Shanthanayaki Lalgudi has been trained in Bharatanatyam for several years and completed her Arrangetram under the Guidance of Mrs. Prahelika Rajagopalan (Director of Lasva Fine Arts) and Dr. Sujatha Mohan (Director and Founder of Padmashree Nrityalaya). Shantha is continuing her passion of learning dance from Prahelika and has given several dance performances in Bay Area. She is currently learning Carnatic music at an advanced level and has given concerts at SKCC, Lotus Silicon valley and Thyagaraja festival. She was also a runner up in Harikatha Finals competition where she integrated a lot of Abhinaya that she learnt from her dance items.