Rachana Joshi

We can’t wait to see you for an exciting edition of Ankura, led by the incredible Candace Kumar and Chloe Rondeau. This month is all about the theme of Eruption. 🔊 Dancers & Musicians: We encourage you to bring items that make sound! Whether it’s an instrument, a found object, bring it to the space! See you there! Tickets still available at the link in our bio.

We are back this month with another edition on Ankura! 🪷 Ankura is an improvisation workshop grounded in Indian classical art forms and open to artists from all backgrounds; inviting collaboration between dance and music across cultures and practices. 🗓️ Mar 19, 2026 🕖 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm 📍ArrayMusic (155 Walnut Ave) Tickets available now at the link in our bio.

✨✨✨Rachana Joshi will bring flourishes of story into her improvised movements at coexisDance #113. She, along with seven other movement and sound makers will spin us yarns that’ll keep us warm through the slow deep thaw. Come get comfy! ✨✨✨ @rxchjoshi Rachana Joshi is an emerging dance artist based in Brampton. After fourteen years of training, she completed her Bharatanatyam Arangetram under the tutelage of Lata Pada in 2017. Rachana is a company dancer with Sampradaya Dance Creations and has danced in various productions. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours: Dance from York University and received training in both Limon and Graham modern techniques during her time there. Currently, she has the privilege to dance with Nova Bhattacharya’s company Nova Dance and is working to broaden her professional dance career as a performer and choreographer. Aside from Bharatanatyam, she is learning various movement disciplines such as Kallari, house, Bollywood, and contemporary dance techniques. coexisDance #113 Saturday Feb 28, Doors at 7:30. Show at 8pm CCDT (509 Parliament) $15 (or pwyc) @ontarioartscouncil #freeimprovisation #improvisedmovement #improviseddance danceandmusic +++++++++++++++++++++++

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

January 22 👑 I’m so excited to share that Rachana (@rxchjoshi ) of @kaladancecollective is hosting a truly unique event that brings together Indian classical and other art forms, rooted in the joy of experimentation and play. Rachana’s passion is deeply inspiring. Her first curation of this experience left me wanting so much more, and I already know this night will be unforgettable. This space is open to artists of all music and dance skill levels — the heart of the evening is collaboration, curiosity, and discovery. We come from such a rich South Asian and Indian diasporic artistic lineage of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Carnatic music, Hindustani music, and so much more, and this night is about letting those forms meet, bend, and evolve together. Her board including myself, Nash, @petit_mouster , and @its_miss_masala has been honoured to support Rachana in bringing something truly special to life. We’re dancers of varying levels, some of us singers too, and we’ll all be there, learning and creating together. Come as you are. Come to explore. 💛

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

Tridevi at Hawa Mahal 🪷 Catch @sampradayadancecreations at RIC Jaipur tomorrow with our first India show of Kintsugi!

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!

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

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

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.

Improvising more and learning to find my groove. Thank you to @cspace_to for the beautiful rehearsal space at Collective Space: Queen @anandamdance @whynottheatreto Music: The Buddha Within by Aditya Prakash Ensemble (@adityaprakashmusic )