User:Vihanga Rukshan Sri Lanka

= VIHANGA RUKSHAN = Vihanga Rukshan is a Classical Kathak Dancer(lucknow Gharana) & Choreographer from Sri Lanka Edgevin Vihan Company was established on 2016 as a Sri Lankan based arts organization that operates programs both from Sri Lanka and India. Vihanga Rukshan the Founder, Artistic Director and Principle dancer of the company has been practicing as a professional Kathak dancer for the last 10 years in the both classical and contemporary fields. He was initiated into Kathak by guru Moksha Samarasooriya. He then joins the Rhythmosaic Dance Company for 3 years as a dancer and scholar. There he learns Jazz, Ballet and contemporary dance. During that period he worked and collaborated with choreographers such as Moksha Samarasooriya, Mitul Sengupta, Sanjukta Sinha, Veena Singha, Venessa Mariya, Wayne McGregor, Prasanna Saikia, Mohammad Dirissi, Martine Kaisella, Janise Claxtion and Demien Lee of Royal Ballet among many others. Currently he works as a dancer with following dance companies - SANJUKTA SINHA DANCE COMPANY - India, MOKSHA ART OF DANCE - Sri Lanka, RHYTHMOSAIC DANCE COMPANY - India, VENESSA MARIYA (contemporary) COMPANY - India. Vihanga was the recipient of International dance awards, Sangeeth Bhushan from Kolkata and Nritya Sheela Samman by Indian Counsil for Cultural Relations being the most notable.