Sunita Bhatia

Sunita has trained in Kathak from the age of seven under Usha Sharma in Winnipeg’s Jhankaar School of Dance, with advanced training in Agra, India under Guru Kalicharran Sharma. She has also studied Bharatanatyam with Menaka Thakkar of Toronto from 1981 to 1989, with additional abhinaya tutelage from Kalanidhi Narayan. She performed her Bharatanatyam arangetram in 1989. Noted for her precision and delicate expression in both styles of dance, Sunita has performed with Manohar since 1991. Her roles with Manohar include Meera in the original Reflections of Krishna, Princess of Diamonds in the original The Kingdom of Cards, Krishna in Krishna Priya, and Senior Court Dancer in La Bayadère – The Temple Dancer. Sunita currently also trains and performs with Saveeta Sharma’s Upasana Dance Company in Ottawa.


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