Tripura Kashyap is a Choreographer and Movement therapist based in She received a degree in classical dance from Kalakshetra, Chennai founded by Rukmini Devi, the visionary revivalist of Bharatanatyam. She performed in many of the institute’s dance-dramas and later joined the renowned Chandralekha Dance Company as a troupe member for several years. There she trained in Yoga and Kalaripayyatu apart from undergoing workshops in modern dance. She traveled with the company in Tripura trained in Dance/movement Therapy at She was invited as part of the International Choreographer’s residency at the American Dance Festival in N.Carolina, U.S.A for six weeks. There she trained in Jazz Ballet, Modern dance, choreography and dance theatre. Later, she was part of the Editta Braun Dance company in She has worked collaboratively with dancers, filmmakers, visual artists, theatre directors and musicians on several cross-art projects and performances. As a soloist she has performed her contemporary dance pieces in art galleries, proscenium spaces and open-air theatres. Tripura has choreographed several ‘site-specific’ dances in spaces like a large dry well, a pub, a huge square low lying table, ladders against a wall and in an open air barren land. She traveled to Tripura worked as a dance/movement therapist at many rehabilitation & treatment centers, half-way home, hospitals, special schools and de-addiction centers in She also worked as creative consultant for the Dance-in-Education program at Tripura has also conducted several training programs on “Body movement in Theatre” specially designed to enhance body language in actors. She has choreographed movement and dance sequences for many theatre productions. She has also choreographed dances with people with disabilities such as mental challenges, hearing and visually impairments. She has mentored several dancers and their projects (nationally and internationally) in dance in education and dance therapy. In one such project, she traveled to Along with Mahnoor Yar Khan ( a drama therapist), Tripura founded ‘Rainbow Inc’, a creative arts therapies center which organizes regular workshops and training programs for trainers and team leaders in dance, drama, music and visual arts therapy. They take place throughout the year in Apart from fellowships and dance production grants received from the Indian cultural ministry, she has received the Ashoka International fellowship for her innovative work in dance/movement therapy. On a three week Ashoka fellow exchange grant, she traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina and collaborated with visual artists and dance therapists to develop cross art teaching modules for working with children and adults. She has written extensively on dance; articles, reviews of dance performances and interviews with well known contemporary dancers. She travels widely performing, conducting workshops and lecture demonstrations on contemporary dance, Dance-in-education and dance therapy. For more details google search Tripura Kashyap
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