Smriti Krishnan

Smriti Krishnan

Artist Bio

After beginning classes at age six with Smt. Sheila Rubin (disciple of Professor CV Chandrasekhar and the Dhananjayans), Smriti Krishnan performed her debut in 2009. Pursuing Bharatanatyam with passion led to recognition nationally. At age seventeen, Krishnan was the only Bharatanatyam dancer in the United States to be selected as a Presidential Arts Finalist (YoungArts). In 2014, she won the Alabama Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship and the Student Government Scholarship from Birmingham-Southern College. The following year, she was only one of two soloists selected to perform at the Dallas Dance Festival, winning accolades for her solo.

In both 2022 and 2023, Krishnan was awarded a Professional Development Microgrants from YoungArts to pursue vocal music classes, nattuvangam (pitch cymbal) classes, and mentorship from highly-sought-after gurus of Bharatanatayam. In February 2023, she presented her own choreography to the Dikshitar kriti, Ardhaanaareshwaram. In March 2023, she was selected to perform an hour-long solo, "Prakriti," at the Atlas Intersections Festival in Washington, D.C. The show consisted of six pieces, all extremely challenging rhythmically, ranging from 8-beat cycles to 50- beat cycles. In April 2023, she performed at the International Dance Experience in Maryland, the only Bharatanatyam dancer to do so. In May 2023, Krishnan was the only Bharatanatyam artist to be selected as a part of the exhibit, "Megafauna Land Dwellers," curated by Naomi Fisher. In June 2024, she performed at the Irvine Studio Arts Festival. 

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Contact: I'd love to collaborate with artists in the LA area; please reach out to me at dancesmriti@gmail.com, or on instagram @smritikrishnan4.