Sunita Pendekanti's "Kuchipudi Art Centre" was started in 1997. This school has produced two major dance dramas " Mohini Bhasmasura" and " Mahishasura Mardhini" with the bay area's leading kuchipudi dancers and have performed across the United Statess with the troupe. The school philosophy is to train young dancers in the field of kuchipudi art stressing on abhinaya and lasya and also to help understand the theory behind Kuchipudi art form . The school has conducted several Kuchipudi workshops for the students in the bay area. The students produced from this school have won several awards in classical dance at several major festivals conducted by local and national cultural associations.
