Vasundhara Doraswamy

She is also one of the disciples of the late Shri Pattabhi Jois[1] in the discipline of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga and has developed her own subdomain in Vasundhara Style.

Doraswamy[1] and has a son who lives in Australia with her daughter-in-law Meghala Bhat Hirasave continuing in her tradition running Art of Vinyasa school of dance.

[6]  She holds a postgraduate degree in folklore and is a consummate exponent of the martial arts of ‘Tang-ta’ and ‘Kalaripayattu’[7] that vouches for her quest for a multidisciplinary approach to dance.

[6] Solo productions like Ganga Lahari, Ambe, Dakshayani, Panchali,[9] Shakunta Kunjana (literary masterpieces of Udyavara Madhava Acharya) and now Jyothi Shankar's Kshaatra Draupadi –with a strong female oriented theme have won acclaim.

[13] An A-Graded artist in Doordarshan[1] She is the only Bharatanatyam dancer to have been invited from India to perform for ‘WORLD PEACE’ conference in Paris under aegis of UNESCO before an audience of 2500 representing 137 countries.

She has travelled to the Czech Republic, Poland, France,[16] Germany, United Kingdom and Austria representing the ICCR [Indian Council for Cultural Relations].

Her use of singular hastas, alluring gaits, abhinaya which can communicate easily with the common man, modifications of the adavus, aharya, inimitable feather-touch footwork, all within the traditional framework, have led to a unique footprint that is today identified and recognized as "Vasundhara Style".