Bhaskar’s Arts Academy has been Folsom’s first South Asian arts organization dedicated solely to promoting dance and South Asian arts. In the last four years, the dance school has introduced the local arts scene to dance dramas and many student recitals in various venues, including Folsom and Sacramento. The academy is a branch of the original Bhaskar's Arts Academy in Singapore. Click here to learn more about the school in Singapore.

Meenakshy Bhaskar is founder, artistic director, and principal teacher of Bhaskar's Arts Academy. She has been teaching and performing Bharathanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, and Kathak for the last thirty-five years. Winner of the annual Singapore’s Young Artiste Award in 1996, she is currently based in the Sacramento area. In the last ten years, Meenakshy has toured almost a dozen countries world-wide, performing her original choreographies.