Meghna Bharadwaj began dancing at The Danceworx Performing Arts Academy, Delhi in 2008, and later underwent brief trainings in Classical Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary dance techniques at Marameo, Berlin, and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Israel, in 2013-2014. In order to further her dance vocabulary, she began to train in Bharatnatyam under Smt. Jayalakshmi Ishwar at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi. A lot of her dance training has happened through dance-making, and choreographing. She has had opportunities to present her choreographic works at platforms both in India and abroad, which include, American Dance Festival, WDA, China, and Gati Summer Dance Residency, Delhi. She is currently working on her Ph.D. at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, where she is studying the works of contemporary Indian dance artists and understanding what is ‘contemporary’ in dance with regard to Indian context.
As a dancer, she is interested in virtuosic movements that push the human body to do all that it can do. At the same time, she enjoys practising deeply internal work of the body, and understanding the role of breathing in movement. As a dance-maker, she feels motivated to create work that has political undertones. She believes it has a lot to do with her academic training in JNU. So far, she has touched upon subjects such as female menstruation, religion, urban congestion, and eve-teasing. She aims to further her practice by honing her movement knowledge, engaging with other artistes, and acquiring ways of reading artworks.
Performance: Edges (Duet) – performed by Sanchita Sharma and Meghna Bhardwaj.
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