Danish left in a blue Kathak dress elbow up in a dance pose looking down on a diagonal, upper right of photo, gurmukhi is dancing with one leg up behind her and an orange sari flowing off her arms that are raised as if in flight.

New Dancing Storytellers!

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We’ve expanded and are proud to introduce our two talented new Dancing Storytellers, Danish Bhandara and Gurmukhi Bevli, who have been performing our signature show Indian Mythology and Me in schools, festivals, libraries and even the zoo!

Danish in a blue Kathak dress doing a diagonal Kathak pose, Gurmukhi in an orange sari with leg extended behind her and arms outstretched and the tail of the sari billowing.
danish is pictured left with long hair and an open smile, Gurmukhi is pictured right with short hair and a tilted head. Both are South Asian.

In both pictures, Danish is on the left and Gurmukhi is on the right

See them in action this Spring!

Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 11:30am and 1pm: Indian Mythology and Me performance at the Wild About Storytelling in Adventure Theater at the Winnick Family Children’s Zoo in the LA Zoo

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 1:15 and 2:15pm: Teaching Demonstrations at The Beckman Art and Science Family Day at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts

a dancer in red tangled in a blue cloth with a woeful expression. another dancer reaches up to her from below with two children next to her.
Danish left and Gurmukhi right with some young volunteers at the LA Zoo

Danish and Gurmukhi have served 7,500 kids in the 2022-23 school year and the kids love them!

They are also leading our new school residency program that features South Asian dances and culture!

A photo of Danish, holding two scarves in front of a group of kids who are watching.

Danish teaching her new Bollywood lesson: Dancing in the Rain!

A fun Instagram reel of Gurmukhi teaching kids Bhangra and Bharatanatyam in the Santa Ana school district: Gurmukhi teaching

A letter from a child to Danish which shows a drawing of Danish and says "Dear Dancing Storytellers, thank you for spending your time with us! I really enjoyed how we made up our own dance@ I can't believe that dancing can be actually telling a story! You inspired me to dance and tell stories! Thank you Again Storytellers! - Lillian

A student letter to Danish after her teaching which says “Dear Dancing Story tellers, thankyou for spending your time with us! I really enjoyed how we made up our own dance! I can’t believe that dancing can be actually telling a story! You inspired me to dance and tell stories! Thank you again Story tellers! And there is an image of a girl with a peace sign in her fingers saying “Dancing Storytellers Rock!”