Sia
A nine-year-old dancer and singer, learning to carry every beat with joy — from the first clap to the last spin.
Her Journey
Sia began with a single clap at the age of three. What started as tapping along to her father's radio now fills whole stages — and a full set of ghungroos.
Training lineage
Rooted in the Lucknow Gharana, her Kathak runs alongside a Hindustani vocal training inherited in the family — two art forms that, for her, share one rhythm.
"She listens to the tanpura's drone and never looks away." — a teacher, on watching her first solo
Achievements
Rangoli Utsav, Pune
Headline solo Kathak in the evening programme, aged eight.
2023Best Vocalist, under 10
For an extended Raag Yaman, sung on a single breath.
2024Silver, Prayag Sangeet
A folk–classical medley set to Teentaal.
2024Gallery & Media
Chakkar sequence, captured at the annual sabha
▶ Clip coming soonHer Likings
Chai with saffron
The warmest note of any morning.
Space & the stars
She counts constellations by beat.
Sketching gharanas
Every guru gets a little portrait.
Quiet before a song
One slow breath, then the first Sa.