sandhya suresh  |  dancer

Prior to her contemporary dance training, Sandhya was trained in classical Ballet under the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus and has also completed her Arangetram, a debut Bharathanatyam graduation solo in the year 2012, from Temple of Fine Arts (TFA), Singapore. 

Sandhya has worked with many local and international choreographers, and has also performed in festivals such as Kalaa Utsavam, dan:s festival and Continuum- T.H.E dance company, to name a few. Sandhya also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008 with TFA International.

In 2011, Sandhya choreographed and directed ‘Gemini- a dance concert’ and has also choreographed her own works ‘insight-out’ (2013), ‘Smoking Gun’ (2014) ’Reena; The Ideal’ (2015) and ‘Man.Untold’ (2018) commissioned by The Esplanade, Singapore. She also co-choreographed and performed ‘Closing Moments’ a duet with Rianto (Indonesia, Japan) in 2016, and has recently choreographed and performed “Body Language” I, II and III (2020), an exploration of the classical form of Odissi on a contemporary Body. 

Sandhya has completed her degree in LASALLE college of the arts where she attained a BA(Hons) in Dance from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently the Associate Artistic Director at Chowk Productions, and has recently performed “From another Land” at the Queensland poetry festival, and “The Second Sunrise” at The Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C. Simultaneously, Sandhya also continues to develop herself as a dance artist independently. 

Sandhya is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy in Utrecht University.