Smt. Maya Vinayan, the dance teacher of Maithreyi is a versatile dancer who had learnt three of the south indian classical dance forms from one of the most prestigious institution of each one of them, viz., Mohiniattam from the famous Kalamandalam school, Bharat Natyam from the Dhananjayans and Kuchipudi from the late master, Vempati Chinna Satyam.
While she has been training young girls on dancing in Chennai since 25 years now, she has also developed her ancestral home in Mayyanur, Kerala (not far from Ottapalam near Palakkad) into a beautiful dance school as well. She has been regularly conducting programmes in this beautiful location, not just performance but also workshops on advanced topics and special areas of interest for the students. Maithreyi has been visiting the Mayyanur campus since few years and earlier this year (2022) attended a workshop by Kalamandalam Sri. Venkitaraman master. Here is a link to a short practice session by Maithreyi at the Mayyanur dance school.
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