KALASADHANA DANCE COMPANY (KDC)

Kalasadhana Dance Company, founded by Artistic Director Samyuktha Punthambekar in January 2020 in Ottawa, Canada and now based in Lubbock, Texas, aims to create revolutionary, contemporary-inspired Bharatanatyam dance.

KALASADHANA DANCE ACADEMY (KDA)

Kalasadhana Dance Academy, also founded by Artistic Director Samyuktha Punthambekar in August 2025 is Lubbock's first Kalakshetra style Bharatnatyam dance training academy. The academy operates with a vision to cultivate thoughtful, expressive, and technically strong dancers, and provides a holistic learning environment that integrates dance training (adavus), cultural literacy (history and theory of Bharatanatyam, rhythm (talam), and creative expression (abhinaya).

NEWS

Offering Kalakshetra style Bharatanatyam dance classes in Lubbock, TX

New partnership with Artist in Motion Dance Studio for company production rehearsals and Bharatanatyam dance classes
Read Lubbock Cultural Arts Foundation's Blog post about KDA and Samyuktha Punthambekar here!
Offering mentorships to emerging arts workers in arts administration and artistic explorations.

NEW! KDC and KDA presents 'Tandav' on Saturday, April 4, 2026 (4pm-6pm) at Artist in Motion Dance Studio. Chief Guest and ticket details will be announced soon!

I hope that, as you train the next generation in the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam dance, you will be able to share this art form not only with the South Asian community of Ottawa but also with the wider Canadian community. May your dance, teaching and arts administration experience serve you well as you embark on this new venture!

- Chandra Arya, Former Member of Parliament / Député – Nepean

TESTIMONIALS (WIP)

LAND AND LABOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Kalasadhana Dance Company (KDC) and Kalasadhana Dance Academy (KDA) acknowledges that our work takes place on the traditional lands of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Peoples in what is now Ottawa, Canada, and the ancestral lands of the Comanche and Mescalero Apache Peoples in present-day Lubbock, Texas. We recognize the many Indigenous and immigrant communities whose labor, care, and contributions both past and present, have helped shape the cultural and social foundations of these regions.

We honor the efforts of workers across generations, including Indigenous peoples, immigrant communities from South Asia, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and American-born workers of African, South Asian, Asian, Central and South American descent whose often unseen labor continues to support our shared communities. We remain committed to creating, teaching, and performing with respect, responsibility, and care for the land and the people connected to it.

To learn more about Canadian/Algonquin Land Acknowledgements, please visit here to read a blog post by Lynn Gehl, PHD.

Additionally, please visit here to learn more about Land and Labor Acknowledgements in the USA.