Vastly gifted with an attractive demeanor suitable for this form of dancing, Sunanda Nair indeed casts a spell on her onlookers while performing. She exudes vitality, warmth and endows her dance with an added dimension, and she enchants the initiated and the uninitiated alike. It is her ability to infuse beauty in whatever she creates and give joyousness to her movements and expressions that set her apart from other practitioners. The movements are full of life and endowed with sensitive lyricism. Sunanda is the disciple of the noted Mohini Attam exponent Padmashree Dr.(Smt)Kanak Rele, who is renowned for her contribution to the revival and popularization of this classical dance style.

She has the proud privilege of being the first student to earn a Master's degree in Mohini Attam from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalay affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Sunanda has prepared for her vocation both as a professional dancer and a teacher of dance, through rich and multifaceted experiences in higher academics, stage performances, classroom instruction and choreography

Sunanda had her initial training in dance in Bharatanatyam at the age of six and since then has given innumerable performances in this style of dancing.

She has had the opportunity to learn from distinguished gurus Kalaimamani Kadirvelu, Kalaimamani Mahalingam Pillai, Guru T.V.Sounderajan, Shri Dipak Majumdar, Smt.Jayashree Nair and presently Smt.Tejiswini Rao in Kattumanar Muthukumar Pill's bani

Sunanda is the Founder Director of Srutilaya Institute of Fine Arts and has been training students in both Mohiniyattam and Bharatanatyam. Srutilaya conducts exams every year in Mohiniyattam and Bharatanatyam and successful candidates are issued certificates. Students are provided intense training preparing them to become dancers with exceptional confidence, grace and stage presence. Srutilaya is in the early stages but is poised to go a long way

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