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🏵️ In last week's session, Neena shared a snippet of Parashakti; alumni choreography by her late guru, the trailblazing Menaka Thakkar. (Note: Music has been adapted for this clip).

Neena passes down her rich dance lineage and profound knowledge with immense care and dedication. Come learn, move, and connect with us at this Sunday's session!

📅 Sunday, September 13th
📍 The Fifth Dance @ 5PM

Link in bio to register or DM us for details! by @rxchjoshi

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"Scratch a rock and a legend springs”

So much joy for this process and these humans ❤️ Miss dancing in the sun together. Thank you Rohee, for your vision and trust 🌞

Choreographer: Rohee Uberoi
Performers: Christopher Petersen, Emmett Bradshaw, Jules Vance, Osvaldo Barreda Buschmann, Rachana Joshi, Ranganathan Rajan & Wai Liu

Images by Jeremy Mimnagh by @rxchjoshi

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Grateful for this incredibly inspiring process with the coolest people ever 🌀

Choreographer: Rumi Jeraj (@rumidudee15)
Rehearsal Director: Katherine Semchuck (@kchuck)
Music Director: Adrian Russouw (@adrian.russouw)
Dancers: Kendra Epik, Sofi Gudiño, Cori Gionnatta, Kemora Manning, Orin T. McRey, Rachana Joshi, Rumi Jeraj, Rohee Uberoi, Rajvi Dedhia, and Hannah Shikatani.
Photos: Drew Berry (@drewberry.photography)

🤞🏽Hope we get to do this again very soon by @rxchjoshi

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: UPDATE: all shows are FREE entry, no ticket is needed to see the performance!

Friends in Toronto! ☀️

Please join us this week on Saturday July 25 or Sunday July 26 for a very special showing of “When Shakti Overpowers” ~ a Kalaripayatt & Dance Theatre production.

We will be performing a total of 6 shows over the weekend, and the show run time is approx 30 minutes 🌻

I’m excited & grateful to be sharing the stage with two dear friends for this rendition ~ brilliant artists & fellow warriors ~ Nidhi Baadkar @its_miss_masala and Rachana Joshi @rxchjoshi 💪🏾🙏🏽

This is a rare chance to see many traditional Kalaripayatt sequences performed in Toronto, in the beautiful setting of the courtyard of the Aga Khan Museum.

Kalaripayatt is one of the oldest martial art forms in the world (over 3000 years old). Known as the Mother of all martial arts, the practice originates from Kerala, South India.

This rendition of the piece also integrates elements of our shared movement practice in Contemporary dance, Bharatnatyam and Mayurbhanj Chhau.

We will be bringing all our energy & we hope to see you there! ☀️

#toronto #kalaripayatt #performance #martialarts #agakhan by @rxchjoshi

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🎉 Announcing our 2026 Prep + Practice dates!

Prep + Practice is a free training series for intermediate and advanced Bharatanatyam dancers to come together and practice within a community setting in Toronto. Led by artist, teacher, and choreographer Atri Nundy, the program returns for its third year with a continued emphasis on technical foundations, stamina, and safe-dance practices.

Registrations are now open at the link in our bio. by @rxchjoshi

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TEJAS by Neena Jayarajan

FEB 12TH | 7:45PM
FEB 14TH | 7:00PM
FEB 15TH | 2:45PM

Catch us at the Ripe Fruit Festival, happening at Video Cabaret.

TEJAS- A Sanskrit word defined as brilliant, filled with fire, and intense power. Using the entirety of Bharatanatyam this work challenges the traditional aesthetic and perspectives of the technique, while also honouring its complexity. With care for the form and each other arises a storytelling journey where tradition meets the contemporary ultimately finding community. A work rooted in deep respect for the classical tradition, with reinterpretation of vocabulary, displacement of context and shifting presentation norms, all while evolving its boundaries. Tejas is storytelling, Community, and connection, in dynamic conversation. Aiming to isolate and elevate gesture, rhythm, emotion, and technique, revealing its full expressive range.

Choreographer: Neena Jayarajan
Music Composer: Ed Hanley
Outside Eye:Geneviève Beth Grady, Purawai Vyas, Arrthami Siva- Kuruvinth
Creative Collaborator: Anisa Tejpar Dancers: Atri Nundy, Rachana Joshi, Nivedha Ramalingam, Nidhi Baadkar & Neena Jayarajan

Trailer shot and edited by: Alli Carry
Music Composer: Ed Hanley by @rxchjoshi

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8 months ago

KINTSUGI — where rupture meets renewal and radiance.

A powerful performance from Canada, brought alive by six incredible dancers trained in Bharatanatyam, Kathak and contemporary movement.

Inspired by the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, this production celebrates resilience, beauty and the stories that shape us.
Choreographed & directed by Lata Pada and Suma Suresh

Presented by Sampradaya Dance
Creations, Canada by @rxchjoshi

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Tridevi at Hawa Mahal 🪷

Catch @sampradayadancecreations at RIC Jaipur tomorrow with our first India show of Kintsugi! taken in Hawa Mahal, Jaipur Rajasthan by @rxchjoshi

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Show 2 of Kintsugi with @sampradayadancecreations tonight at Kalaa Utsavam!

Singapore has been so good to us: the incredible food, the warm hospitality, and such exciting programming all around us. Feeling grateful and energized for tonight! taken in Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay by @rxchjoshi

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Please welcome Rachana to our roster 🎉

Rachana teaches Bharatanatyam, Bollywood and Kirby.

Rachana Joshi is a dance artist and educator based in Tkaronto with over 20 years of training in Bharatanatyam under the mentorship of Lata Pada (CM). Following her arangetram in 2017, she joined Sampradaya Dance Academy as a teacher, guiding students through the technical and expressive depths of the form. As Artistic Director of Kala Dance Collective, Rachana launched Prep + Practice, a free community training initiative supporting Toronto-based Bharatanatyam dancers. Her teaching is informed by her diverse training, including modern techniques from York University’s BFA Dance program and by training, mentorship and workshops with artists such as Nova Bhattacharya, Seeta Patel, Atri Nundy and Priyadarshini Govind.

#teachers #elementaryschool #bharathanatyamdancer #danceforkids by @rxchjoshi

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Kintsugi
Nov 1-2, 2025
@sampradayadancecreations

Only a few seats left to catch our last show at The Harbourfront Centre, Sunday at 4pm!! See you there <3 by @rxchjoshi

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We’re so grateful for the incredible community that’s fueled Prep + Practice’s growth over the past 2 years.

To every dancer who’s shared space, sweat, and smiles with us, thank you for trusting the process and embracing the challenge and rigour with such heart. 💛

Join us for our final 3 sessions this month. Let’s finish the season strong, together. by @rxchjoshi

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