Brief overview: I started when I was 4 years old, completed my Bharatnatyam Arangetram, was Team Captain of Iowa Andhi, Choreographer for UI SASA, Attended Dance Conventions, started my own Youtube channel, and finally moved to Seattle where I am looking to continue my dance career! Thanks for stopping by to say hi!
In an attempt to continue dancing throughout Covid, I started something I called my One Hour Challenge where I picked a friend and a choreography and challenged us to learn and film it all within one hour! Since then my Youtube portfolio has continued to grow!
Just wanted to highlight my most viewed video on youtube at 78,000 VIEWS! Thank you all for the love and support!!
After graduating from UIowa, I moved to Seattle for work where I received a warm welcome from Live2Dance Seattle for a fresh start. As much as I love attending their workshops I am still in search for a production team I can join!
Watch Iowa Andhi's first ever competition performance at Purdue Nasha 2020. Iowa Andhi went on to perform at Purdue Nasha 2022 where they won the 3rd Place trophy and Best Lead awards!
My dance career continued in college where I was part of Iowa Andhi. My first year I served as Creative Outreach Director. My second year I served as Team Captain and facilitated the transition to entering the DDN Bollywood Fusion Competition Circuit. My third year, due to a major injury, stepped down from captain and served as Manager, and was then reelected Captain for my fourth and final year.
I wanted to get more involved with the Desi Dance Network so I got involved with UIowa's Nachte Raho Competition and attended the Desi Dance Convention 2019 where I was featured in the Bharatnatyam section of the Music Video.
I also enjoyed getting together with groups of friends to choreograph and perform our own numbers at every campus show we could find! Here is a show my friends and I competed with and won the Honorable Mention Award.
I had the pleasure of being the dance choreographer for our University's South Asian Student Alliance Executive Board for 4 years. Here is just one of the super fun and energetic board dances I choreographed and taught!
Here is the full 2.5 hours of my beautiful Arangetram that I completed alongside my younger sister, Shikha Barla.
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Watch a brief overview and fun snippets of my dance journey starting with my very first performance at 4 years old right up until my first year of University.
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