CURRENT
Teacher & Coach - Dramaturgy & Artistic Research | 2019 - ongoing
Bachelor Circus & Performance Arts, Fontys Academy of Arts, Tilburg, NL
Teacher & Coach - Research Labs | 2022 - ongoing
Bachelor Dance in Context, Fontys Academy of Arts, Tilburg, NL
Board Member - The100Hands | 2023 - ongoing
Stichting The100Hands, Breda, NL
EDUCATION
Research Fellow | 2019-2022
THIRD, Das Graduate School, Amsterdam University of the Arts, NL
Master Performing Public Space | 2017-2018
Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, NL
Bachelor in Science | 2004-2007
Hansraj College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Certifications
Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO) | Fontys University of Applied Sciences | 2022
Sexing the Canvas: Art and Gender | University of Melbourne | 2017
The Modern & Post Modern Philosophy | Wesleyan University | 2015
Site-Specific Dance & Performance Works | California Institute of the Arts | 2013
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
FHK Research Teacher Grant | 2022-2023
Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Cultuurfonds Grant | 2020
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, NL
Makersfonds Grant | 2019-2020
Gemeente Tilburg, NL
ICCR Empanelled Artist | 2017-Present
Indian Council for Cultural Relations , New Delhi, India
RESIDENCIES & EXCHANGE
- Rooted and Travelling Choreographer | Performing Gender - Dancing in your Shoes | Creative Europe Project | 2021-2023
- Micro Macro Dance Dramaturgies | Creative Europe Project | 2021-2022
- Het Verhalenhuis Project | Tante Netty, Eindhoven (NL) | 2018
- International Choreographers Week | Dans Brabant, Tilburg (NL) | 2018
- Future Collaboration Art Residency, Second Edition | Khoj International Artists Association, New Delhi (IND) | 2018
- Kathakali Dance Workshop | Kerela Kalamandalam, Thrissur (IND) | 2017
- Psychophysical Theatre & Acting Residency | The Company Theatre, Kamshet (IND) | 2016
- Future Collaboration Art Residency, First Edition | Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi (IND) | 2016
- Sufi Science - Live Art Installation Month | Copenhagen Dream House, Copenhagen (DK) | 2015
- Chrysalis Contemporary Dance Residency | Friends of Art, New Delhi (IND)| 2014
- Indo-Japan Cultural Summit | Japan Foundation, Tokyo, (JPN) | 2011
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | New York, USA | 2011
- Peridance Center, Limon & Gaga Intensive | New York, USA | 2011
WORK EXPERIENCE
Choreographer
- Creative Europe, Performing Gender: Dancing in Your Shoes | Project Thirty Seven and a Half | Dansbrabant, Tilburg, NL | 2022 - 2023
- Creative Europe, Micro Macro Dance Dramaturgies | Dansbrabant, Tilburg, NL | 2021 - 2022
- Being There | DansBrabant, NL | 2020
- Me&You: In a Dialogue | 2020
- Umrao&Me | 2018
- Tujhko Banaya Gaya Hai Mere Liye | 2017
- Lines, SitaaurGita Films | 2016
- Article 19, SitaaurGita Films | 2015
- Eve Teasing, SitaaurGita Films | 2015
Dramaturg
- DAR | MOVEDBYMATTER | June 2023 - April 2024
- Odes to Dance | Jade van den Hout | March 2024
- El Solito | Catalina Insignares | March 2023
- Project Opaque | Circus Duo Nils & Luna | February 2023
- Immortal Games | Evangelos Biskas | 2022
- Circus Without Circus | Bambou & Natko | 2021
- Omarm Me | Danstheatre VOS | 2020
- Keep an Eye | Circus maker Mar Olive + Circus Duo Andrea & Elodie | 2020
Teacher & Coach
- Academy of Circus and Performance Arts, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, The Netherlands | 2019 - (ongoing)
- Dans Academy, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, The Netherlands | 2022 - (ongoing)
- MuziekTheater, Codarts, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 2021-2022
Guest Lectures
- THIRD, DAS Graduate School, Amsterdam, NL | 2023
- UniArts, Helsinki, Finland | 2022
- Fontys PULSED, Eindhoven, NL | 2021
- Master Institute of Visual Arts, St. Joost School of Art and Design, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL | 2020
- Master Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL | 2019
- Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, NL | 2018-2019
- Faculty of Arts, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India | 2016
- National School of Drama, New Delhi, India | 2014-2015
- Thapar University, Patiala, India | 2011-2012
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India | 2011-2012
Festival Director
Creative Director
- Natya Ballet Centre, New Delhi | 2016 - 2018
Programmer
- Film Segment at India Dans Festival, Korzo Theatre, Den Haag (NL) | 2018
- Inside/Outside Performance Evening, New Delhi | 2016 | 2018
- Kriya Project - International Residency, Chandigarh | 2017
- {this Art thing} Festival, New Delhi | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Workshops
Here, Now - Choreography workshop
Festival Certamen- Pasao2, Madrid, Spain 2022
Come Out Of The Closet - Three Times Over
Symposium Festival Circolo, Tilburg, NL 2019
Screendance & Social Engagement
Cinedans Festival, Amsterdam, NL 2019
History Of Indian Dance & Dance In Cinema
Shiv Nadar University, India 2018
Exploring Performance In Public Space
Dansbrabant, Tilburg, Netherlands 2018
History Of Indian Dance & Dance In Cinema
Dans Academy, FHK, NL 2018
The Architecture Of Loss
Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India 2017
Dance As Image Making
Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2016
Dance As Image Making
National School of Drama, New Delhi, India 2015
RECENT PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITS
2019
While We Walk - What You See Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
SitaAurGita Films - The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, USA
Umrao&Me - CCAmstel Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Umrao&Me - Moving Futures Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands
Lines - La Danza In 1 Minuto, Turin, Italy
Eve Teasing - Mana Contemporary's Body + Camera Festival, New Jersey, USA
Lines - Rollout Dance Film Festival, Macau, Hong Kong
2018
Umrao&Me Premiere - Korzo Theatre, The Hague, Netherlands
Lines Showcase - India Dans Festival 2018, The Hague, Netherlands
Umrao&Me - Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India
Umrao&Me - Ashoka University of Liberal Arts, Haryana, India
Eve Teasing & Lines - Guiar Screedance Festival, Pernambuco, Brazil
Eve Teasing - Mana Contemporary's Body + Camera Festival, Chicago, USA
Home, Suspended - Ikono TV, Berlin, Germany
While We Walk Showcase/Premiere - Fontys Hogeschool, The Netherlands
The Web Of Knowledge - Tante Netty, Eindhoven, Netherlands
The Wall Of Babel - Khoj International Artists' Association, New Delhi, India
2017
Lines - Bucharest International Dance Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Lines - Pool Internationale Tanz Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Lines -The Outlet Dance Project Film Festival, New Jersey, US
Tujhko Banaya Gaya Hai Mere Liye - Gati Dance Forum, New Delhi, India
Tujhko Banaya Gaya Hai Mere Liye - Italian Embassy, New Delhi, India
Tujhko Banaya Gaya Hai Mere Liye - NIV Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Tracing Home Installation - Krishnakriti Festival, Hyderabad, India
The Whole Land Shall Be A Desolation - Italian Cultural Center, India
Alien, Culture Centre Italian Embassy, New Delhi, India
The Architecture Of Loss - Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India