SHEBANA DEVI MANGOLD is an acclaimed Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi artist, promoting and serving the classical Indian performing arts through her Nātya Berlin - Dance School and Dance Company

With an experience in teaching of more than 20 years Shebana Devi trains students of all levels, ages and nationalities in classical Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Carnatic music at her school. The dance company presents group productions of Nātya Berlin's performing unit.

Known for her pure classical work executed with excellence, Shebana Devi became on ambassodor for the classical Indian dance, revealing its relevance as a universal artistic language in today's world, bringing audiences togeter and bridging between cultures.

Shebana Devi is a senior disciple of the internationally renowned Gurus “The Dhananjayans” (Bharatanatyam) and Jaikishore & Padmavani Mosalikanti (Kuchipudi) .

She has also been trained in Carnatic music and nattuvangam under the eminent late Guru Bhagavatulu Seetharama Sarma (Founder and Director of Kalapeetham, Chennai).

Since three decades Shebana Devi is performing on stage, mesmerizing the audience with her graceful movements, great control of rhythm, refined technic and heart touching expressions. She is looking back on numerous Solo and group performances in India and Germany such as:

• Solo performance at the museum of Asian art, Berlin

• Group performances at Sommerfest of the federal president of Germany, Schloss Bellevue Berlin

• Solo performance at the Music Academy Madras, Chennai

• Solo performance at Balatripura Sundari temple, Kuchipudi village

• Solo performance at Natyanjali Festival at Chidambaram

• Group performances for Shivarathri in various temples of Tamil Nadu

• Group performances with her Gurus for various occasions in Chennai and Ooty, Tamil Nadu

• Solo performance at TVG's AIMA Festival during Chennai Margazhi

• Various Solo and group performances for the Indian Embassy Berlin and German-Indian Society e. V.

• Solo Performance at ICCR's International Dance Festival, Delhi and Chandigarh

• Duet Performance with Uttiya Barua at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

• Company Performance at Federal Environment Ministry Berlin

• Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi solo performances at TTC, Indian Embassy Berlin

• Company performance at the Federal Foreign Office Berlin

• Bharatanatyam duet performance with Uttiya Barua at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

• Bharatanatyam-Kuchipudi-Jugalbandi duet with Vijna Vasudevan at TTC, Indian Embassy Berlin

• Bharatanatyam group performance of Nātya Berlin with live music at TTC, Indian Embassy Berlin