About dance, the universe and you | Arunima Gupta | TEDxFISAT

Arunima Gupta dazzles the audience with her stunning dance performance that aptly showcases the message of her talk and brings to life analogies that make the stage a universe. She talks about the art of dancing and through it weaves a net for character building and growth. She says, like how celestial bodies are ensconced in their respective orbits, we too are ensconced in our paths and we too must play out our roles in the cosmic performance that slowly unfolds. Arunima Gupta is the Artistic Director and Co- Founder of 'THE FLOOR' - a premium Dance and Fitness studio based in Kochi dedicated to facilitate a culture for sincere dance training and pure artistic work. A post graduate in English Literature with a B.Ed. degree, Arunima is a well-known contemporary dancer and choreographer. Besides, she is one of the senior most licensed Zumba Instructor and fitness coach in Kerala. With a career of almost twenty years in performing arts, Arunima has toured the world performing at different dance festivals, taught countless workshops and choreographed many a dance work. Arunima is trained in several Indian classical forms, western modern dance styles, martial arts and yoga. With this knowledge she has crafted her own signature style of dance and, coupled with her acute sense of aesthetics, it finds expression in her dance productions. Arunima has mentored many dance artistes and, today, most of them are established dancers in their own right. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx