Asha Adiga

“The strength and beauty of art forms lies in its ability to integrate the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of mankind”.

Guru Vidushi Asha Adiga Acharya is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and Carnatic music performer. She has been in this field for more than 34 years as a student, a performer, a choreographer, composer, and an educator. Asha has proved her versatility by learning and performing other classical and Indian folk dance forms. She was a child prodigy and represented India on the international stage as a dancer at age of 9 and has given performances all over India, in Paris – France and at several places in the USA such as New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Michigan, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Illinois.

She has visualized, choreographed and directed, many classical dances, folk dances, dance dramas, ballets and composed several music, some of which are “Shiva Shakthi”, “Rama-Eshawara”, “Sri Guru Sai Leela”, “Sri Sathyanarayana Katha”, Nadham and many more. She started her learning at a young age from Vidwan Raja Gopala Bhagavath and Vidushi Poornima Bhagavath as her Carnatic classical music & Bharatanatyam dance teachers in Kalakshetra dance style. She secured a 3rd rank in dance Vidwath higher proficiency exams conducted by Karnataka Higher Education Board, India government. She is also a recipient of the Indian government scholarship in senior dance. She has received several awards and accolades to her credit such as J.C Club “Outstanding Young Indian” Award, “Kala Isiri Award” by Champika Pathrike, Air India “Rank Award”, “Sharada Puraskara”, she is also a awardee of extraordinary artist greencard in USA and she is an esteem member of the prestigious international dance council CID – UNESCO. Asha believes in preserving and sharing the Indian culture amongst people through Indian classical art forms. Thus, with a vision to promote artistic and professional excellence, she founded the Acharya Performing Arts Academy Inc in Illinois, and she is creative artistic director in Nupura Geetha Inc., a Nonprofit organization for art and culture in Illinois, USA. .