Our Team
Mallakhamb Maestros: Meet the Guardians of Our Vertical Artistry
Chinmay S Patankar
New Jersey – Rope Mallakhamb, Pole Mallakhamb
Chinmay S. Patankar is one of the founder member of Mallakhamb Federation USA. He is one of the national coaches in Rope and Pole Mallakhamb to the highest Level 6. He has been teaching in USA for last 3 years since the inception of Federation. He has been teaching in India since last 15 years.
As a player Chinmay S. Patankar as established multiple records. He invented multiple skills in Rope and Pole Mallakhamb. He has received highest possible award at that time in India in 2003. He stood as a winner in numerous National Championships and Inter University Championships.
Chinmay S. Patankar is a management consultant working for Banking and Financial Services firms He has completed MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode and Production Engineering from Pune University.
He has worked with Big 4 management consulting / strategy advisory firms in London, Tokyo, and New York.
Pradnya C Patankar
New Jersey – Rope MallakhambRuby Karen
California – Rope MallakhambWith a career spanning four decades, aerialist, dancer, choreographer and producer, Ruby Karen has thrived in the performing arts—theater, cinema, and music—while mastering various fitness disciplines. With roots in Manila, Ruby Karen’s training and success’ gave her the opportunity to globetrot through metropolises such as, Zurich, Tokyo, New York, Tel Aviv, Mumbai and Los Angeles to name a few. Her accomplishments include holding three world titles in dance, a guest performance on Fox’s hit primetime television show So You Think You Can Dance, an instructional lifts and tricks partnering DVD, authorship of the fitness program Aerial Dance Fitness and the certification program, International Aerial Teacher Training Program (IATTP), Teacher’s Alliance, festival competition – West Coast Aerial Arts Festival and performances and appearances in over twenty (20) countries. Ruby Karen has also received ostensible press coverage from respected publications across the US, Asia, and Europe.
After extensive travel performances and teachings, in 2007, Ruby Karen incorporated (and later was joined by husband, Luca Cecchini who is the organization’s in-house certified rigger):
The first aerial school in Orange County, CA namely, the Ruby Karen Project, Aerial and Performing Arts and its’ performing company, Orange County Aerial Arts and is recognized as one of Southern California’s premier aerial instruction and performance schools.
They produce and manage their commercial entertainment company, CIRCO ETEREO, specialized Aerial and Dance acts as well as Fabrication of Aerial and Ground apparatuses.
They also established and founded Aerial Arts America, a non-profit organization and the only one in Southern California that embodies standardization programs such as the Aerial Arts Teacher Certification and the West Coast Aerial Arts Festival, and recently launched the 3rd program of AAA – the scholarship program.
They were featured in many high-end publications, online video shows and even was featured in KTLA – Allie MacKay’s program – June 2013.