Tatyana Popova, a versatile artist hails  from the multicultural city Almaty, Kazakhstan, located in the heart of Central Asia. Tatyana is a bachelor degree holder from different   universities of dance, for each discipline in country of its origin. Since taking her first dance steps at age of six, she has continued her trajectory across the world, taking part in different companies and training in prestigious dance academies including the J. Elebekov   Music and Dance Academy in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she strove to perfect her interpretations of Russian, Kazakh and World character dances & ballet. She feels fortunate to have been given the scholarship by ICCR (Indian consul of Culture Relationships)  to study Bharatanatyam for six years in Chennai, India, at the  University of fine arts  Rukmini Devi Arundale “Kalakshetra”(under tutelage of Prof. A. Janardhanan, Smt. Jyolsana Menon)  . Tatyana completed a diploma course in “Kalapeetam “school of accompaniment for the dance (nattuvangam) at Chennai, India under a legendary Guru, Carnatic singer and music composer Bhagavatula Seetharama Sharma. Tatyana have been fortunate to be part of the performing company of   Shrimati Krishnaveni Lakshmanan.