{"id":171391692,"date":"2025-11-12T04:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/?post_type=collaborator&#038;p=171391692"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:54:50","slug":"manasa-jayanthi","status":"publish","type":"collaborator","link":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/collaborator\/manasa-jayanthi\/","title":{"rendered":"Manasa Jayanthi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manasa Jayanthi<\/strong>&nbsp;is an Indian American Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, educator, and creative strategist whose work bridges classical heritage and contemporary relevance. Trained under Smt. Jothi Raghavan in Bharatanatyam and Shri Kasi Aysola&nbsp;in Kuchipudi, her artistry reflects a deep engagement with South Indian traditions while embracing storytelling as a medium for dialogue, design, and cultural reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<strong>Creative Director at Global Indian Artist<\/strong>, Manasa helps shape how diasporic artistry is seen, felt, and experienced through creative direction, narrative, and community presence. Her work supports GIA\u2019s mission to foster cross-cultural dialogue and amplify diverse creative voices through the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also serves as the&nbsp;<strong>Artistic Director of the Nrityanjali School of Dance<\/strong>, and through her independent initiative&nbsp;<strong>Manasa Arts LLC<\/strong>, she continues to explore intersections between art, education, and social impact. Her practice advocates for financial literacy and sustainability in the arts, empowering artists to build enduring creative lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her performances and community initiatives have received national and international recognition, reflecting her commitment to positioning Indian classical dance as both timeless and responsive to the contemporary world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":171391693,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-171391692","collaborator","type-collaborator","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collaborator\/171391692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collaborator"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/collaborator"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171391693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediamax.design\/gia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171391692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}