Biography

Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts (SNDA) is a professional dance troupe that started off as a small dance academy in 2007 and today has successfully established itself as a performing and touring contemporary dance company in India and at an international level. Based out of Pune, the troupe runs an academy division in Mumbai as well. Ever since its inception, SNDA has had the opportunity to perform for more than 600 shows, encompassing events, corporate shows, music videos, ad films, Bollywood projects and school and college projects. The company has performed at renowned festivals such as Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Pandit Narendra Sharma Festival of Dance (Delhi), Car Free Day-Carter Road, Indi-Kaleido Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival, American Dance Festival (USA), IL Giglio (Italy) and much more. Company members in the past have travelled all over the country spanning major cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, Goa and Jaipur for events and performances, while the company has also toured to Bali and Singapore for shows. Another expertise of SNDA, as a touring company, lies in creating and showcasing original dance productions. Sumeet has created 12 full-length productions since 2007, of which Saki Naka and Talkative Dancer have toured the world. The latest dance production, Dhrut, has been performed all over India and is scheduled to be performed on Indian Independence Day on 15th August at Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance in New York City. The academy division of SNDA offers a vast prospectus in training programs for both adults and children depending on their objective. From intensive full-time professional programs to part-time courses and regular batches, SNDA offers training in diverse settings, all under one roof. Besides dance forms, the school also offers regular fitness programs like Pilates, Yoga and TRX, which also serve to support and speed up the growth and development of students willing to pursue dance professionally. Further, students willing to pursue a career in dance are counselled for job opportunities in India as well as other countries. Along Sumeet, all senior members of the company who are trained under him, are involved in meeting the educational objective of the school and passing on the bliss of movement with purity. Students are taught with a particular discipline and focus on the correct usage of space, right