Satya Pradeep

Artistic Director

Nritya Saagaram Dance Academy

 

Nritya Saagaram Dance Academy is a premier school of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi in Long Island, New York. Trained in Chennai, India, under Guru Kamala Narayanan and Guru R. Rhadha, Satya follows the tradition of Bharatanatyam in the Vazhuvoor style. She trained under Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam in the Kuchipudi style and continues advanced training under Guru Sathyapriya Ramana.

Satya has given numerous solo and group performances. She has performed at prestigious venues such as the United Nations, the Newark Symphony Hall, Schimmel Theater at Pace University, Long Island University, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Long Island Multi-cultural festival. She has also performed and taken part in panel discussions at the Long Island Women’s Diversity Summit and at the Asian American Cultural Circle of Unity.

Satya, along with her students has conducted several lecture demonstrations, dance workshops at public/private schools and libraries, through the Nassau Boces and the Huntington Arts Council. She has extended the outreach of these dance forms by presenting educational and enriching programs at the Long Island High School for the Arts where students indulged in interactive sessions on the similarities and differences in Eastern and Western Classical dance.

Satya has been a recipient of numerous grants and awards. One noteworthy grant was awarded in 2024, by the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts through the Long Island Traditions, for her thematic theater production ‘Panchabhoota – a journey through the five elements of nature’.