Preethi Ramaprasad (she/her) is a dancer, curator, musician, and researcher. Her journey teaching and performing Bharatanatyam (South Indian dance) has led to artistic community-building endeavors across India, Europe, and the United States. She curates and co-runs three platforms for the arts: the Varnam Salon, When Eyes Speak Choreography Festival, and Performing Voices of Bhakti which aim to create safe spaces to share South Asian expression in the diaspora.

Ramaprasad’s work has been funded by and earned accolades through Bridge Live Arts, YoungArts, the San Francisco Arts Commission and Public Library Residency, Gluck Fellows Program, Zellerbach Family Foundation, American Conservatory Theater ArtShare Fellowship, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, SAFEhouse Arts Lead Resident Fellowship, and the All-Rounder Yuva Kala Bharati for Young Artists. A Bharatanatyam disciple of Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy, Ramaprasad has a doctorate in Critical Dance Studies from UC Riverside. Her research focuses on representation and the performance of myth among transnational Bharatanatyam practitioners.