OUR PEOPLE
Artistic Director
NOVA BHATTACHARYA
A groundbreaking and award-winning dancer, choreographer and cultural leader, Nova crafts vivid images that invite the viewer on a journey of heart and mind. Her creative inspiration is found in her Bengali culture, Bharatnatyam practice, Scarborough rock’n’roll roots, painting, photography, literature, film, nature, rituals and the unending cycles of life and death.
Her critically acclaimed works have toured Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and Uganda. Her choreography has been commissioned by several dance and theatre companies and she is the recipient of multiple awards and nominations for artistic achievement and contributions to community, including the 2012 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement.
Nova believes that dance expresses the essence of our humanity and has tremendous transformative power to bring us together.
2022/2023 Artists
Associate Artists
Company Dancers
Guest Artists
Interns
The Recorders
We wish to thank for their art, the principal photographers & videographers on the Nova Dance website: Dahlia Katz, Ed Hanley, Diana Last, John Lauener and recognize the many other artists who lent their photographs to this site.