About me

Shayoni Nag is an accomplished and professional dancer with 20 years of formal dance training in both Indian Classical Dance and Western Dance. She has trained in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern Dance at Bayshore Academy of Dance. Her Indian Classical Dance training in Bharatanatyam began at the age of 5 at Nritya Creations and she continued her in depth study of this Indian classical art form through her high school years and completed her Bharatanatyam Arangetram (graduation) with Guru Renuka Srinivasan in 2012. She continues to compete, teach and choreograph for the Nritya Creations Performing Company specializing in fusion choreography, blending the Western dance forms with Indian classical dance forms. She has taken numerous workshops including modern dance, creative classical Indian dance, Uday Shankar Technique, Rabindranath Tagore’s Dance Dramas, Indian Folk Dance and Bollywood.

Shayoni has led Nritya Creations in winning numerous trophies at Naya Andaz dance competitions judged by esteemed choreographers Farah Khan and Saroj Khan held at the NJ State Theatre. She has also and organized several Charity Benefit Dance Programs including American Cancer Society Cancer Ball’s India Night. 

Shayoni has performed to full houses as a lead dancer for the opening dance act for the Amitabh Bachchan’s Unforgettable Tour at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Arena Hall and has performed at the South Asian Theater Festival at the prestigious NJPAC venue. She has performed at the United Nations in New York City as well as Lincoln Center.  Shayoni choreographs and teaches innovative fusion technique to students at Nritya Creations and prepares the Performing Company for competitions and various prestigious events.

Shayoni is also a full-time medical student.