About Nritarutya.

Founded in 2000, Nritarutya is a contemporary Indian dance company that speaks to the world through movement — blending visual storytelling, performance art, and choreography for stage and film.

Innovation is our heartbeat. Rooted in India’s classical and folk traditions yet unbound by them, our work explores the intersections of culture, identity, and imagination. We move between the ancient and the avant-garde — where every gesture becomes a bridge between heritage and the modern world.

Under the artistic direction of Mayuri Upadhya, Nritarutya was envisioned as a space for artists who think, question, and dream through dance, Nritarutya creates works that engage global audiences with themes both universal and deeply personal.

Through performances, collaborations, and educational initiatives, our stories have travelled across continents — from India to Europe, the USA, and the Middle East — transcending language through the power of the body in motion.

At the heart of Nritarutya is a collective of exceptional dancers — storytellers who sculpt emotion into form and rhythm into revelation. Their artistry transforms movement into a living dialogue between the self and the world.

Nritarutya is not just about dance — it is a contemporary language of connection, creativity, and cultural evolution.

Thank you to the Mu Sigma Foundation for their generous support of Nritarutya’s artistic journey

dance diaries.

Memoirs of Movement.

Shades of Grey: Understanding Lighting as More than Off/On

Artistic Director Mayuri Upadhya, shares her thoughts on lighting and its role in enhancing any artistic production with the bi-monthly performing arts magazine Aalap. Read on… How important is lighting to a dance production? Quite simply, the source/intensity/definition can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Personally, I think you only realize the finer nuances of…

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Tea party with the Queen of England Windsor Castle

  Windsor Castle                       With Lead actors from musical “Lion King” Lindiwe Mkhize, Andile Gumbi          

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Choreography Tips by Mavin Khoo

U.K based, internationally acclaimed, Ballet and Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Mavin Khoo offers few words of advice on the art of choreography.     1. With choreography its important to understand it first from a compositional aspects; imagine a building…you have to lay a foundation first before you start decorating…so, being objective and building the…

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Rehearsals for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Rehearsals in ‘Desi Masti studio’, Leicester. Photo credits: Tina Bali      

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An Evolution!

Principal dancer, Vishwa Kiran talks about his experience working with choreographer Madhuri Upadhya on the piece “Trishanku” for the company’s production “Prayog 4” “Want and Need”, “Angry and Reckless”, “Failure and perseverance”. Trishanku has been a very personal and emotional process for me and Madhuri. It has moved beyond a space of a mere dance…

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