lovely people for spending their precious time for us. We have received lot of rumors about who works for us or Mrs. Hetal Nagaraj. Our people are very well set in their life with their full time job commitments either with us or with their own college work or other commitments.
As a friendly note, all our Elites, Pre.Elites will be part of performance teams just as existing students or teams are.
Company Announcement : Feb 10, 2023 : People who have claimed to work with us but never worked with us or never provided us any services!
- Points to ponder : You can bring business/money/opportunities to business OR
- you can bring troubles to the business,
- it is irrespective of what you bring to business!
- It is still listed & we still have to be liable for each of your actions as our service provider or staff! At the end of the day, who is liable to reply for whatever you bring ?
- At the end of the day, who is paying for EVERYTHING including the opportunties that is actually created by Hetal Nagaraj Dance, Hetal Joshi M herself single-handed and these opportunities are created because Hetal Nagaraj Dance takes those trainings to know all that, from costumes to everything that you participate at (literally) zero cost as our staff while others pay a big $$ for it.
- ALL those trainings too cost money!
- Who pays everything before hand : Hetal Nagaraj Dance, Hetal Joshi M, Grace And Grooves Group of Companies, Hetal Nagaraj
We trust them because of their contributions to our company and it’s work. Some are fresh grads or housewives or our own fresh grads!
People who have claimed to work with us and never worked. List is here.
We offer part time, temporary work for seniors, stay at home moms, college students who are on legal status or on OPT. The work given to them depends on their specializations! All gadgets are given and all training is provided.
Ms. Hetal is a certified trainer from IIM – Ahmedabad – AMA corporate training program.
About her leadership certifications and achievements, other than performing arts – click here.
About Ms. Hetal – www.hetaln.com
These above candidates have not worked with any other dance company so far that we know of due to our thorough background check or if they have, they have disclosed it to us about their equations. We feel thankful and blessed.
Thank you for all you do and maintaining the transparency!
Certificates and Details.
We do not discriminate for gender/race/ethnicity/country/color and like to respect people who love to work. It is freewill life under Ms. Hetal. We do not ask them where they come from or where they go.
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