Professional Bharatanatyam dancer with 18 years of experience performing across India and now in Canada.

Ritika's Resume

Biodata

Ritika started learning Bharatanatyam at a relatively young age of 7 years, and has become a consummate dancer by practicing it for the past 14 years. She has performed across the country and has been mentored by guru Smt. Sindhu Mishra. This passion of hers has added another dimension to her personality. She has worked hard and has performed in front of many discerning audiences.

Her first public performance was when she danced in the presence of the Vice President, Prime Minister, Delhi Chief Minister and other dignitaries at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, to commemorate the death anniversary of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in 2006. She then performed at special programmes on themes such as Organ Donation, each one plant one, water conservation and rainwater harvesting and save fuel organized by the Avvai Tamil Sangam, since 2010.

In 2014, She performed at YUVANOTSAV, Stein Auditorium to a resounding ovation. She also stood ‘Runner Up’ at the Zonal level Solo Dance Competition in 2015. She worked under the tutelage of Padma Vibhushan Smt. Sonal Mansingh for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and this improved her style and agility. She has performed in the Mahakala Utsav at India Gate in the year December 2015, and in the same year, at Kamani Auditorium on World Dance Day, with the world famous Pt. Birju Maharaj, and other dignitaries as part of the audience.

News of her skills preceded her and she was requested to perform a duet at NDMC Convention Centre, and at ANTARANG, Shri Ram Centre For Performing Arts, in a fusion of Bharatanatyam and Kathak, in 2016. For her commendable abilities, She was the recipient of the Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship for young Artists offered by the Delhi Government between 2016-2018.
She was selected by the North Central Zone Cultural Centre to perform at Dilli Haat, INA, and also performed at Sirifort Auditorium on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University Of Delhi, in 2017.

Owing to her unflagging passion, she gave many performances in 2018. The first one being on World Earth Day at Chinmaya Mission Auditorium. The next was at LTG Auditorium on the theme 'A Spiritual Journey through Bharatanatyam’. She performed her Bharatanatyam recital at, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, an initiative to save the girl child. This was an event organized by Urvasi Dance, Music, Art and Cultural Society supported by the Ministry of Culture. She performed at Indraprastha College Of Engineering to promote this. The most recent of her performances have been the one on the occasion of the cultural event of CRPF in the CRPF AUDITORIUM.

Ritika is a recipient of Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship and has recently performed a duet in October at Guru Ravi Jain festival 2019.
She also performed at the Dance Festival organised in Kumbh 2019 in Prayagraj and at the launch of “Fit India” by honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on 29th August 2019.

Dancing is more than a source of happiness, it’s a life support system.

Dance Achievements

I hold an experience of 18 years in the field of Bharatanatyam and have performed at various platforms.Important performances are listed below –


Performances 2019:


Performance at the Dance Festival Kumbh’19 , organised by NCZCC at Sanskriti Hall in Allahabad on 17th February 2019.
Theme based performance “Shiva-Shakti” on Shivaratri - 5 th march’19 at Madanapalle ( Bangalore) .
Performance at “Katyayani Temple” - chattarpur Delhi , “omkara karini” ( a production on devi) during navratri festival on 11th April’19.
Performed at TTD temple, Andhra Pradesh bhawan, New Delhi, on the auspicious occasion of “BRAHMOTSAV’19” on 24th may’ 19 .
Performance at Meghdoot Theatre on 21 st June in the festival “YOG-PARV” organised
by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Solo performance in a Theme based presentation “Sita - Ram” on 7th August, 2019 at The Stein Auditorium (Indian Habitat Centre) .
Performed at Dr B R Ambedkar Auditorium , Andhra Pradesh Bhawan on 73rd Celebration Of Independence Day’19 in a Cultural Evening.
A group performance on the occasion of Guru Purnima, at Bheem Auditorium, BR Ambedkar Centre.
Cultural Programme at Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam Auditorium. On the meet of MOU Between ICAR and MSME , 21st August, 2019.
Group performance on the Launch of “FIT INDIA MOVEMENT” by Honourable Prime Ministers Narendra Modi , at the Indira Gandhi Stadium on 29th August , 2019.
Groupe performance at the occasion of “150 year birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi”, at Triveni Kala Sangam.
Duet Performance along with many distinguished artists at “Guru Ravi Jain Youth Festival”, Triveni Auditorium on 5th October, 2019.

Performances, 2018:


Performed on the occasion of world Earth Day at Chinmaya Mission Auditorium, direction by Ms. Rekha Mehra
Performed at LTG Auditorium on the theme 'A Spiritual Journey through Bharatanatyam’
Performed at Indraprastha College Of Engineering on the occasion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Performed at LTG auditorium on 20 th April’ 18 Dance Festival “ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” organised by Urvasi Dance , Music , Art and Cultural Society supported by Ministry of Culture.
Performed on the occasion of cultural event of CRPF in The CRPF AUDITORIUM.
Performances, 2017:


Performed at Dilli Haat, INA organized by Delhi Tourism
Performed at Sirifort Auditorium on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University Of Delhi


Previous Performances:


Worked under the tutelage of Padma Vibhushan Smt. Sonal Mansingh for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Mahakala Utsav at India Gate in the year December 2015
Performed at Kamani Auditorium on World Dance Day, 2015 before Pt. Birju Maharaj and other dignitaries
Performed at YUVANOTSAV, Stein Auditorium in 2014.
Performed at special programmes on themes like Organ Donation, each one plant one, water conservation and rain water harvesting and save fuel organised by Avvai Tamil Sangam in the years 2010,2011, 2012 and 2013
Performed on the occasion of the birth Anniversary of Late J.L. Nehru at Teen Murti Bhawan for a glittering audience consisting of The President, The Prime Minister, Delhi Chief Minister and the Union Cabinet
Performed in the presence of the Vice President, Prime MInister, Delhi Chief Minister and other dignitaries at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in 2006 to commemorate the death anniversary of Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Performed a duet at NDMC Convention Centre in the year 2016
Performed at ANTARANG, Shri Ram Centre For Performing Arts, a fusion of Bharatanatyam and Kathak in the year 2016

AWARDS:

Recipient of Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship for young Artists by Delhi Government between 2016-2018
Stood Runner Up at the Zonal level Solo Dance Competition in 2015