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.

‘Rising’ by Aakash Odedra on November 8th-7pm

  Rising is a new evening of work performed by Aakash Odedra, exploring different processes and aesthetics to create a new personal language. Aakash hails from Leicester, U.K and has trained in Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Indo- Jazz and Contemporary. Over the years he has given many stage performances with different companies and artistes including Pagrav Dance…

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Bachchan Bol-Official blog of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan

Honoured to be mentioned in Mr. Amitabh Bachchan’s official blog. Thank you sir…for this unforgettable experience. Read on.. ‘Madhushala was written in 1933, when my Father was 26 years of age, and today as we approach almost 80 years of its existence it has only grown in its importance and popularity. The ballad that was…

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Madhushala at B 70!

Nritarutya performed at Mr. Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th birthday celebrations on 10th October at Film City, Mumbai. A team of 80 dancers led by Artistic Director, Mayuri Upadhya, performed to the tunes of the legendary poem “Madhushala” written by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and sung by Amitabh Bachchan himself. Nritarutya performed to 10 quatrains from this…

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Dance Poem at Big B’s celebration

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Creative chaos

By Masoom Parmar For the past one week, the company is breathing, talking, eating, walking and sleeping just this production. Needless to say we are all excited about how this production turns up and how we, as artistes, grow along with it. Working on such a huge production with 80 dancers is no small feat. The…

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