About Nritarutya.

Formed in 2000 by Mayuri and Madhuri Upadhya, Nritarutya is one of India’s foremost dance companies creating innovative, visceral and ethereal experiences which widen the perceptions of dance. Our artistic creations celebrate India’s cultural magnificence and weave innovation in tradition. At the same time, our education wing works towards conditioning, and providing access to the younger generation of dance enthusiasts through our numerous training and development projects. Nritarutya has gone stronger with every passing day under the artistic direction of Mayuri Upadhya, performing at the biggest platforms in our country and across the world.

For us, innovation in creativity is our guiding principle. Grounded by our traditional forms yet empowered by the modern, we interpret our cultural surroundings in a myriad of creative ways. Our wings go as wide, as our roots go deep, as we embrace the known and seek the unknown, moulding the generations to come with our movement philosophy.

Our team of exceptional dancers, which is at the core of Nritarutya, weave stories with their bodies and create a sublime connection with the audience transcending boundaries and traditions. Inspired by India’s classical and folk forms, our movement language is embellished with contemporary, finding resonance with every culture.

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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