Shruti began her journey in Bharatanatyam under Guru Smt Rohini M Singhi in Mumbai, India. She gives credit to her teacher, Rohini for her very strong foundations. Shruti became a teacher at Bharatanjali Nrityalaya where she taught young kids and adults for almost nine years. She assisted her teacher for several of the institutions productions namely, Shri Haricharitram - stories of Krishna, Nritya Madhuri - Repertoire of Dance etc.
Shruti has a Bachelor's Degree in Performing Arts from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya- founded by Guru Kanak Rele in Mumbai between 2009-2013, where the systematic academic approach to dance was provided. She got special training in Nattuvangam and Abhinaya from Smt Ambika Vishwanathan and was fortunate to learn Karana-s and the aspects of Natyasastra from Smt Malati Agneeswaran. This was an institution of teachers with vast nurturing care of Indian Arts and she is indebted to each one of them for their contribution to her growth as a Dancer.
After graduating, Shruti had the great opportunity to take classes from Guru Shri CV Chandrashekhar in Chennai. The strict traditional training with one of the greats in Bharatanatyam cemented her belief to serve and preserve this art form for years to come.
Shruti started her training with Guru Shri Vaibhav Arekar in 2013 and was a core member in his dance company until 2017. Shruti has performed at several prestigious festivals in India and Europe with Sankhya Dance Company, namely at the NCPA, Modhera Dance Festival, NatyaDarshan Conference-Chennai, Indian Habitat Centre, Delhi, Festival India- Poland etc. Working in productions like Trayyanta, Nama Mhane, Shiva gave her the philosophical insight between spirituality, philosophy and dance. She continues her training with Vaibhav Sir ever so often.
Shruti has also received theatre training from Mr Hemant Hazare, which has been a turning point in her approach in dance.
Currently, Shruti is a core dancer at NavaDanceTheatre and also the Company Manager. Shruti is also working on her first production Ravana with SriThina Subramaniam and Preethi Ramaprasad, the premiere is set for March 2019.
In addition to this, Shruti has recently co-founded SruDee a cross-country collaborative initiative with her colleague Ms Deepika Panchamukhi in Europe and have scheduled performances in 2019.
Shruti also has a Degree in Arts from Jai- Hind college in Mumbai and has participated in several intercollegiate Dance Festivals representing her college.
