Asha Prem

Asha Prem is the artistic director of Missouri's premier Indian dance school "Dances of India". She has contributed immensely to the development of interest in Indian dances both classical and folk in St. Louis area. She conducts lessons in Bharathanatyam all round the year in many locations in Missouri. Her dance school presents St. Louis Dance Festival, which features many local American dance companies with Indian dancers in Edison theater, in Washington University. She is a very well respected teacher among the Indian community for simplicity and timeliness. She has enormous experience of teaching Indian dances to western students. Her input will shed light in the seminar. More information on her school's work is online at http://www.dancesofindiastlouis.org