NAVADAL 2019 | Shortlist Announced

Images of NAVADAL 2017. Credit: Simon Richardson

In 2019 Akademi marks 40 years of nurturing excellence in South Asian dance. As part of these celebrations, Akademi is partnering with One Dance UK, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) and Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) Yuva Gati to present NAVADAL at U.Dance 2019, the National Youth Dance Festival, at Southbank Centre.

Following an extremely popular application stage, we’re very excited to announce the shortlisted participants in this years competition. Thank you to everyone who applied!

13-18 solos

Aishani Ghosh
Aabha Sharma
Reva Mehta
Linnea Husmann
Rithika Ravishankar
Cameroon Elizabeth Joseph
Rachana Suresh kumar
Siya Kalsekar

13-18 groups

Drishti Dance
Paurnami Arts
Jona Prakash and Ashwini Sukumaran
Kirti Kala Mandir UK

19-25 solos

Sundaresan Ramesh
Luxika Ellalan
Daniella Zak Varghese
Anekha Pillai
Sivahami Sivashankar
Tulani Kayani-Skeef
Saloni Saraf