This is nATANDA
Modern Dance Theater of Sri Lanka
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The only professional modern dance theater in Sri Lanka.
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Founded by choreographer Kapila Palihawadana in 2004.
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Dancers trained in modern and classical Sri Lankan dance.
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Perform in Malaysia, Germany, India, South Korea and Japan
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Workshops so far for over 6000 young people.
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Building individual identity and cultural community.
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Programmes for talented young dancers.
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nATFEST - international annual dance festival in Sri Lanka.
Dancers and teachers
Kapila Palihawadana
Kapila Palihawadana is a Sri Lankan dancer, choreographer, Founder and Artistic Director of Sri Lanka’s first Contemporary Dance Ensemble, nATANDA which he founded in 2002. Education from Germany with scholarship from The Goethe Institute. He studied various modern dance techniques under renowned artists in Europe like Christino Kono, Biasuty and Tomi Passonen, choreography techniques from Irina Pauls & Manuel Quero and Devid Bolger Kapila is blending traditional Sri Lankan dance and Martial Art forms with western techniques
Malith Upendra
Since the time I earned the first class honours in Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern Languages from the University of Kelaniya, my commitment towards dance and nATANDA had been enormous and rigorous which runs through more than 17 years and now I Am a principal dancer at nATANDA.
Kalani Sachithra
My dream was to make my career in sport. But suddenly I got a chance to participate in ballet dancing at my school. It was because Mr. Kapila Palihawadana came to my school to conduct a ballet class during the after-school period. I got this chance when I was grade 6. Then when he brought out my hidden talent of flexibility I was interested to follow this dance style.
Umesha Sulochani
I am working as a trainee dancer in nATANDA from 2019. I am a great fan of nATANDA and loved to dance and I could accomplish my dream after participated in few sub-projects which are organized by nATANDA. Now
I have performed several main productions and international performances with the company such as perform at NAPA international festival in Karachi Pakistan in 2020 and THARI dance festival in Malaysia 2019.
Jeewaka Randeepa
Since the time I earned the first class honours in Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern Languages from the University of Kelaniya, my commitment towards dance and nATANDA had been enormous and rigorous which runs through more than 17 years and now I Am a principal dancer at nATANDA.
Narmada Nikethani
Life is just like dancing. We dance according to the beat, and similarly life changes according to situations. I started my career in ballet in 2014 from the nATANDA Community Dance Centre in Kandy central province, which is founded by Kapila Palihawadana. I have always dreamt of becoming a ballerina to my immense delight. Now that dream has come true. However, I understand that it is a huge challenge to continue as a true professional
Lasanthi Dilhani
I have been dancing since 2008 and my first ever performance was FRANGIPANI and BETODIAF in 2009 with nATANDA. The journey which I started from there was not an easy path me to continue dancing. Ceylon 2010, Ravens in 2010, Signspeak in 2011, Ripples in 2012, Cicada in 2013, Touch in 2014 in Colombo and Malaysia, Nostalgia in 2015 and nATFEST 2015.
Inara Jayawardhana
I got the opportunity to join NATANDA recently after gain 2 years of training Classical Ballet under Sir Kapila and my great will has accomplished me to dance with this great dance company.
Nisal Kalana
I am working as permanent male dancer in nATANDA. I started my career with nATANDA in 2018 where I could participate for the project RAVENS at nATFEST 2018. Which was curated by Kapila Palihawadana. Since then I have been dancing as a trainee with the company. It was a great accomp-lishment in my life.
nATANDA story
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Contact us
nATANDA Dance Theatre of Sri Lanka
Denzil Kobbakaduwa Mawatha,
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
+ 94 0722 911 703,
+94 0772 213 508,
+94 0771 293 287
