About Seemrit Kaur Khosla: Seemrit Kaur Khosla is a National level Kathak performer and gold medallist in Kathak & folk dance of Punjab known as “sammi”. She was born to Shri. Surjit Singh and Smt. Manjit Rani on 6thNovember, 1987. She spent her early childhood in city of Jalandhar, Punjab and moved to Dhuri, a small town in the district of Punjab at the age of five. She is married to Dr. Gaurav Khosla (from Sikar District, Rajasthan). Her artistic voyage started at the age of 17, since the beginning of her graduation days in Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, Punjab where she did B.A. in Kathak and Music Vocal. During her graduation, she also completed her diploma in Kathak from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh. She also did her post-graduation in Kathak from Punjabi University, Patiala. During her academic endeavours, she got the opportunity to learn and master Kathak dance forms from both Lucknow and Jaipur Gharanas under the guidance of many experts and virtuosos of the domain like Guru Smt. Purva Puri, Ms. Kanchan Kaur, Smt. Bindu Sharma, Dr. Dipanwita Singha Roy, Dr. Daisy Walia and Dr. Indira Walia. She has displayed her skills and mastery of the art form on various reality TV shows and choreographed many shows in different institutions and camps. During her graduation days in the year 2009, she decided to strengthen the roots of our cultural heritage Kathak and began teaching the art. After marriage, she did not let her passion for her art die, and opened her own Institute in Sikar City of Rajasthan in the year 2017. Her institute, which goes by the name Passion Dance Point (Kathak Nrityalya), has earned a great reputation and respect from people since its inception. Recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, she has founded an online platform named EICD, operated through its Facebook page ‘Eicd2020’, which is providing a platform for talent across the world in classical and folk music and dance forms. She has also used this platform to acknowledge and honour the renowned experts and exponents from Indian classical music and dance field. This project of her has earned a lot of name and following lately. Experience and Career: Seemrit Kaur’s inclination towards Indian Classical Dance forms developed at a very early age, when she watched some artist perform Bharatnatyam on Doordarshan, and got mesmerized by the intricate body movements and expressions. A keen intuitiveness towards dance was like a God given gift for her, which helped her learn just by watching others dance. Being a self-taught dancer throughout her schooling, she was greatly inspired by great dancers in the Indian Film Industry, like Waheeda Rehman and Vyjayanthimala. She was only able to begin learning Kathak at the age of 17 in her graduation and it has been a beautiful journey since then. Seemrit believes that Kathak is a beautiful amalgamation of intricate rhythmic movements and beautiful, elegant expressions. A dance form that portrays both “warrior like” masculine and “gentle and soft” feminine roles with elegance, transcending gender and selfhood. The abhinaya part gives her the ability to become one with the character being portrayed and achieve the state of oneness. All this rooted in her the deep love and passion for the dance form. According to her performing Kathak on stage, representing and living the characters is the greatest form of pleasure she has felt. Her most memorable days are her youth fest where she won the gold medal and National performance, where she represented the state of Punjab. She has also performed and participated in many shows on different TV channels like Zee TV, mh1, Zee Punjabi. The most memorable of them was Dance India Dance, which was telecasted on Zee TV Network. She has also judged different TV shows like “Kisme Kitna Hai Dum” on Doordarshan, Dance Hi Dance on Zee Punjabi, and on fests like dancing star of Punjab with Dr. Terence Lewis. Seemrit has given most of her professional life to encourage new talents in Kathak and contribute to its awareness in masses and, is now successfully running her own Kathak academy named “Kathak Nrityalaya” in Sikar, Rajasthan. Seemrit Kaur is well known for her expertise in both “Abhinaya” and “Nritta” in Kathak. Most prominently, she was often praised for her beautiful expressions so much so, that she was also named “the queen of expressions” by her gurus and peers. Her innovative and creative approach towards the dance with great precision in execution always brings a new freshness and elegance to the dance form.