Priya Narayan has been involved in Indian classical dance since the age of 7. She began her Bharatanatyam education under Smt. Ramaa Bharadvaj of Los Angeles, California. She completed her Arangetram with Madhushri Sethuraman in Moline, IL in 1998. During her college years, Priya traveled with Kalapriya Performing Arts performing all over the Chicagoland area as well as much of the Midwest. Under the teaching of Guru Dilshad Khan, Priya has been training in Kathak. Dilshad Khan has been teaching in Chicago for the past 20 years and comes from a great family of artists in Pakistan. His style of Kathak is like none other. His students have excelled in the arts and have performed numerous times in the Chicagoland area. Priya has performed at the India Tribune Anniversary Celebration as well as in India Independence Day Festivities.

Priya will be joining the Bollywood rhythms team to share the beautiful art of Kathak to the next generation of students. She has been teaching students in Chicago and has a new persepective of teaching that students respond to. Her ability to relate with students born and raised in the U.S. has put her in a position to transcend her passion for dance and share that devotion with all students of all ages.  Kathak teaches discipline, love, humility and devotion to the dance. Students of all ages will be able to appreciate the artform and have great success in dance. Her mission is to show that the ancient traditions of India is very much alive in all of its people.