In 2017, the festival began with Mohiniattam artist Smitha Rajan, grand-daughter and disciple of the legendary doyen- Late Smt Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma; Sreelakshmy Govardhanan, one of the foremost young talents in the field of Kuchipudi today; acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer, Praveen Kumar, a disciple of Late Smt Narmada, Bangalore and Prof C.V. Chandrashekar, Chennai; well-known Kathak artists from Pagrav Dance Company- Shyam Dattani & Parbati Chaudhury; the popular Odissi artist Elena Catalano along with Maryam and Katie; and Bharatanatyam presented by Pallavi Anand, Anekha Pillai, Daniella Zak Varghese, Alisha Pillai and Shalini Shivashankar from Upahaar School of Dance.