NUS Indian Dance

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Established in 1977, NUS Indian Dance is a group of highly committed dancers and is currently guided by its Principal Tutor, Ms. Meenakshy Bhaskar, an eminent practitioner of Indian Dance.

 

NUS Indian Dance pursues excellence in Bharatanatyam ,the Indian classical dance form through rigorous training aimed to hone dance skills and develop a deeper sense of self-confidence and cultural identity.

 

Recent productions include Thanmai, for NUS Arts Festival 2022, which looked at the cycles of seasons as ever-widening circles like waves, modulated by Time and Light and highlights the importance of each season and sensation as particles of human existence, encompassing meaning in moments of light and dark.

Key Past Events

2023 NUS Arts Festival, kSAnti- Patiently Waiting
2022 NUS Arts Festival, Thanmai
2021 NUS Arts Festival, Kaala Chakra (Wheel of Time)
2020 NUS Arts Festival, Thanmai
2018 NUS Arts Festival, Maya Yatra
2017 NUS Arts Festival, Sambhavna 2.0
2016 NUS Arts Festival, Sambhavna
2014 NUS Arts Festival, Chudar – Shiva’s Fire in collaboration with NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble
2012 NUS Arts Festival, The Hungry Stones in collaboration with Raka Maitra

Awards and achievements

2021 Production of the Year (Digital Short Form), Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards for Dhi
2019 Production of the Year, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards for 28
2011 Production of the Year, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards for Anweshana – The Search for Nalanda

Mdm Ambujah Thirunavukarasu

Key Tutor

Madam Ambujah Thiru was introduced to the sacred art of Bharatanatyam by Kavitha Daran, a student of Mr & Mrs Bhaskar. She continued her journey with Mrs Santha Bhaskar at Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society and presented her Arangetram in 1993 and joined the teaching faculty soon after. Her training continued and culminated in her solo shows Nayika (2000) and Maatha (2002).

 

As a choreographer, Ambujah staged her first major choreographic production Thirukutrala Kuravanji in 2008. She also restaged Mrs Santha Bhaskar’s Ramayana in 2012. With Bhairavi in 2014, Ambujah reached new heights as a choreographer.