Divya Venkateswaran, a is a singer, trained in Carnatic (South Indian) classical music. She is a disciple of Guru Smt.Padma Ganapathy, from Mumbai, India. Divya has been teaching Carnatic classical vocal music for a decade. She is currently pursuing her advance training from Guru Smt.Bhavadhaarini Anantharaman. She has performed at various places in India and USA, the genre of music comprising of classical, semi-classical, devotional and contemporary. She has also performed Indian folk dances representing her school and college in India and in US. She has been a part of Surati since 2006, as an instructor, performer and production manager.y

Representing the young generation of Kathak dancers Rachit Chandraprakash Tiwari stand apart among the foremost classical dancers not only for his exceptional command and authority but also for his innovative approach in presentation. He is a virtuous dancer in his own right and create unique fusion of complementary artistic vision. Hailed as brilliant solo exponent, Rachit has won praise for his impeccable, flawless and captivating performances.
Plawini Pawar started to learn Bharath Natya at age of 8 and presented her talent during 'Arangethram' ,  in modern times also called as Graduation, on12th June 2005, under guidance and training of Guru Mai Meera Ganapathy Dhanu. Her performance was a perfect model of synchronized art, where she used footwork, alluring bodily gestures, gliding neck with eye movement. Her body was a canvas of colors filled with feelings and expressions, reviling form of God, realization of yoga and meditation. Dibyarka Chatterjee is a very proficient performer and teacher of the instrument. Groomed by his illustrious father Samir Chatterjee, today Dibyarka is considered as one of the leading representatives on the instrument from his generation. He travels across the world performing in festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and western traditions. He has featured in several CDs as soloist and with some of India's and world’s musicians of outstanding caliber
Katie Kat is an Entrepreneurial Opera Recitalist. She produces and stars in an operatic recital performance for arts venues and private events across the country. These performances come with super title translation videos,
electronic backing tracks, costuming, and a superpower voice.
Katie Kat is a student at NYU Steinhardt, where she is pursuing her Masters
in Classical Voice Performance and Pedagogy. Roles and appearances include such operas as Weil's Street Scene (Anna Maurrant),Mozart's Le nozze de Figaro (Countess) Cosi Fan Tutte (Despina), Menotti's The Telephone (Lucy), Purcell's Dido and Aneas (Belinda)and The Fairy Queen (Night, The Plaint). She will be performing the title role in Dvorak's Ruslaka with Czech Opera Projects, at the end of November.. 		Joe Kolbow is co-artistic director of The Donovan Ensemble which created Super Spectacular! To Opera With Love and has toured the show to festivals in the US and Canada winning "Best of Fest" (KC Fringe) and "Encore
Presentation" (MN Fringe). Joe's stage credits include Tina Howe's NY premiere of Skin Deep at 59E59, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Arcadia (Valentine), Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse) Macbeth (Lennox), The Minnesota Opera, The Illusion Theater and The History Theater. MFA: U of A / Alabama Shakespeare Festival, BA: St. Olaf College. Additional training includes The Actor's Center and The Wynn Handman Studio in NYC as well as Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.
Anusha Rao Anusha has been dancing to Bollywood songs since she was 14. She participated in many intra/inter institutional competitions since then. Influenced by an exceptional Bollywood actress/dancer Madhuri Dixit, she started mimicking her moves and tried to perfect her dance sequences from her films. After coming to the United States of America, she expanded her horizons by dancing with other Bollywood dance troupes performing at various Indian festivals like Diwali and Holi. She also performed the International Night Series at Kennedy Plaza, Altantic City and Madison Square Garden. Apart from her Bollywood moves, she also loves to showcase her immense energy through Bhangra and hip-hop. Johnnie Neil is co-artistic director of The Donovan Ensemble, based in Union City, NJ. He created the role of Emmet in Super Spectacular! having performed the show from Tennessee to Saskatchewan. Johnnie sang seven seasons with The Minnesota Opera, danced his way to Central America performing with dance-theater troupe Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra, and hoofed his way to Boston tapping with Joe Chvala and His Flying Foot Forum. He holds a B.A. from Centenary College of Louisiana and an M.A. in Theater /Speech from Louisiana Tech University. Johnnie also studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.
Moushumi Phukan Gupta, an established Bihu performer, brings a wealth of knowledge in the field of traditional folk dances from India with her forte being in the very graceful dance form from Assam called Bihu. An ardent performer, Moushumi has, many a times done India proud by giving enthralling stage performances in diffrent countries. She has also participated in many presitigious dance festivals-Kharavella, Antaragni, Octave to name a few. She has performed plays in the famed National School Of Drama (NSD) on the occasion of Bharat Rang Mahotsav.. Calai Chandra, a disciple of Hema Rajagopalan of Chicago. She later pursued MFA in Bharata-Natyam, under eminent scholar Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam of Chennai. Calai is featured every year in major dance festivals of Chennai, Bangalore and Trivandrum, and in many more Temple Cities of Tamil Nadu during Shiva-Ratri. She was Resident-Artiste at Magnet Schools of Chicago. A recipient of Illinois Arts Council Apprenticeship ward, she has also been conferred “Natya Ratna” by Natya Dance Theatre of Chicago, and “Natya Maitreyi” by Vari Foundation of New York City, for her Creative Excellence.
Shoko Tamai, Born in Japan, began her Professional ballet career at the young age of 2, winning gold medal in the New York Ballet Competition in 2005, then went on to compete and medal in various dance competition all over the world. Shoko’s performance achievements includes Black Swan’s solo from Swan Lake Act 3, The Nutcracker(Sugar Plum Fairy) Pas de Deux, The Sleeping Beauty(Aurora)`s Pas de Deux from Act 3 and Aurora`s solo from Act
1, among many others. Besides from being a very talented and super-creative ballet dancer, Shoko also enjoys deejay and acting. Shoko's dream is to one day open her own dance studio to share her talent and the love for dance to future generations.		 Sattam Deb a versatile vocalist and multi-instrumentalist specializes in many genres of music. His musical virtuoso spans across the guitar, drums, bass, piano and tenor saxophone. He honed his skills to perfection upon entering university to be a part of the prestigious collegiate a cappella group "the generics" - He is currently involved in various bands in Manhattan ("Eventually Epic" and "All World") where he showcases a wide variety of tunes ranging from popular tunes from the 80's to present day and original compositions. He is known for his large range, soulful stylings, control and stamina and he constantly strives to improve further.
Sumana Murthy ("DJ Sumie") has been DJing in the Tri-State area for almost 5 years. Starting off by hosting "iPod dance parties," in her college dorm room, she discovered her knack for getting the crowd on the dance floor. Also a trained South Indian classical percussionist, she fuses her rhythmic sensibilities with her love for Bollywood, Bhangra, and anything with a good beat! Follow her on Twitter (@DJsumie) to learn more about her.