Displaying
inborn instinct and talent as a dancer from a very tender age, AMALI NISANSALA
PERERA the only daughter of Sepala Perera and Padma Kanthi Perera of kalutara,
Sri Lanka, was awarded a scholarship by the
Indian Government to the
Bhatkhande music University in Lucknow, India in 2004.
Having
qualified further with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Bharata Natyam with a
First Division and a Master of Music in Dance from the Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, India. For having scored the highest marks she was
awarded a “Gold Medal” for her unique performance at the said exam.
She also
received a First Division when she awarded the Visharad Diploma in Bharata
Natyam, Kathak and Manipuri by the Bhathkhande Sangeet Vidyapith, Lucknow,
India.
With her
expertise and mastery of the intricate forms of Kandyan and Low Country dancing
in Sri Lanka and the Bharata Natyam, kathak and
Manipuri dance forms in India,this versatile young dancer has always
kept her audiences enthralled and spellbound, whenever she played the leading
roles in various Dance Recitals and Dance Dramas in many leading towns in Sri
Lanka and India, and even Australia.
She
discharged her services in voluntary capacity in teaching dancing to the
children with special needs at Sukitha Children Home Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
She served
as a Lecturer in Bharatnatyam at the University of the Visual and Performing Arts,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
At present she follows Ph.D in Dance at
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
She remains
ever grateful to her teachers for their guidance and kindness helping her to
reach the highest level of attainment in her chosen field. Her belief is to
inspire people by giving them hope, joy and happiness through appreciation of
the natural and graceful beauty, simplicity and charm of Classical Music and
Pure Dance Forms. In the hope that individuals would have better understanding
and thus form and build a society, which in turn would help each nation to help
each other, to transforms people to live in peace and harmony in the whole
world.
In order to
promote her objective, she has initiated her own Academy of Dancing named
“AMALI NISANSALA KALA NIKETAN”
