06-29-2023 Howard Magazine - Flipbook - Page 47
Above: Instructor Irene
Thomas teaches the teens
class at the Yuva Dance
Academy in Ellicott City.
The studio teaches mostly
children of Indian descent
eager to learn both the
folkways of their forebears
and the rituals deeply
connected to their ancestral
roots.
Left: From left, dancers Navya
Soni, Anvayee Patil, Rhythm
Goel and Mihika Umale
rehearse at the Yuva Dance
Academy.
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