Ami Majmudar

Ami Majmudar is a teacher, author, storyteller, dancer, and choreographer. With a degree in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of California at Davis, Ami began her career as a high school English teacher. While raising her three children, Ami began writing short stories and then books. Her debut novel, The Torchbearers, published by Penguin India, was shortlisted for the Neev Book Award for Distinguished Children’s Literature.

Ami learned Bharatanatyam over a rigorous sixteen-year period from her Guru, Mythili Kumar, artistic director of the Abhinaya Dance Company. She has since continued her training under the guidance of Guru Sujatha Srinivasan, of Shri Kalaa Mandir in Cleveland.

Through her dance school, Anjali Dance Center, Ami teaches her students the rigorous dance form, empowering them to connect to emotions through expression and movement, and to share their art with the community. An Ohio Teaching Artist, Ami has conceptualized, choreographed, taught, and presented a variety of thematic dance pieces and productions combining dance, drama, and storytelling. Ami also choreographs and teaches garba and raas, folk dance forms from Gujarat, a western state of India. Anjali Dance Center’s most recent thematic production was The Ramayana Bala Kanda.

In a variety of educational settings, Ami teaches writing, India’s vibrant cultural heritage, and dance. She has worked with wide audiences in schools, libraries, and art centers, through workshops and lecture-demonstrations, easily connecting with children and adults of all backgrounds through the universal language of stories, movement, dance, and human emotions.

With her engaging, multi-disciplinary, and interactive lesson plans, Ami Majmudar brings the experience of a professional teacher, the grace of a trained dancer, and the dramatic flair of a storyteller to every teaching platform.

Availability

Upon Request

RECENT PROJECTS: The Magic Bow, McConnell Arts Center, all ages. Workshops and Performance: Students from local classical Indian dance schools spent two evenings with visiting artists learning a variety of techniquse and an emotive piece. Local teachers attended a full day workshop on drama, musicality, and expression with visiting artists. Local teachers collaborated to choreograph and perform the finale for The Magic Bow, a dramatic dance performance about a composer’s vision for dance choreography.

Folk Dance Performance, Columbus Convention Center. Workshop/class format for choreography and direction of a traditional Indian folk dance medley as an opening act for Falguni Pathak, a visiting artist from Mumbai, India. Students grades 11-12 performed a dynamic piece to wide acclaim for a 3,000 strong audience.

Anjali Dance Center and Vindhya Cultural Association Student Concerts, Hyatts Middle School and Otterbein University Riley Auditorium, all ages. Participants grades K-10, choregraphy and artistic direction for thirty students in traditional classical Bharatanatyam performances.