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Shreyasi Gopinath is a Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and choreographer from New Delhi. She began her training at the age of seven with Padma Bhushan Guru Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan at Ganesa Natyalaya, and gave her arangetram in 2007.

At fifteen she joined Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, where she earned a diploma and a post-graduate diploma in Bharatanatyam, and also studied Carnatic vocal music and Kathakali. She completed a BSc in Psychology from the University of Madras at the same time. In Delhi she trained with the late Guru Jamuna Krishnan, and today she learns from Guru Dr. G. Ratheesh Babu.

From October 2022 to September 2023, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the Ministry of External Affairs deputed her to the Consulate General of India in Réunion Island, France, as head of the cultural centre. In July 2023 she performed at Namasté France in Paris, and gave the opening dance at the Indian community event for the Prime Minister's Bastille Day visit.

Her productions include The Wheel of Choices, The Kalidasa Edit and Illusion of the Enchantress. She is a Ministry of Culture scholar, a graded artiste of Doordarshan, and empanelled with IRCEN and SPIC MACAY. Her honours include the Gopi Krishna Award for National Excellence, the Nritya Mani and Nritya Bhushan titles, and the Rukmini Devi Smriti Samman.

In 2014 she founded the Shreyasi Gopinath Dance Academy, which today teaches children, adults and professionals in Vasant Kunj, Gurugram and online.