Roger Sinha is the Artistic Director and founder of Montreal-based Sinha Danse. Sinha's creative impulse wells up from the recollection of his cultural origins, expressing itself in a dynamic tension between the intimate and the universal, between control and abandon. Sinha uses the universality of the body to explore harmony and dissonance, and tensions created by the collision of East and West. Beautifully expressive mudras (hand gestures) and the rhythmically complex footwork of Indian dance combine with the full body movements of modern, ballet and the martial arts. These mixtures of styles have not gently fused into each other, rather his personal experiences have led him to passionately reclaim his cultural origins and use tradition for a contemporary expression of his reality. Roger Sinha's works have been presented throughout Canada, Europe, Asia and the USA. Several of his pieces have been filmed for television. Website: www.sinhadanse.com