EDUCATION
June 2020 | BFA Honours in Dance | York University
2005 – 2015 | Bharatanatyam | Sampradaya Dance Academy
Training under Guru Lata Pada, completed arangetram (solo dance debut) in August 2015
PERFORMANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY
2026 | Kula-Devi IBPOC Tour | tour across three cities in ON, Canada with Kala Dance Collective
2025 | Kintsugi and Vivarta Tour| toured Singapore, Indonesia, India with Sampradaya Dance Creations (Toronto, ON )
2025 | Kintsugi| presented at Harbourfront Centre by Sampradaya Dance Creations (Toronto, ON )
2025 | Children of Air India | presented at Momentum Dance Festival 2025 by Sampradaya Dance Creations (Mississauga, ON)
2025 | Naksha | Choreographed by Tanveer Alam for Naksha, presented by Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, ON)
2025 | Maskura and Calm Abiding |Nova Dance ensemble works presented by National Ballet of Canada by Sharing the Stage (Toronto, ON)
2025 | Basant Bahar |Select Bharatanatyam repertoire works for Mehfil-e-Kalakar Series, presented by Artists’ Congress Collective (Toronto, ON)
2025 | Kula Devi - tour | Kala Dance Collective work presented by wind in the leaves collective at The Registry Theatre in (Kitchener, ON)
2024 | Tejas | Choreography by Neena Jayarajan, presented by Citadel + Compagnie at NIGHT SHIFT
2024| Smruti | self-produced solo Bharatanatyam dance recital | supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Sampradaya Dance Creations
2024| Kula Devi| a Kala Dance Collective work, presented at Citadel Spring Mix
2024 | excerpts from Sankhya| presented at Montreal Natyanjali 2024 | representing Sampradaya Dance Creations
2023 | Nature Boy | Choreographed in collaboration with Rumi Jeraj | Common Ground Dance Festival presented by Toes for Dance
2023 | Svaha! tour (core cast)| Choreography: Nova Bhattacharya | presented by Indian Summer Festival (Vancouver, BC)
2023| Convergent Divergency – “Helix”| Choreographed by Atri Nundy | presented by Toronto Dance Theatre
2023 | Shiv/Shakti – dance film | Choreographed in collaboration with Shivani Joshi | presented by Guelph Dances and dance: made in canada
2022 | Mandala – India Tour | Choreography Lata Pada and Suma Nair | presented by various presenters; 7-city tour across India
2022 | Sankhya | Choreography: Lata Pada and Suma Nair | presented by Sampradaya Dance Creations
2022 | Svaha! (core cast)| Choreography: Nova Bhattacharya | presented by Nova Dance and TOLive
2022 | Mindful Chatter | Choreography: Atri Nundy | Contemporaneity 4.0 | Anandam Dance Theatre, Toronto ON
2022 | Ghoomar| Choreography: Suma Nair | Family Day Fest | Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga ON
2021 | Nirguna | Choreography: Kala Collective | Prospects | Aeris Korper, Hamilton ON
2021 | Songs of the Blue God - Rusali Radha| Choreography: Lata Pada | Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga ON
2021 | Play Seriously | choreographed in collaboration with dancers | inTO Focus | dance: made in canada, Toronto ON
2021 | harmony| Original choreography in collaboration with Rachana Joshi | TD Mosaics Festival 2021 |commissioned by Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga ON
2021 | Let Go| dance film; original choreography, collaboration with writer Vibhanshu Doshi | Artist Date Series 2021 | Nautanki Creations | Mississauga, ON and Bangalore, India
2021 | chitra| original choreography; dance film | CanAsian Grit: Short Dances Festival 2021 | Toronto
2020 | Free| original choreography; dance film | Sampradaya dance Creations’ DanceScapes | Mississauga, ON
2019 | Nirguna | Original choreographyin collaboration with dancers | Night Shift 2019 | Toronto, ON
2019 | Nirvana| Choreography: Parshwanath Upadhye, commissioned by Sampradaya Dance Creations DanceOntario Dance Weekend 2019 | Toronto, ON
2019 | Xeno | Choreography: Rachana Joshi | Dance Innovations 2019, York University
2018 |Thyagaraja Mahima | Choreography: Lata Pada and Atri Nundy | Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga, ON
2018 |Devatraya Vandana | Choreography: Parshwanath Upadhye, presented by Sampradaya Dance Creations | DanceOntario Dance Weekend 2018, Toronto, ON
2017 |Punyah Krishna and Other Works| Choreographer: Parshwanath Upadhye | Sampradaya Dance Creations
2016 |We Are So Different Now| Choreography: Suma Nair | Sawitri Theatre Group
