Nikita Maheshwary

Originally from New Delhi, Nikita Maheshwary is a multidisciplinary artist, with over fifteen years of experience in performance, artistic research and dramaturgy. Her art inquiries lie at the
nexus of gender, culture and identity. Through her performances, writings, exhibits and curation work, she is deeply invested in telling
stories of plurality, female agency, forms of marginalisation and classdivide. Since 2018, she is engaged in her long-term practice-based research project Naachnewali: The Dancing Girl. The artistic research, till date, has led to one lecture performance, ‘Umrao&Me’ (2018), a collective reading performance ‘Me&You: In a Dialogue’ (2020) and a performative
publication ‘Dear You, Yours Lovingly Me’ (2022). Recently, she worked as
a choreographer in two European dance projects: Micro and Macro Dramaturgies in Dance (2021 – 2022) and Performing Gender – Dancing in your shoes (2021 – 2023). Currently, she works as an independent choreographer and dramaturg and teaches at the Circus Department and Dance Department, Fontys
Academy of Arts, The Netherlands.

Academics

MASTERS: FONTYS ACADEMY OF ARTS, NL (2017-2018)

PRE DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: DAS GRADUATE SCHOOL AMSTERDAM,
NL (2019-2022)