Nidhi Baadkar
Nidhi Baadkar (she/her) is a contemporary and Bharatanatyam dancer who has worked and performed in Bahrain, Canada and India over the past 12 years. Nidhi completed her Diploma in Movement Art and Mixed Media at Attakkalari Centre, Bangalore, India where she studied Indian martial arts including Kalarippayattu and Chhau, contemporary dance and physical theatre. Currently residing in Toronto, Nidhi is an alumni of the Dance Arts Institute and Company Dancer at Nova Dance. She is a certified facilitator in Therapeutic Dance in Education and has facilitated creative movement workshops across GTA. Interested in diversifying her production and arts management skills, she recently started her role as the Company Manager at The National Ballet of Canada. As an aspiring movement artist and choreographer, Nidhi hopes to develop a vocabulary of her own which is deeply rooted within Indian aesthetics.
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