“Omkara Academy of Dance is a premier Bharata Natyam dance institution in Toronto started by Rupal Patel, which imparts training and offers classes in the Classical Indian dance of Bharata Natyam to aspiring students, artists and connoisseurs. Its mission is to promote Bharata Natyam training in its purest form, have lecture demonstrations, workshops and in time creative productions not only with the pure idiom of Bharata Natyam but also socially relevant themes. Rooted in tradition, one of the most spiritual and celebrated dance forms of India, Omkara’s choreographies will juxtapose the ancient and revered traditions of Bharata Natyam, with avant-garde interpretations.

Rupal Patel is the epitome of this perspective and wishes to raise the bar for young enthusiasts who want to pursue the traditional Indian classical dance form Bharata Natyam.