Daksha Sheth
| Daksha Sheth | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Devissaro |
| 👶 Children | 2, including Isha Sharvani |
| 🏅 Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2009) |
Daksha Sheth is an Indian dancer and choreographer from Gujarat. She works in both classical and contemporary dances. She is also the first female artiste to perform Chhau as a soloist. She is also the first choreographer to introduce the aerial technique in Indian dance. In 2009, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative and Experimental Dance category.
Biography
Daksha Sheth was born in 1952 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[1] She studied Kathak for about eighteen years under Kumudini Lakhia, Birju Maharaj, and Mohanrao Kallianpurkar.[2][1] She later trained in Chhau and specialized in Mayurbhanj, a style of Chhau performed without masks.[2] She learnt the Chhau from Krishnachandra Nayak, Shrikant Sen, and Lal Mohan Patra.[1] She is also the first female artiste to perform Chhau as a soloist.[2] She also learnt Mallakhamba, the martial art of Maharashtra, and Kalaripayattu, the martial art of Kerala from Govindan Kutty Nair and Satyanarayana Nair.[2][1] She also studied Braj poetry, a literary tradition that emerged in the Braj region of northern India, under Kalyan Prasad Sharma at Vrindavan.[1]
Personal life
Daksha Sheth is married to Devissaro, an Australian pianist, freelance composer and music director.[3] They were married in 1983.[4] She moved to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to learn kalaripayattu, and later decided to settle there with her husband and two children, Isha Sharvani and Tao Issaro.[3]
Career
Daksha Sheth was a Kathak dancer in the 1980s. Later, she learned Chhau, Mallakhamba and Kalaripayattu. Her dance productions combine all these martial and dance styles.[5] She is also the first choreographer to introduce the aerial technique in Indian dance.[6]
In 1993, Sheth moved to Kerala and started Daksha Sheth Dance Company in Thiruvananthapuram.[1]
Notable works
Her dance production titled Sari, tells the story of the handwoven sari from its raw form to final, through the eyes of its weavers.[7][8] The work Shiva Shakti is based on Shiva and Parvati.[9] Her other noted works include Search for my Tongue, Sarpagati and Bhukham.[10] The Sarpagati-Way of the Serpent is a contemporary dance combining elements from Kathak, Mayurbhanj Chhau, Kalaripayattu and Mallakhamba.[11] Bhukham, originally from bhu, meaning earth, and kham, meaning space was first performed in 2002, the centenary year of the Wright brothers flew for the first time.[12]
Awards and honors
Sheth received the Gujarat Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2002.[1] In 2009, She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to creative and experimental dance.[1]
Legacy
A Llife in Dance-Daksha Sheth, a documentary film on life of Daksha Sheth, by Antara Kak and Siddharth Kak won the Indian Documentary Producers Association award for the debutant director.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Daksha Sheth" (PDF). Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Swaminathan, Chitra (2017-08-24). "Dkasha Sheth's dance beyond definition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dance beyond boundaries". The Hindu.
- ↑ "'The experience of living is what dance is'". The Statesman. 10 March 2018.
- ↑ "Body and Soul". Telegraph India.
- ↑ "'SARI' – The Unstitched". NCPA. National Centre for the Performing Arts.
- ↑ "Daksha Sheth spins a tale of the handwoven sari". The Indian Express. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Review: Sari by Daksha Sheth Dance Company". SeeingDance. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "Daksha Sheth Dance company is all set to stage SHIVA SHAKTI, with t2". www.telegraphindia.com.
- ↑ "Interview - DAKSHA SHETH: MY JOURNEY IN DANCE". www.narthaki.com.
- ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (11 March 2011). "Transcendence and Mystery in Tiny Gestures". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Dance like Daksha, dance in a trance". The Times of India. 2002-11-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - HER WORLD". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
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