Photo Credit: Rony Dutta
Primary Dancer, Associate Director – Fitness
The poetry of perfectly coordinated muscle. The near-feline grace only possessed by great athletes. Umesh is perhaps Nritarutya’s most eye-catching performer.
He considers dance an enterprising and spectacular bodily performance. On stage, you’ll see him pour every ounce of himself into his act; off stage, you’ll be lucky to hear more than a few well-chosen words.
Umesh’s athletic prowess has left many a jaw agape. Perfect 180-degree splits, breathtaking somersaults and flips are just part of his stock-in-trade. He particularly enjoys the rhythmic sine-wave like movements of Taek-Won Do.
The power and energy he brings to a performance are also channeled expertly into his role as associate director- fitness.
Umesh: The journey so far…
- State-level swimming champ
- Taek-Won Do First Gup-Red and Black Stripe
- Trained in Kalaripayattu, Karate-Do and Muay Thai
- Attended workshops in Yoga and Talas in the Carnatic music form
- Modeled for Urban Yoga and Prasad Bidapa’s labels
- Degree in sculpture at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath
Awards / Recognition
- Best Fighter Award at State Open Martial Arts Championships (conducted by the Indian Karate Federation) (1999)
- Gold Medal, National Taek-Won Do Championships Open Martial Arts Category (conducted by the World Taek-Won Do Federation) (2000)
- Gold Medal, State Invitational Open Martial Arts Championships (conducted by Joshinmon Shorin-Ryu Karate-do) (2000)
- Gold Medal, Taek-Won Do Open Martial Arts Championships (conducted by the World Taek-Won Do Federation) (2001)
Projects of Note:
Choreographs and handles Kids Performing Wing and Kids classes for the company.
For more information on classes that Nritarutya conducts, write to umesh@nritarutya.com or go to Contact.
