{"id":19338,"date":"2022-07-17T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=19338"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:22:17","slug":"india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian-origin girl wins BBC young dancer 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her first stage performance was when she was only nine. Eight years later, 17-year-old Adhya Shastry won the BBC Four competition, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Her first stage performance was when she was only nine. Eight years later, 17-year-old Adhya Shastry won the BBC Four competition, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","story-category":[736],"story-tag":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Indian Youth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-30T09:22:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/\",\"name\":\"Adhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-17T01:30:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-30T09:22:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Indian-origin girl wins BBC young dancer 2022\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/\",\"name\":\"Global Indian Youth\",\"description\":\"A hero\u2019s journey\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Adhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022","description":"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Adhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022","og_description":"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.","og_url":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/","og_site_name":"Global Indian Youth","article_modified_time":"2025-05-30T09:22:17+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/","url":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/","name":"Adhya Shastry: Indian-Origin Teen Wins BBC Young Dancer 2022","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-17T01:30:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-30T09:22:17+00:00","description":"Adhya Shastry won the BBC young dancer, held in London in May 2022. Adhya has been training in Bharatanatyam since a very young age.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/art-culture\/india-origin-girl-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2022\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Indian-origin girl wins BBC young dancer 2022"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/#website","url":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/","name":"Global Indian Youth","description":"A hero\u2019s journey","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/19338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/19338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42487,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/19338\/revisions\/42487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"story-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-category?post=19338"},{"taxonomy":"story-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-tag?post=19338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}