Pujita Krishna Jyoti

Pujita Krishna Jyoti represents the young face of Vilasini Natyam – the rare dance form of Andhra Pradesh revived from extinction. She is also a Kuchipudi dancer, trained under Dr. Anupama Kylash and Dr. Vedantam Ramalingam Shastry. She is also a student of Vilasini Natyam under Padmabhushan Swapnasundari. Apart from Kuchipudi and Vilasini Natyam, she has also briefly studied Bharata Natyam, Kathak and Odissi.

During the time at the University of California, she had the privilege of being under the direct guidance of Donald McKayle, a former Martha Graham company member and an illustrious name in modern dance in America, with whom she studied choreography for stage. Further, she had the unique advantage of taking classes in the Horton and Paul Taylor technique of modern dance. She have had an eclectic training in Jazz, having learned elements of Broadway school of Jazz and that popularized by Mad Maddox, now being taught at UCI by the London based dancer and choreographer Sheron Wray. She has also received some instruction in world dance forms like Flamenco and Afro-Brazilian and recreational/social dance forms like Argentinian Tango, Swing, Waltz and Salsa.