Natyalaya School of Arts is an institution of learning forarts founded by Mrs. Vrinda Sunil in 2006. Thiscentere for learning aims to foster an environment and a community of diverse individuals who wish to understand, learn and practice thecenturies-oldd dance forms like Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam. The culturally rooted and vibrant engagements in Natyalaya helps the young learners to connect and fathom the richness and the magnitude of the Indian traditions and cultures. The artists, disciplined and trained by the experienced and accomplished Guruss’ of Natyalaya, have had the fortune and opportunity to perform the various stories of the most eloquent romances to the glorious battles from Indian mythological texts and puranas on any venues scattered through the United States.
Vrinda Sunil is a blessed danseuse who is trained under the renowned Kalamandalam Kalyani Kutty (Late) and Kala Vijayan in the traditional dance forms of Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattam. Her passion for performing arts shaped her interests in dance as well as in music, which made her pursue a bachelor's degree in Music from RLV College of Fine Arts, Kerala. Starting at the age of four, Ms. Vrinda’s Jathis and thalams kept on collecting applauses in every stage she performed, along with her designs and choreography for many, including the dance dramas of Shri. Swati Thirunal, Agni and Kannaki. Since starting her teaching career at the age of seventeen, she is a regular face in many of the dancing competitions happening across the state of Indiana, where she lives with her husband and two children. She currently pursues a co-career as an IT project Manager with the State of Indiana.
As much as these endeavours undertaken by Natyalaya helps to preserve, nourish and transfer the cultural aspects, it also had been avenues that transformed the lives of many individuals and communities across the country as Natyalaya is one of the leading Centres of Learning for arts that actively engages in giving back to the community through fundraisings and charity events. One of Ms. Vrinda Sunil’s core philosophy in the learning and dissemination of the knowledge of performing arts remain “Blessed are the ones that receive knowledge, and even more the ones that are destined to giveth it”. Her vision that gave birth and shaped the Natyalaya School of dance not only enable these young seekers of arts to learn but also to teach the art to the generations that come after them, to grow with them.