NEHA PATHMANABAN started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of five from Guru Renuka Srinivasan and later completed her arangetram. She is a recipient of the Young Arts National Merit Award in Bharatanatyam. For many years, she danced and competed with Indian classical, bhangra, and Bollywood dance companies across the U.S. Neha has performed at venues including the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, and an NBA halftime show in Washington DC. Neha has continued her dance education through salsa, ballet, contemporary, and kathak classes in NYC. She joined Sa in 2021 and performed with the company for the first time at the White House in 2022.