Simran Sachar is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, writer, and actor who currently dedicates time to their artistic practice in Vancouver, Canada on the unceded, ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. A captivating anomaly in contemporary, commercial, and street dance, her work, rooted in her lineage and lived experiences, bends towards the grotesque and cinematics. She works across TV/film, theatre, XR, and public art. As of this year, Sachar is working with W*ackers across Vancouver and Montreal to create her first ensemble work titled Twister. Recent highlights include co-choreographing Today is the evening to strike lightning (Indian Summer Festival, 2025), co-directing These hands are still at work (Surrey Art Gallery), premiering her XR film The Edge of The Underworld (2024), and her live work ACT TWENTY FIVE. Her films BETA बेटा and LUNACY have screened nationally, with LUNACY earning an Audience Choice Award. Sachar has won and placed high at numerous (open/all styles and W*acking) street dance battles across Canada and the United States. 

Sachar’s work has been generously supported by Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Creative Spark Vancouver, FORM Film Festival, Surrey Art Gallery, Dance West Network, Dance Victoria, Arts Revelstoke, The Dance Centre, Odd Meridian Arts, New Performance Works Society, Indian Summer Festival, PuSH International, Dancing On The Edge, Co.Erasga, CanAsian Dance, Festival Accès Asie, and more.

Sachar has worked on various film & television projects: Disney’s Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, Elle, Riverdale, Sidelined 2: Intercepted, Scrubs, A Nice Indian Boy, and more.