Seher Noor Mehra.

This quote perfectly defines what dance means to her. For Seher, dance has been her release, her passion, and her strength. Dancing to her favourite songs, as a child, to demonstrating dance movements to her friends, to dancing at family gatherings is what helped her shed any inhibitions.

The winter of 2001, carved a new direction in her journey towards Dance, when she participated in a school event “Form Evening”, under the dance category. That was her first ever stage performance in Bharatanatyam, turning her “romance with dance into a full-fledged love affair”, as she quotes.
After her graduation, she continued training in Bharatanatyam under Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan & Guru Jyotsna Shourie. She has received training in Danceworx and Imperial Fernando Ballet Company as well.
She has also trained at Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore under their accomplished Diploma course.

Seher is inspired by artists like Rama Vaidyanathan, Pina Bausch, Sonya Tayeh, Jasmin Vardimon and Tao Ye (Artistic Director- Tao Dance Theatre) who she deeply resonates with.

Dance for Seher is an extension of her own self. Every time she hears music or a beat, she can only think of ways to dance to it. She believes that there is no end to learning, and it is this belief that has led her to Nritarutya, a place that she now thinks of as home. Seher has shown great equanimity, as she was the co-festival manager at Adhyaya, Nritarutya’s home production.

As an educator of dance, Seher’s intense training has only driven her to share this knowledge with the world.

A keen look at Seher will tell you immediately that she’s artsy as she designs her own tattoos, is always making intricate patterns in her book and bedazzling glass bottles.  A compassionate animal lover, she is always looking for helpless pups and kittens to rescue them.