Pia Sutaria is a graduate of the “Royal Academy of Music” where she was a recipient of the Disney Theatrical Scholarship and is also a registered teacher with the “Royal Academy of Dance”, London. Most recently, Pia played the principal role “Mala” in the UK tour of the musical “Bombay Superstar” and also performed with the Welsh National Opera’s “Migrations”, and “Settling” at the Criterion Theatre, London.

Pia has performed in India and Internationally for over a decade and has toured internationally with “Navdhara India Dance Theatre” in Turkey, Israel, Canada, USA, and Japan. A soloist at the, “National Centre for the Performing Arts” and the, “Royal Opera House”, in Mumbai, Pia has also represented global brands like Dove, Jockey, Puma, and Nike as a recognised Ballerina in India. She recently gave a TEDx talk on dance and classical ballet in India.

In 2018, Pia founded the “Institute of Classical and Modern Dance” to fill the deep void that existed for vocational training for young dancers in India. As a result, Pia’s vision is to make vocational training in dance accessible to young artists. Moreover, to make Ballet, an otherwise elitist art form, to be within the grasp of anyone who wants to pursue it. The school has successfully sent students on scholarships to top performing arts Institutions in Europe, the UK, and USA.

Neeraj started dancing at the age of 15, but took up professional training not until he turned 18. After completing 2 years of training in New Delhi, Neeraj received a scholarship at Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts (SNDA) in Mumbai in 2014. At SNDA, his primary subjects of training were Modern Contemporary, Jazz and Modern, Ballet alongside other subjects including Hip-Hop,
Gymnastics, Kathak, Aerial Silk and Kalaripayattu. At SNDA, Neeraj has had the opportunity to further hone his skills in various dance techniques and styles through intensive training and master classes with SNDA’s guest faculties including Ghislaine Carrara (Ballet), Richard Chen (Paul Taylor Dance Technique) and Steve Rooks (Graham Technique). Neeraj completed his graduation in SNDA’s Full-time Professional Dance Certification (PDC) program in 2018. A year earlier, in June 2017, Neeraj received a 6-week full scholarship at the American Dance Festival (ADF), where he had the privilege of training under Jennifer Nugent (Release technique) and Andrea Weber (Advance Cunningham). At ADF, Neeraj was introduced to various international dance forms through workshops with Saar Harari (Gaga Technique), Christian Von Howard (Jazz) and Nia Love (Modern) among several other faculties. Neeraj got the opportunity to perform in Serendipity arts festival where performed “PURUSH”
choreographed by Robert Moses. He was one of the semi finalists in one of the prestigious Contemporary Dance Awards in India (PECDA). Neeraj also worked as a company member with Mystic Ballet USA, Connecticut, where he performed in productions like Nutcracker, Flash, and The little mermaid. Neeraj got the opportunity to Choreograph new piece on Atlas Dance Collective (USA) named ‘Inner voices’ which later premiered at Red Rock Dance Festival in 2021.

In 2022 he formed Lohani Dance Theatre and is currently touring his new work ‘Letter’. He is currently an independent choreographer, performer and dance educator spreading his knowledge all around India. He aims to create more opportunities for young artists by making more dance productions with his company Lohani Dance Theatre and further promote
Contemporary Dance in India.