Shemoni Parekh is a versatile and accomplished dancer, choreographer and teacher.  She has studied Bharat Natyam since the tender age of 2 years and completed her Bharat Natyam Arangetram ceremony in 2001. Shemoni has been a dance Instructor since her graduation, specializing in Bollywood, Fusion and Folk Dance classes.

Shemoni is an honors graduate in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is also the 2007 winner of Miss Asian Atlanta Scholarship pageant, where she also won the “Miss Talent” title.  She has judged various dance competitions including Tampafest 2008, Rangoli 2008, Dandiya Dhamaka 2010 and Atlanta Desi Idol.

Shemoni was invited to work with Longinus Fernandez (choreographer for multi-Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire) as the assistant choreographer for Canada’s most popular reality show So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Together they produced the opening dance featuring the show’s top 18 contestants dancing to a hot Bollywood number. The show aired on Sept 2, 2009 on CTV.  See CTV feature article.

Within the last year, Shemoni and a team of her Kruti Students participated on the hit TV show, America’s Got Talent. Out of 100,000 acts, Shemoni and her students made it to the top 25 on America’s Got Talent Wild Card Live show where they were introduced as Piers Morgan’s favorite act. This round was a special invitation only round where contestants were given an opportunity to go directly into the top 10. Each round featured Shemoni’s unique choreography. Click here to see clips from their Orlando Audition. Click here to see their performance in the Wild Card Round.

Most recently, Shemoni along with six other Kruti students were selected to perform on the hit Indian dance reality tv show, Chak Dhoom Dhoom, on Aapka Colors television network in Mumbai. Out of 5,000 competition international teams, Shemoni and her students made it into the top 9 while receiving much acclaim from the show’s judges, Indian contemporary specialist - Terrence Lewis, well-known dance personality - Javed Jaffery and the glamorous Bollywood beauty – Urmila Matonkar. Check out Kruti Chak Dhoom Dhoom performances here .

For the last two years, in addition to being an integral part of the Kruti staff, Shemoni worked as an Oracle Systems Consultant for IBM. Shemoni has now transitioned careers and is pursuing her passion full time.