Our Team

Tripura Kashyap pioneered Dance Movement Therapy in India in 1990 after specialising in it at the Hancock Centre for Dance/Movement Therapy in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She later completed her M.A. in Psychology in India. She has worked as a movement therapist at half-way homes, special schools, treatment centres, retirement homes and with individual clients for several years. She received a 1st class diploma in Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra, Chennai and was a performing artiste in the Chandralekha dance company. Tripura received fellowships from the Ashoka International Foundation, Indian Ministry of Culture and Sangeet Natak Academy for her innovations in dance therapy and contemporary dance. She authored ‘My Body, My Wisdom’ — a book on dance therapy — and ‘Contemporary Dance: Practices, Paradigms and Practitioners’, published by Penguin and Aayu. She is on the teaching faculty for dance movement therapy on Certificate, PG Diploma and M.A. courses across India, and has presented her work at national and international conferences, seminars and colloquiums.

Reetu is a Creative Movement Therapy facilitator, a dancer/choreographer for over 30 years, and visiting faculty with Ashoka University and Ambedkar University. Her dance repertoire includes Indian classical & folk, Ugandan folk, and American Tribal Style belly dance. As a facilitator she has primarily worked with transgender (hijra) and adolescent groups, and is passionate about creating open and safe platforms for self-discovery, dialogue and expression — especially around gender and sexuality. Reetu was selected as an ADTA Talks speaker at the American Dance Therapy Association’s 50th Annual Conference and has represented India at forums including the DaDaFest International Congress (UK, 2016), the Ananta Centre leadership conference on ending sexual violence (2014), and the Harvard South Asia Institute conference (2013). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, USA.