"Love Songs of the Dark Lord" - A solo Bharatanatyam margham with live orchestra.Wellesley College, April 2012 | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

"Love Songs of the Dark Lord" - A solo Bharatanatyam margham with live orchestra, Wellesley College, April 2012 | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

"Love Songs of the Dark Lord" - A solo Bharatanatyam margham with live orchestra.Wellesley College, April 2012 | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

"Love Songs of the Dark Lord" - A solo Bharatanatyam margham with live orchestra, Wellesley College, April 2012 | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Dancing to Kumar Gandharva's Melodies

Warm-up session at Purpleganesh Studio, Boston MA | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Dancing to Kumar Gandharva's Melodies | Warm-up session at Purpleganesh Studio, Boston MA | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Studio performance in Sunnyside, photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Being Becoming at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, Choreography by Malini Srinivasan, dance by Kadhambari Sridhar, Malini Srinivasan and Umesh Venkatesan. Direction by Josh Penzell | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Being Becoming at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, Choreography by Malini Srinivasan, dance by Kadhambari Sridhar, Malini Srinivasan and Umesh Venkatesan. Direction by Josh Penzell | Photo: Ian Douglas

Tejas Luminous with Malini Srinivasan, Kadhambari Sridhar, Gayatri Mohan and Tatyana Popova. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan | Fringe NYC. 2014 | Photo: Julieta Cervantes

Tejas Luminous with Tatyana Popova, Kadhambari Sridhar, and Kumari Mayshark. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan | Fringe NYC, 2014 | Photo: Julieta Cervantes

Tejas Luminous | Photo: Nicholas Burnham

Tejas Luminous with Tatyana Popova, Gayatri Mohan and Kadhambari Sridhar. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan | FringeNYC, 2014 | Photo: Julieta Cervantes

Tejas Luminous, choreography by Malini Srinivasan | Charles B. Wang Center, NY, 2009 | Photo: Oliver Hao Li

Tejas Luminous with Malini Srinivasan, Jeevan Thomas, Kadhambari Sridhar, Manasi Dave and Shobana Ram. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan | Charles B. Wang Center, NY, 2009 | Photo: Oliver Hao Li

Stealing the Queen's Royal Jelly, a collaboration with visual artist Reet Das, with Malini Srinivasan, Shobana Ram, Sahasra Sambamoorthi, and Kadhambari Sridhar | Charles B. Wang Center, NY, 2011 | Photo: Ezra Margono

Stealing the Queen's Royal Jelly, a collaboration with visual artist Reet Das, with Jenna Bonistalli, Malini Srinivasan, Shobana Ram, Sahasra Sambamoorthi, and Kadhambari Sridhar | Charles B. Wang Center, NY, 2011 | Photo: Ezra Margono

Stealing the Queen's Royal Jelly, a collaboration with visual artist Reet Das | Charles B. Wang Center, NY, 2011 | Photo: Ezra Margono

Mustard Seed with A.R. Balaskandan, Felix Pastor, Ilari Kaila, and Malini Srinivasan. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan, music by Ilari Kaila | SAWCC LitFest, 2006 | Photo: Preston Merchant

Mustard Seed with Ilari Kaila and Malini Srinivasan. Choreography by Malini Srinivasan, music by Ilari Kaila | SAWCC LitFest, 2006 | Photo: Preston Merchant

Lessons with Guru C.V.Chandrasekhar, Chennai 2011 | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Drumming a Dream | 2010, Asia Society, New York, NY | Choreography: Preeti Vasudevan | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

Evolving Traditions, April 2008, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA | Photo: Ganesh Ramachandran

East Indian Family Dance at Battery Park, NYC, 2009

Music is an Element, collaboration with visual artist Yaya Chou | Broadway Gallery NYC, 2011 | Photo: Yaya Chou

Pannagendra Sayana at Soaking WET, NYC | Photo: Nicholas Burnham

Murugan teasing his beloved | Solo Bharatanatyam at Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai, 2013 | Photo: Chella Vaidyanathan

Solo Bharatanatyam with live orchestra conducted by Sri C.V. Chandrasekhar | Sri Thaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai, 2013 | Photo: Chella Vaidyanathan

Solo Bharatanatyam at Bharat Kalachar, 2005 | Photo: Chella Vaidyanathan

Solo Bharatanatyam at Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple, Chennai, 2007 | Photo: Chella Vaidyanathan

Candlelit Arangetram | Dancing during full power outage at Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, MD, 2003 | Photo: Vijay Venkatesan