Mesma Belsare
Bharatanatyam Performer • Teacher
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Mesma Belsaré is a distinguished Indian classical dancer, choreographer, painter, and actor, renowned for her innovative approach to Bharatanatyam. Based in Boston, MA, she has sustained a professional dancing career spanning over two decades, performing solo at prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, Asia Society, Alvin Ailey Theater, Siri Fort in New…
Journey Timeline
1987
Began Bharatanatyam training
2002
Original work: Shilpa Nrityam
2004
Original work: Fire to Ice
2008
Original work: Carmine Bees
2009
Original work: En-twined
2010
Original work: Unquiet Epics
2010
Original work: Zan: Women in the Shahnameh
2010
Original work: Akshah
2010
Began collaboration with Dr. Maya Kulkarni on "Shilpa Natanam: The Dancing Sculptures" — This collaboration continued for fifteen years, until 2025.
2013
Concert at Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2014
Original work: The Vermin's Will
2020
Production: Plato's Cave
2020
Dance film: In the Creator's Gaze
2021
Dance film: In the Creator's Gaze
2022
Dance film: Chinnamastā
2022
Performance: Medea
2022
Received Dance/USA Fellowship — Fellowship period: 2022-2023
2023
Production: Jatayu
2024
Production: SIREN
2024
Received Individual Artist Fellowship for Painting
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Awards & Honors
- Artist-Grant — Cambridge Arts Council
- Scholarship for advanced training in Bharatanatyam and Indian classical music — Government of India
- Dora Mavor Moore Award (Nomination for UMA) — Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
- Dance/USA Fellowship — Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Individual Artist Fellowship for Painting — New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Mid Atlantic Arts
- Grant — New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
- Classical Arts Scholarship — Government of Delhi
- Brother Thomas Fellowship (Nomination) — The Boston Foundation
Media Coverage
- Mesma Belsare Dancer & LGBT Activist
OUTTAKE VOICES™
- Episode 57 | Presenting Indian Classical Dance w/ Mesma Belsaré
Dance Behind The Screen Podcast
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