“To dance is to express!” is the mantra of Mansee’s life.

Mansee Singhi is a Columbus, Ohio-based South Asian dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her artistry has been shaped profoundly by renowned teachers from India since the age of seven, performing experiences in various countries such as Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and various places in the U.S. and collaborations with a multitude of artists in the field of dance and music.

Mansee has been a member of the United Nations Dance Council since 2012 and continues with the Board of OhioDance. Through the years, diverse influences have inspired her to immerse herself in pure dance, cross-art form collaborations, and innovative partnerships. Mansee has been active in the Columbus arts community with her story-telling movement based on performing art and has presented her work at various festivals and arts platforms.

As a teaching artist , she has worked with schools in Columbus, community groups, Parkinson foundation and students with age groups from K-12 sharing the artistry with academic integration of Math, story telling(Literature ) and visual arts (painting). Her sessions are designed creating a fun and safe space for students to learn- be curious- engage – be collaborative and share – to create the creative ability through the medium of performing arts. She believes that perspectives, opinions, and personal experiences are very important in the learning process. She believes in a student’s holistic development in life. She has also shared the artistry with creative aging groups where she closely works with designing the sessions for movement based challenges and expression connection within the older adults while sharing the traditional artistry along with yoga and breathing exercises to support the healing of mind, body and soul.

RECENT PROJECTS: McConnell Arts Centre ( Worthington) – Older Adults  – Indian dance movement workshop to promote hand-eye coordination. The last few mins were devoted to Yoga and an introduction to some of the practices which helped in understanding the breathing techniques and mobility.

BHT Hindu Temple (Powell), Ages 15-35. Sharing the knowldge of Indian classical dance Kathak through storytelling.

Availability

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