Palak Dhiman

Palak Dhiman is a Greater Vancouver based Kathak dance artist who has been training in the art form since 1993 in both India and Canada. She has performed in several stage productions with Manohar Performing Arts in Winnipeg (2006 – 2019) and Upasana in Ottawa (2016 – 2019), and has toured across Canada with Usha Dance Ensemble (2022). As an independent artist, Palak’s first dance film ‘Kathaka: Storyteller,” was selected to be part of the National Arts Centre’s “Capsule” project. Engaging with dance academically, she completed her MA in Sociology (2013), exploring the role that plays in identity formation. At the community level, Palak has performed in many festivals across Canada, the US, India and Nepal, and has been a Kathak dance educator in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Nepal, and now Vancouver. Her goal is to continue to engage with dance as a way to share meaningful stories and ideas with her audiences.