Revital Carroll is an internationally acclaimed performer and teacher of Classical Indian Dance. She is the founder of Shakti Bhakti School of Dance, author of Mudras of India and the Mudras of Indian Dance Card Deck, and creator of three instructional DVDs: Temple Goddess Workout, Odissi Dance Foundations, and Odissi Dance Spins and Choreography. She studied traditional Odissi Dance in Odisha, India with some of the most eminent dance gurus on the subcontinent. Revital draws her inspiration from the elements of nature, the wisdom of her own body, and the rich spiritual heritage of India. She lives in Northern California, and offers Odissi Dance workshops and performances worldwide.

Cheryl Thompson has learned theatrical and trance mask dances of Indonesia, Tribal Bellydance, Ballet, Jazz, Cheerleading and Bollywood. About three years ago, she found the divine Revital Carroll. The intricacy, ancient roots, sublime aesthetics, grace and strength of Odissi captured Cheryl’s heart. She has been a devoted student ever since. CHeryl is grateful to have had numerous opportunities to share this devotional dance form; some highlights were at the Sarega Dance Festival in Orissa, India, The Santa Cruz Fringe Fest, and at Tandy Beal’s Dance Around the World at UCSC.

Ameya Duprey is a dedicated artist, teacher, author, and devotee of the Indian arts and sciences. For the last decade, Ameya has immersed herself in the art of Odissi Indian Classical Dance and eagerly studied under the tutelage of internationally renowned teachers including Revital Carroll, Colleena Shakti, and Smt. Sujata Mohapatra. Her dedication to the dance as a spiritual art form has led her to perform at multiple Hindu temples in the US and India including, the Shiva Ganesh Temple in California, the Hanuman Temple in New Mexico, the Kauai Hindu Monastery in Hawaii, and the Rangnath Temple in Rajasthan, India.

In addition to being an accomplished Odissi dancer, Ameya has been an Ayurvedic practitioner for the last 20 years. She is the author of Mama’s Menu: Ayurvedic Recipes for Postpartum Healing, and the founder of ShaktiCare.com, which teaches postpartum mothers how to fully recover from birth using a holistic Ayurvedic approach.

Caitlin Hanna works as an archaeologist in Santa Cruz and lives in a happy old house with a big cranky orange cat (whom she loves). She first met Revital while studying Anthropology at the university. After some tropical adventuring, she came back to Odissi in 2013 with a new sense of passion and bodily intelligence. She sees Odissi as a delightful technology of transformation: Through practice she experiences the balance of masculine and feminine, form and flow, power and grace.

Prajna Vieira is a vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and yoga teacher, best known as lead singer of the acclaimed kirtan ensemble “Mukti,” and for her work with world music pioneer Jai Uttal. She began practicing kirtan at age five, and today she leads kirtans all over the west coast. Prajna has had a prestigious career as a Ballet dancer in her youth as well, and she is thrilled to return to dance, this time merging her devotion to Jaganath with her love of dance. Prajna’s mission is to lovingly bridge the traditional, cultural roots of Bhakti Yoga with the soulful flavor of modern expression.

Rakel's dance journey started very early in life with Ballet. Through the years she has learned many styles of dance including Modern, Lyrical, Tap, Jazz, Lindy Hop, Hip Hop and Bellydance. She also has some years of Yoga asana practice under her belt. Whilst going through intensive grief in 2017, she was told about Revital Carroll by one of her students. She joined Revital's class the very next day and hasn’t been able to stop since. The effort required to maintain this beautiful and transformative practice is what keeps her coming back; attempting to attain a one-pointed focus through spiritual discipline, physical exertion, mental stimulation, and artistic motion.

Rakel has been performing with Shakti Bhakti Ensemble statewide since 2017.

A sacred dancer for church and ceremony since age 13, Noëlle has long felt drawn to the temple dancers of the East. Now, thanks to Revital’s wise and skillful leadership, Noëlle is delighted to be exploring her devotion to the embodied divine feminine through the classical Odissi form in the good company of other bhakti (devotional) dancers. Morphing her loves of Dance into “body” and Spirituality into “healing", she maintains a private practice in Menlo Park of somatic therapy to facilitate trauma resolution and embodied well-being.

Noëlle has been performing Odissi Dance with Shakti Bhakti Ensemble since 2017.

 For Jennifer dancing Odissi is a magical experience! Learning Odissi has engaged her body, mind and spirit, like yoga, and develops her capacity for creativity, expression, and fluidity.  She is inspired by the dance and Revital’s teaching and interpretation of Odissi. Jennifer’s passions outside of dance include traditional healing arts, world travel, writing, and empowering women.  

Ganga Devi Sheth is the founder of Devi Immersion. Ganga combines the sacred disciplines of Odissi, yoga and the Bhakti tradition into which she was born. For over 25 years, she studied under the guidance of the most distinguished Odissi gurus of our time. She is choreographing, performing, and teaching worldwide. Ganga Devi is a graduate of Odissi studies (2012), a certified practitioner of Dance in Medicine (2019) and a yoga teacher (2010). She has a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a degree in Dance and Movement Therapy from the University of Florida (2019). https://www.deviimmersion.com/

Chloe Romero, dancer, teacher, and choreographer, Chloé Romero has dedicated herself to the dances and traditions of India for more than 20 years: Since her adolescence, she has traveled to India every year and Indian culture is at the heart of her life.

Odissi dance is the core of her artistic expression, which she has rigorously trained in India and abroad with renowned masters such as Lingaraj Swain, Gangadhar Pradhan, Sujata Mohapatra, and Madhavi Mudgal. She has been a certified athletic trainer since 2018, a yoga teacher since 2017 and attends meditation retreats every year.

Chloe has been teaching Odissi in France for over 12 years, to adults and children, and has developed her pedagogy. She promotes a holistic approach to dance, based on physiology and the body-mind connection, and offers classes for all levels.

She also performs regularly in France and in India and develops numerous choreographic creations and event organization projects. Driven by the universal dimension of art, she strongly believes in a dance that promotes unity in diversity, connecting the vast spectrum of our human experiences.