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The Dance She Never Left Behind | Art, Identity, and Building Cincinnati's Cultural Soul with Padma Chebrolu

The Dance She Never Left Behind | Art, Identity, and Building Cincinnati's Cultural Soul with Padma Chebrolu

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What holds a community together when everything else is in flux - when the language is different, the food is unfamiliar, and your people are thousands of miles away? For Padma Chebrolu, the answer has always been the same: dance. She started at age three in Guntur, India, and never stopped. Not through graduate school at the University of Cincinnati, not through nearly 30 years as a global portfolio manager at Procter and Gamble, and not through founding the Cultural Centre of India - now 30 years strong and running 70+ events a year in greater Cincinnati.This episode of Roots, Routes and Voices is one of those conversations that reminds you what it looks like when someone refuses to limit themselves. Padma is a classical Indian dance master, filmmaker, adjunct professor at Xavier University, and a 2025 Ohio Governor's Award for Arts Education recipient - and she will be the first to tell you none of it was a strategy. It was just being herself."Human beings can be a symphony. We shouldn't tell ourselves - or others - that we can only be one note. We are full of talents and we need to let those talents out." - Padma Chebrolu"I'd say it's the thing you carry that nobody can take away from you. A practice, a belief, a way of being - something you keep doing even when nothing else makes sense." - Bryan Wright, Co-HostEpisode Chapters00:00 - Welcome and Opening Question: Clara and Bryan ask what holds community together when everything is in flux.01:20 - Introducing Padma: From Guntur, India to Cincinnati - dancer, P&G executive, and cultural institution founder.02:56 - Childhood in Guntur: Neem trees, train stations, grandparents' mansions, and a little girl with brass bells on her ankles.07:43 - Art in Indian Culture: Dance and music as DNA - how community celebration shaped Padma's early confidence and identity.17:17 - Arriving in Cincinnati: A full scholarship to UC, an Atlas book, and a father helping spell "Cincinnati" for the first time.21:32 - Founding the Cultural Centre of India: How a search for a dance teacher became a 30-year institution - starting around 1994.26:08 - Art and Corporate Life: Why Padma never felt tension between P&G and dance - and why "limiting beliefs" are the real problem.39:58 - Passage of the River: Her award-winning film - 53 international awards, 18 countries - bridging Native American and Indian culture on the Ohio River. Free on YouTube.44:20 - What's Next: A sequel film, a new expanded center in Lebanon, Ohio, and a woman who says she's "just getting started."45:40 - Lightning Round: On Home: "Home is where you feel relaxed, peaceful, and can just be yourself."Key TakeawaysYou don't have to choose between art and career. The discipline, creativity, and strategic thinking required by classical dance are the same skills that drive corporate excellence.Cultural identity is a gift, not a liability. Padma's instructor at UC told her: don't abandon what you know - use it to enrich the community around you.Community is built through art. When people experience heritage art forms, biases dissolve. The Cultural Centre of India's 70+ annual events are proof.Home is not a place - it is where the community embraces you as you are. For Padma, that is Cincinnati, Ohio.Awards and Recognition2025 Ohio Governor's Award - Arts Education, the state's highest recognition in the field.2021 Ohio Heritage Fellowship - Recognizing her role as a master tradition bearer of classical Indian dance.2022-23 OAC Master Artist Award - Ohio Arts Council recognition for sustained artistic excellence.53 International Film Awards - Passage of the River, honored across 18 countries, available free on YouTube.About the GuestPadma Chebrolu is the Artistic Director of the Cultural Centre of India in Cincinnati, a retired Global Portfolio Manager at Procter and Gamble (30 years), and an Adjunct Professor at Xavier University's Williams College of Business. She is a master of Bharata Natyam and several other classical Indian dance forms, a filmmaker, and the first woman in her family to pursue higher education. She was born in Guntur, India, and has called Cincinnati home since the early 1990s.Connect with Padma and the Cultural Centre of India: Website: culturalcenterofindia.comInstagram: @culturalcentreofindiaLinkedIn: Padma ChebroluWatch Passage of the River - free on YouTube. Search "Passage of the River" to find the film, trailer, and behind-the-scenes footage.Roots, Routes and Voices is hosted by Clara Matonhodze and co-hosted by Bryan Wright, Executive Director of Cincinnati Compass. The views expressed are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of Cincinnati Compass.
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