Shefali Jain

Boston, MA

Shefali Jain has trained in kathak for over 20 years with Gretchen Hayden and the late kathak maestro, Pandit Chitresh Das. She has also been studying the art of thumri and bhao with Shri Madhuri Devi Singh and Hindustani vocals with Vaibhav Mankad. Shefali has performed at prestigious venues across the U.S. and India as a soloist and dance company member. As a member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company, she performed in Das’ original works – Sita Haran (Babson College) and Shiva (Cal Performances, UC Berkeley). As a member of the Leela Dance Collective, she has performed in California Gharana (Irvine Barclay Theater) and Son of the Wind (Green Music Center, ODC, Royal Opera House Mumbai, Ford Theaters LA). In addition to performing, Shefali also teaches an accredited course in kathak at Wellesley College. She is a senior teaching artist at the Chhandika Institute of Kathak Dance. For the past 10 years, Shefali has also been directing the Chhandika Youth Ensemble, a pre-professional ensemble for intensive training and performance, which has trained 50+ students.