QUICK PEEK

Height: 5'3

Weight: 106 lbs

 

Education:

  • Masters in Dance Therapy

  • Masters in Special Education

  • Certified Verbal Behaviour Therapist under the                   ABA

  • Advanced Yoga TT 300 hour Yoga Alliance

  • Modern and Contemporary Dance Certificate                     course @Peridance

  • Laban Movement analysis

  • Bachelors in Mass Communication

Dance skills:      

  • Modern and Contemporary 

Supplementary:

  • Ballet, Jazz, Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Chhau,                       Kallaripayattu 

Circus skills:  

          Aerial: Contortion,Hair Hanging, Aerial (Trapeze, Lyra, Silks)

          Fire: Eating, Sword, Basic hoop and staff 

Yoga:

          Yogea, Hatha, Ashtanga, Dharma

BIO

Shipra was born and raised in North India. She started dancing and doing yoga at eight, finding ease in expression.  She has since worked with several dance companies and projects in New Delhi and New York.  She has a background in Bharatnatyam, Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Contemporary, Chhau and Kallaripattayu. 
Performance credits include IFBC, Sadhya, The Danceworx, Isabel Lewis, Peter Dizozza, Sayuri San, Carmen Carceres, Lilibeth Rasmussen, The Cocoon Project, Fresh Ground Pepper Circus. Performed at various venues and festivals in the New York and New Delhi like The National Black Theatre, Lambs Theatre, Williamsburg Art and History Centre, Dixon Place, The Muse, Big Sky Works, The Slipper Room, The Armory show at Pier 92 and 94, Danspace Project at St Marks Church, Bizarre, Silent Barn, La Mama Theatre, Siri Fort, Kamani auditorium, Kingdom of Dreams etc. 
She now does Circus and performs solo and duet acts- Contortion, Aerial (Trapeze, Lyra, Pole, Silks), Fire (Eating, Sword ).  
She holds a Masters in Special education and an MS in Dance therapy. She has work experience in the fields of disability and education which has has influenced her life’s path and vision of the world.
She holds a 300 hour Advanced Yoga TT from Yogea Art (Antonia Katrandjieva) under the Yoga Alliance of America. She teaches at Yoga, Dance and Martial Arts studios in the city and Brooklyn.
She practices Ashtanga, Dharma Yoga and other forms of Hatha Yoga. Jared McCann and Talia Sutra are very dear to her and she resonates with their yog teaching style.