Simran Sachar
Simran Sachar (she/her) is a Canadian East Indian/Punjabi experimental contemporary and street dance artist, and writer. Simran is currently interested in the value of memories, imagination, and our deepest desires shaping our own unique dance. Simran’s versatility has allowed her to train and perform in multiple shows across the Philippines, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Simran prides herself on versatility working in Film/TV, contemporary spaces, street dance spaces, teaching youth of all levels, and producing her own work. Simran is in the process of her most recent work with XR technology, titled “Mere Andar.” Her film entitled: “No Alarms” was chosen to be presented for “Isol-art,” by Teddy Tedholm and Sara Richman. In 2020, her first film "LUNACY" premiered at FORM Film Festival and won the Official Selection of the 2020 Audience Choice Award. Simran is apart of the first South Asian cast of dancers in history to be represented in the Opera: The Pearl Fisher's, put on by The Vancouver Opera.
Photo: Richie Lubaton
Pictured from the knees up, a person with long straight dark hair wearing a patterned long-sleeve jacket and jewelry on their hands and neck, including a nose ring with ear chain is captured in a dance position, with one arm above their head and one bent around their waist. They are looking up towards their hand.