The magic that is the pristine art form of Bharatanatyam captured Soumya Tilak, when she was as little as 2. As she became intently interested in dancing, her parents decided to enroll her into formal classes at the age of 4, under Kalaimamani Sri. S. Natarajan (of Melattur Bhagavata Mela fame). Soumya began her initial training under him and his daughter Smt. Priyamvadha Murali (a senior student of Padmasri Smt. Chitra Visweswaran) in Dubai, UAE, where Soumya spent most of her childhood.