PAMPA Dance Academy 790 South Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95128

"Mrs Nirmala Madhava is an excellent teacher with immense patience and grace. My daughter was very resistant to learn but by the teachings of Mrs Nirmala she loves Bharathnatyam today."

"I have been learning from Guru Nirmala Madhava for the last 6 years. She is an amazing teacher, patient yet firm constantly giving feedback and helping one grow as a dancer. She is a perfectionist and her attention to detail elevates every production’s quality. I am super happy I chose to join Pampa and be a part of this family!"

"I've been learning Kathak from Guru Nirmala Madhava for six years now. She is one of the most inspiring, versatile and expressive dancers I've come across. Because of her expertise in two dance forms - Kathak and Bharathnatyam (a rare achievement), she understands dance and creative expression in a way very few do. Watching her dance is often a moving and spiritual experience. To add to it, she is also a gracious and effective teacher. These days, where everything is big business, Nirmala ma'am runs Pampa like a close knit family, cultivating each student with love and personal attention. Every student (no matter how junior), gets time with ma'am. She is detail oriented and disciplined, but yet is kind and encouraging even when she is correcting us. She makes us want to do better. Couldn't have been happier with my decision to join the Pampa family."

"The best studio I have trained with. Passion and excellence for dance and an incredible persistence to spread Indian culture and arts"

"Irresponsible... I contacted them and took my daughter for a class too. nobody turned up for the new class and for that she told me " my daughter is luck to have a personal class" . She was suppose to get back to me with the new timing and that never happened after me sending her several reminders. never expected a classical dance teacher to be so unprofessional."