Meet the team.

Staff

Featured

Kerry Sheehan

Chief Executive Officer

Nikitha Ballari

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Harini Nilakantan

Program Manager, Dance

Mordion Gall

Production Manager

Cassie Dineen

Office Administrator

Cassie Dineen is an office administrator whose work is rooted in her passion for providing her community with equitable access to services and resources. Cassie earned her Master’s in Information and Library Science from San Jose State University in 2023. She has experience in public libraries, has worked with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to facilitate Millennium Park’s free summer events, and has now started her nonprofit career here at Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts.

Ari Shah

Office Administrator

Mia Mathew

Office Administrator

Artists

Featured

R-Na’imah Khaanam

Dance

Pranali Goyal

Visual Artist

Manisha Muthu

Dance Teaching Artist

Paul Cotton

Percussion Teaching Artist

Carmenita Peoples

Theater Teaching Artist

Kavisha Prajapati

Dance Teaching Artist

Emily Merritt

Yoga Teaching Artist

Misha Talapatra

Dance Teaching Artist

Swetha Chandrasekhar

Dance Teaching Artist

Swetha Chandrasekar is a Chicago-based dancer with 12+ years of training in Bharatanatyam and street styles. She currently dances with Movement of Desis, Patchwerk, and Desi X Street, engaging in work that connects South Asian movement with various street styles.