Nidhi Baadkar (she/her)

Company Dancer and Financial Coordinator

Born in India and raised in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Nidhi Baadkar started her training at the age of ten in the Indian classical technique of Bharatanatyam. Because of her interest in contemporary art, Nidhi completed her Diploma in Movement Art and Mixed Media at Attakkalari Centre, Bangalore, India where she studied Indian martial arts including Kalaripayattu and Chhau, contemporary dance techniques and physical theatre. Currently residing in Toronto, Nidhi is a recent graduate from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and continues her training in Bharatanatyam.

An aspiring movement artist, Nidhi hopes to develop a vocabulary of her own which is deeply rooted within Indian aesthetics. She has had the opportunity to perform with various eminent choreographers including Michael Caldwell, Hanna Kiel, Sharon Moore, Alysaa Martin, Pulga Muchochoma, Harikishan S Nair, Riley Sims, Brian Solomon, George Stamos, Heidi Strauss,Darryl Tracy,and Bageshree Vaze.Interested in diversifying her production and arts management skills, she is a co-creator at Nautanki Creations, a dance collective based in Brampton, Ontario and was the co-curator of the second Nautanki Creations Festival 2021. She was recently selected for Sampradaya Dance Creations’ Dance Advance- a residency program for choreographic development.

Birthplace: Bengaluru, India

Training/Dance Vocabularies: Bharatanatyam, Contemporary techniques such as floor work and release, Ballet, Graham, Horton, Kalaripayattu, Break Dance and Physical Theatre.

With Nova Dance: Svāhā!, Dancer and Administration Intern

HERE AND NOW! - To be part of the current journey of Nova Dance while acknowledging histories to create a safe and sustainable community to practice and explore our art practices, its been extremely exciting and I look forward to its future.