Kirti has been dancing for the last 11 years and has been trained under the expert guidance of Gurus Smt. Radhika Nagalamadaka and Smt. Apoorva Shashi Booshan in the Pandanallur style. She has also participated in workshops with celebrated dancers such as Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan. She has danced on a variety of stages in India and the US. She completed her arangetram in 2023. Kirti is passionate about Bharatanatyam because it allows her to explore the intricacies of her culture while providing an avenue for creative expression.

Srija is a disciple of Guru Smt. Vanishree Ravishankar, (disciple of Savithri Jagannath Rao) and Guru Kalaimamani Smt. Roja Kannan. She has been passionately training Kalakshetra style bharatanatyam since 2015.

Being a non Indian and didn’t have opportunity to learn this dance in her childhood, it was passion that drove her to dig deeper into the language, culture, mythological stories and she has been to India many times to train.

In December 2021, Srija was invited to perform at the Margazhi Matram in Chennai organized by Dr. Ranjini Ramachander Kaushik and Roja Kannan and her performed earned appreciation among the Rasikas in Chennai.

She has been actively participating in festival performances as well as competitions in and around the Boston area USA. In February 2024, she organized her first production featuring herself and 3 other local dancers honoring Sri Adyar K Lashman’s legacy and choreography.

In August 2023, Srija completed her arangetram under Guru Smt. Vanishree in Chennai. She has since opened her own dance school- Nrityaarpana school of Bharatanatyam and started teaching.