Kalaisan Kalaichelvan

Kalaisan Kalaichelvan began his training in Toronto, Canada, he is a disciple of Acharya Choodamani Guru A. Lakshmanaswamy of Chennai, India.

Kalaisan is active as a dancer, choreographer, composer, musician and biochemist. Having worked across various disciplines and communities of thought, he seeks to bring together incongruous institutions together to build novel structures that reflect his artistic upbringing.

Kalaisan has been presented at prestigious festivals across India, the USA and Canada. He was recently curated at the Madras Music Academy’s prestigious Spirit of Youth Festival. Kalaisan has also had the privilege of working with many of the industry’s most celebrated troupes, dancers and choreographers such as Allen Kaeja, Anita Guha, Brandy Leary, Hari Krishnan, Janak Khendry, Kishore Mosalikanti, Lata Pada, Menaka Thakkar, Padmini Chettur and Shijith N Parvathy. He continues to explore, inquire and further work with Bharatanatyam in both traditional and contemporary contexts