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The Director

A Childhood Dream

At the age of four Shoma gave her very first public performance at the Sharada International School, Manipal and the applause that she received from the audience was a confirmation of her success in the field of dance. Shoma became a student of Kathak at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, at the age of six. Moving to Bangalore, she shifted to learning Bharatnatyam under the able tutelage of Sri Ashok Kumar. She blossomed as a Bharatnatyam dancer, performing with her Guru, in and around Karnataka.

Shoma began choreography at a professional level at the tender age of eleven!  A keen interest and love for the art, was an initiative to try the other varied styles of dance. As a result, Shoma successfully choreographed over two hundred dances by the time she was twenty!

A Distinction in Folk Dance, the ‘Best Dancer Award’ in School (Carmel Convent High School, Bangalore) and College (Christ College, Bangalore) along with various other accolades further fuelled her dream of becoming a professional dancer, a decision she’d taken when she was eleven!

Devotion

Remarkable passion for dance encouraged Shoma, at the age of nineteen to depart the comforts of her home in Bangalore and shift to Mumbai to expand her dancing skills. After nine years of Bharatnatyam, Shoma felt a tug towards her first love, Kathak. Shoma was fortunate in getting the best teacher in Guru Nandita Puri (Student of Padmashree Roshan Kumari) of the Jaipur Gharana. Shoma performed with her Guru at the prestigious Mumbai festival and accompanied her to the famous Khajuraho Festival. For a brief period Shoma was fortunate to receive guidance from Late. Sri. Bireshwar Gautam (Student of Late. Ms. DamayantiJoshi) under the Lucknow Gharana.