Dance

Tricha is an international choreographer and globally trained dancer. She is a professional in 5 Indian dance styles and semi-professionally trained in 4 other Eastern and Western dance forms.

Tricha’s training includes:

Tricha Kumar began her dance training in Bharatanatyam in 1998 under Guru Jyothi Venkatachalam of the Abhyasa School of Dance. She completed her Arangetram (a 2-hour debut solo performance) in 2007, and over the years, broadened her competencies to include traditional, folk, and modern dance forms. She has performed at global events for the International Indian Film Academy Awards and the Association of National Olympic Committees.

Tricha began taking on commissioned choreography in 2006, creating performances for events and competitions. She has contributed to productions for Yash Raj Films, Tata Sky, and Shreya Ghoshal. As part of her cultural activism, Tricha partnered with Madhuri Dixit’s Dance with Madhuri platform to offer the first widely accessible Bhangra training to the Bollywood community.

Tricha is actively involved with giving back to the dance community in both India and the United States as a judge, choreographer, and producer of dance competitions. While in India, Tricha was a resident instructor for Shakti Mohan’s Nritya Shakti academy.

Tricha’s work includes Bollywood movies, music videos, awards shows, shorts, commercials, multinational productions, and celebrity weddings. To view her list of credits, please click here.

Tricha has worked with…

Bhangra Spotlight

Originally performed by men, Bhangra is one of India’s most popular dances, known for its percussion rhythm, its strength, and its emphasis on joy. Despite its massive popularity, Bhangra is often misrepresented and incorrectly performed in mainstream culture.

In 2017, Tricha became the Bollywood film industry’s first and only trained Bhangra choreographer. In addition to her work in Bollywood as a female leader of a male-dominated dance form, she also conducted training programs and workshops across India.