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.

KNOW YOUR KNEE

KNOW YOUR KNEE by Masoom The knee is the largest synovial joint of the body. It is also one of the most complexes. The knee is composed of three bones (femur, tibia, and patella) and two articulations (tibiofemoral and patellofemoral). The tibiofemoral joint is formed by two large, bulbous femoral condyles resting on a relatively…

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SHAKUNTALA – THE MUSICAL

Our new mega production “Shakuntala” – a la Broadway take on the epic love story by Kalidasa – was staged at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. As excited and thrilled as we were, we had challenges aplenty.And all good wishes go to Abu Jani – Sandeep Khosla for making it happen. The first and the…

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Student speak

A techie, self confessed art lover and one of our students Narita describes her experience at our dance class. Read on – “Nritarutya follows the traditional way of teaching. The initial training focuses on building up the body to dance which includes stamina building, developing control, balancing, body conditioning, flexibility, alignment aspects. The training period…

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Somatic Awareness

Berlin based Annekaterin Trautmann conducted a workshop for Nritarutya’s core dance team. The work shop aimed at bringing holistic somatic awareness thereby helping the dancers gain more freedom of movement. Body alignment, weight distribution and activating deep-seated muscles were emphasized upon. And after all the heavy duty work, the dancers emerged more relaxed, more conscious…

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Workshop at Parniti Kalakendra

It was that time of the year for my get away to teach dance outside Bangalore. My destination was to the classical dancers of Pariniti Kalakendra in Sagara. Sri Gopal Sagar (Director) and Sri Chinmayi (Dance critic) has been in conversation with me for a year and the dates finally materialized during our Republic day….

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