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The first solo Kathak performance is neither the beginning nor the end. Through a culmination of years of training and commitment, this experience awakens the dancer to this journey being one that continues for a lifetime.

  • Message from Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
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  • Acknowledgements

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S NOTE:

Program Guide

Artists & Performers

NOORANI DANCE COMPANY

Founded by Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, NDC is breaking barriers in the world of Kathak with a deep commitment to enlightening minds and hearts through the arts. NDC engages in traditional and innovative repertoire and performances - exploring topics and themes of historical and social global relevance, and thrives in collaborative partnerships across other forms of performing arts.


COMPANY DANCERS: 

Ragini Kaur Momi, Riya Savla, Arshiya Vohra, Sharanya Padmanabhan, Mahncy Mehrotra


More about Noorani Dance Company

Staff & Volunteers

Noorani Dance Administrative Staff: 

Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Founder & Director

Lakshmi Ravi, School Administrative Director

Bhumi Patel, Development Manager

Trisha Chhaganlal, Marketing Manager

Rabia Meghani, Special Projects Manager

Shubhra Mathur, Administrative Manager

Maha Sami, Administrative Assistant


Noorani Dance School Teaching Staff: 

Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Lead Instructor

Ragini Kaur Momi, Instructor

Athena Nair, Instructor

Teaching Assistants: Ayana Rao, Simone Verma, Aziza Noor Shaikh, Anoushka Rathi


Board of Directors:

Arti Dusane Rao, President

Pallavi Mittal, Secretary & Treasurer

Uma Menon, Huma Hamid, Sana Hoda Sood, Manisha Badola, 

Farah Yasmeen Shaikh


Advisory Board: 

Iram Parveen Bilal, Antara Bhardwaj, Sonya Pelia, Najma Noorani, Anjali Rao


Costuming: 

Jhalak 

Additional support: Anoushka Rathi, Ragini Kaur Momi

Additional Acknowledgements

Noorani Dance is supported by numerous individual donors and funders, of which we extend immense gratitude for their belief in the vision and mission of our organization. 


Over the years, we are proud to have received support from the following institutional funders:

National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, 

Gerbode Foundation, MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, San Mateo County Office of Arts & Culture, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Dancers Group, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, 

Zellerbach Family Foundation and SVCreates.

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