Kamakshi Saxena
Dancer, Teacher, Performer
Kamakshi Saxena is a dance practitioner with 20 years of dance, performance and teaching experience. She started training in ballet, jazz and contemporary dance styles at The Danceworx performing arts academy, New Delhi and performed extensively with The Danceworx Company for about 10 years.
She then moved to New York City to study at the Alvin Ailey School, for dance techniques like Horton, Graham, Ballet and Dunham. She also explored improvisational forms of movement at Movement Research in New York City. Back in India, she has presented her choreographic works at festivals like Contemporary Arts Week, Parallel Conversations, Prayatna Film and Dance festival and World Spanish day at Instituto Cervantes. She was one of artists-in-residence at the Chrysalis Project 2015 by Friends of Art and at Gati Summer Dance Residency 2016 (awarded Inlaks Resident of the Edition) and has performed in productions like Lost Wax and Water Games.
She has taught at educational institutes like State University of Performing and Visual Arts, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Hrishikesh’s Centre of contemporary dance, Neerja Modi School and many more. She divides her time between teaching, performing, choreographing and curating performances, workshops and events at Maah Space, a movement and performing arts space in Jaipur.
