Lokesh Yoga Classes

Lokesh Bharadwaj is one of the finest young male Bharatanayam dancers in India today. With a commanding stage presence, Lokesh is a very sensitive, intelligent and an athletic performer with superb grasp of technique as well as musicality. Bharadwaj grew up in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, where he pursued an array of interests: martial arts, theatre, tabla, music as well as swimming. In 1997, he started his training in Bharatanatyam under Sh. Justin McCarthy, at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, at New Delhi, and graduated the Post Graduate Diploma course with distinction, in 2006. He has trained as an actor with Barry John and been a serious student of yoga with Navtej Johar at Studio Abhyas for several years now. Recipient of the Charles Wallace Scholarship, 2008, Lokesh trained in modern dance at the London Contemporary Dance School, London, UK. He has been the principal dancer in most of Justin McCarthyâ??s choreographies since 2003, is today a principle dancer in the Abhyas Dance Ensemble and in addition pursues a performance career in both classical and contemporary dance as a soloist.