Uthra Sankaran is from Coimbatore, India. She has been learning Bharatnatyam under Guru Smt. Shobana Bhalchandra, Tharanginee School of Bharatnātyam, Chennai for more than 17 years.
Her academic background is in Media studies and Arts Management. She is also a Carnatic Music singer. After developing a strong base for music with Guru Smt. Nirmala Srinivasan, Coimbatore, has recently resumed learning under Smt. Uma Kumar, Ragamalika School of Music, Basel. Added to these art interests, is also theatre. She has acted in theatre productions and participated in workshops with Upstart Entertainment, Basel.
In October 2020, with the support of friends, well-wishers and family, she launched her creative baby “Kalpanā foundation” and its first wing: KAVIN School of Bharatanātyam” which has realised its first five students in the first quarter. She continues to have creative ideas brewing for this foundation to thrive.
Most importantly Uthra is a mother of two young girls who are of ages six and two. She describes the best part of her day to be the final hour of book reading with her little girls just before going to bed. There’s great value in it!
She’s been living in Basel with her family for the last five years and has managed to learn German intensively and speak it fluently. She enjoys the mountains, nature and the sunshine.