Nrityagram is a collective of artistes dedicated to the practice and nurture of Odissi, a 2000-year-old classical dance of India.
Our Dance Village is home to a school inspired by the Gurukula, an ancient teaching paradigm, and an internationally renowned Dance Ensemble.
Our mission is to nurture dance professionals through the gurukula system, perform on a global stage and forge a community through outreach.
People of
Nrityagram
"I believe in miracles!
And though
there are moments
when dark clouds
pass
overhead,
I am convinced
that everything
Nrityagram needs,
will come to it.”
Protima Gauri
Performances
The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble has performed at some of the most notable theatres in 25 countries across 5 continents
Durham NC USA
Philadelphia PA USA
New York NY USA
Bangalore INDIA
Tacoma WA USA
Cairo EGYPT
San Jose CA USA
New York NY USA
Pune INDIA
Bangalore INDIA
Cleveland OH USA
Miami FL USA
AUSTRALIA
Edinburgh UK
Edinburgh, UK
Aurangabad INDIA
SINGAPORE
New York NY USA
Toronto ON CANADA
Paris, FRANCE
Jacksonville FL USA
Alexandrina EGYPT
Eugene OR USA
HONG KONG
TURKEY
EGYPT
New Delhi INDIA
New Delhi INDIA
Coimbatore INDIA
Becket MA USA
Bangalore INDIA
Sheboygan WI USA
New York NY USA
Kamuela HI USA
Mumbai INDIA
Chennai INDIA
New Delhi INDIA
New York NY USA
Washington DC USA
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS
Santa Fe NM USA
New York NY USA
Colombo SRI LANKA
Chennai INDIA
Markham ON CANADA
Kahului HI USA
Seattle WA USA
Houston TX USA
Bethesda MD USA
Mumbai INDIA
Miami FL USA
Denver CO USA
Austin TX USA
Pune INDIA
San Francisco CA USA
Pittsburgh PA USA
Durban SOUTH AFRICA
Brisbane AUSTRALIA
New York NY USA
Bangalore INDIA
Sarasota FL USA
Brampton ON CANADA
Savannah GA USA
Phoenix AZ USA
Panaji INDIA
SOUTH AFRICA
New York NY USA
Stockholm, SWEDEN
London UK
Charleston SC USA
Chennai INDIA
Stamford CT USA
Palo Alto CA USA
Perth AUSTRALIA
Sydney AUSTRALIA
New York NY USA
Tampa FL USA
Lisbon PORTUGAL
New York NY USA
Key West FL USA
Dallas TX USA
Big Sky MT USA
Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA
San Francisco CA USA
Reviews
“Watching Sen’s choreography is like encountering a chef with a perfect palate or a singer with perfect pitch. The sense of proportion and balance is immaculate. A line of dancers will shift, stamp and swirl in unison and imperceptibly one of them will glide back from the group to pose and watch. Sen has an unerring sense of when to keep dancers in formation and when to vary the picture as if she could anticipate the audience’s desires. Her use of space is similar. The patterns aren’t complex; they’re simply right.”
Danceview Times
“Nrityagram is the best Indian classical company to come to this area in a long time. It’s confident. It’s cutting edge. It’s a winner!”
The Washington Post
“Dazzling Āhuti!”
Narthaki
“Surupa Sen seems to be literally tearing open the lexicon of the Odissi movement vocabulary, looking deeper at the etymology and histories of its movements and stringing together more powerful phrases of the dance. But this ability to hold Odissi in her body is at par with her skill at speaking it through her face with her finesse in abhinaya.”
news9live.com
“The dancers from Nrityagram stormed the bastion of dance in Chennai, wowing the knowledgeable audience into a standing ovation!”
The Hindu
“This was dance that never seemed to stop, even in those curvilinear poses. Should we dare compare it to George Balanchine's work with the New York City Ballet, where ballerinas seemed to float while seemingly encased in a simple fifth position? Like NYCB, Sen's dancers would erupt into movement that surged across the stage with remarkable speed and agility!”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The ensemble mesmerized a sold-out audience with its artistry, energy, technique and beauty.”
Dance Magazine
“Watching Sen’s choreography is like encountering a chef with a perfect palate or a singer with perfect pitch. The sense of proportion and balance is immaculate. A line of dancers will shift, stamp and swirl in unison and imperceptibly one of them will glide back from the group to pose and watch. Sen has an unerring sense of when to keep dancers in formation and when to vary the picture as if she could anticipate the audience’s desires. Her use of space is similar. The patterns aren’t complex; they’re simply right.”
Danceview Times
“Nrityagram is the best Indian classical company to come to this area in a long time. It’s confident. It’s cutting edge. It’s a winner!”
The Washington Post
“Dazzling Āhuti!”
Narthaki
“Surupa Sen seems to be literally tearing open the lexicon of the Odissi movement vocabulary, looking deeper at the etymology and histories of its movements and stringing together more powerful phrases of the dance. But this ability to hold Odissi in her body is at par with her skill at speaking it through her face with her finesse in abhinaya.”
news9live.com
“The dancers from Nrityagram stormed the bastion of dance in Chennai, wowing the knowledgeable audience into a standing ovation!”
The Hindu
“This was dance that never seemed to stop, even in those curvilinear poses. Should we dare compare it to George Balanchine's work with the New York City Ballet, where ballerinas seemed to float while seemingly encased in a simple fifth position? Like NYCB, Sen's dancers would erupt into movement that surged across the stage with remarkable speed and agility!”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The ensemble mesmerized a sold-out audience with its artistry, energy, technique and beauty.”
Dance Magazine
“Watching Sen’s choreography is like encountering a chef with a perfect palate or a singer with perfect pitch. The sense of proportion and balance is immaculate. A line of dancers will shift, stamp and swirl in unison and imperceptibly one of them will glide back from the group to pose and watch. Sen has an unerring sense of when to keep dancers in formation and when to vary the picture as if she could anticipate the audience’s desires. Her use of space is similar. The patterns aren’t complex; they’re simply right.”
Danceview Times
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Strengthen key initiatives - from training the next generation of Odissi performers and teachers, to the creation of new work, to sharing dance digitally and on stages around the globe.
Fund the development and expansion of our artistic, educational and community programmes for children from nearby villages and people across the world.
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