2016 |Kindred| Choreography: Suma Nair | MFA Show: Strong Light/Ancient Light, York University
EXPERIENCE
September 2023 – present | Founder & Artistic Director
Shvas Dance Company, Toronto ON
October 2019 – December 2024 | Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director
Kala Collective, Toronto ON
December 2020 – present | Company Dancer
Nova Dance, Toronto ON
September 2016 – present | Dance Teacher
Sampradaya Dance Academy, Mississauga ON
September 2015 – present | Company Dancer
Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga ON
July 2021 - October 2023 | Head of Curriculum and Training
Sampradaya Dance Academy, Mississauga, ON
TRAINING & RESIDENCIES
January 2026 | Abhinaya Abhyaasa with Smt Priyadarshini Govind | Mumbai, India
Program participant
August 2025 | Deep End Week | Nova Dance and the Theatre Centre | Toronto, ON
Guest Artist in process for Tandava and Maskura
August 2025 | Bharatanatyam Repertoire Intensive with Smt Priyadarshini Govind | Sampradaya Dance Academy | Mississauga, ON
Program participant
May-June 2025 | Open Space | National Ballet of Canada | Toronto, ON
Space residency by National Ballet of Canada
June 2024 | Open Space | National Ballet of Canada | Toronto, ON
Space residency by National Ballet of Canada
August 2023 | Deep End Week | Nova Dance and the Theatre Centre | Toronto, ON
Program participant, facilitated by Nova Bhattacharya, Neena Jayarajan and Rachel Robbins
May 2023 | International Choreographer’s Project | Anandam Dance Theatre | Toronto, ON
Led by Seeta Patel, Facilitated and Programmed by Anandam Dance Theatre
January 2021-May 2022 | Touring in the New Normal | Ontario Presents | Toronto, ON
Facilitated by Nova Bhattacharya and Aria Evans, and Ontario Presents
August 2022 | Deep End Week | Nova Dance and the Theatre Centre | Toronto, ON
Program participant, facilitated by Nova Bhattacharya, Neena Jayarajan and Rachel Robbins
April 2022 | Meeting Points Residency | Toronto Dance Theatre and Centre de Creation O Vertigo | Toronto, ON and Montreal, QB
Curated by Andrew Tay, Raoul Wilke, Nubian Nene, Nate Yaffe, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Presented by Toronto Dance Theatre and Centre de Creation O Vertigo
January 2022 | Collaboration and Creation Residency | Love-In Toronto| Toronto, ON
In collaboration with Rumi Jeraj, Supported by Toronto Dance Community Love-In
October 2021 | TDT Pilot Episiodes | Toronto Dance Theatre| Toronto, ON
Dancer/participant in Atri Nundy’s Pilot episodes residency with TDT dancers
December 2020 – June 2022| Creation Lab | Nova Dance | Toronto, ON
Led by Nova Bhattacharya, Atri Nundy and Neena Jayarajan
July 2019 | DanceIndia Europe | Liverpool, UK
Presented by Milapfest, Master Classes with Priyadarshini Govind, Bragha Bessell, Anjana Anand
July 2019 | Bharatanatyam Workshop with Guru Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram | Mississauga,ON
Presented by Sampradaya Dance Creations
July 2019 | Momentum 2019 Workshop Series with Parshwanath Upadhye and Nova Bhattacharya Mississauga, ON
Presented by Sampradaya Dance Creations
April 2019 | Workshop with Padmini Chettur | Toronto, ON
Presented by Anandam Dancetheatre
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2026 | Metcalf Performing Arts Internship in Artistic Direction | Sampradaya Dance Creations
2025 | Toronto Arts Council Grant for Dance Projects
2024 | Sanchari Program Presentation Support for Smruti
Supported by Sampradaya Dance Creations
2023|Canada Council for the Arts: Concept to Realization Grant
Production of Solo Bharatanatyam Show Smruti in 2024
2023 | Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation Grant
Creation of Solo Show Choreographies for Smruti
2023 | CanAsian Dance Microgrant
Creation of Nature Boy in collaboration with Rumi Jeraj
2022 | Emerging Dance Artist MARTY Award
MARTY’S 2022, Mississauga Arts Council
2020 | Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Level 3 Certificate in Vocational Graded Examination in Dance: Advanced
>Classical Indian Dance: Bharatanatyam, completed with Distinction
2017 | IMASCO Performing Arts Award
Department of Dance, York University
2017 | Manorama Thakkar Award for Indian Dance
Department of Dance, York University
2016 | Manorama Thakkar Award for Indian Dance
Department of Dance, York University