India Troupe

Bharatnatyam is poetry in motion, tracing its origins in the Natya Shastra, authored by the great sage, Bharata, it is a highly traditional and stylized dance form. Bharatnatyam has been immortalized in successive generations, as much by the sinuous grace of great dancers as by the nimble fingers of renowned sculptors who have demonstrated the perfection of Bharata’s technique in the flowing lines of temple sculptures. The general interpretation for the name is BHA va (expression) + RA ga (music) + TA la (rhythm) + NATYAM (dance) = Bharatanatyam

Miss Sonali Sharma is a twelve-year-old accomplished Bharatnatyam artist with large number of noteworthy performances to her credit. A child prodigy of sorts with the rare honour of rendering a number of performances before His Excellency, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, President.

Sonali enjoys the distinction of practically winning every dance competition she has participated in be it Classical, Folk Dance or contemporary dance. Her salient top awards in dance competitions include, MTNL Open Dance Competitions Bharatnatyam Solo 2005 & 2006, Open Dance Competition, Gayan & Nritya Sadhna Sadhana TV, Individual awards in all categories of Classical, Folk & Western Dances & One At Skit in a Cultural Competition 2006 organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan wherein the President gave away the awards, Inter School Dance Competition 2002, Delhi by McDonald’s, Open Dance Competition 2002 Defence Services Officers Institute, Delhi, Open Dance Competition 2005 Usman Officers Institute, Jammu, Open Dance Competition 2002 & 2005, Convent of Jesus & Mary, New Delhi.