Nupur: The Indian Dance Society

Nupur, the Indian Classical and Folk Dance Society of Kamala Nehru College is one of the oldest societies of this college. Currently, Nupur consist of 12 members in the folk group whereas 6 members in the classical group. Over the past years, Nupur has performed a number of folk dance forms of India including Lavani, Chhari, Dandiya, etc. In the year 2017-18 Nupur performed Bihu, the folk dance of Assam. The form was presented keeping in mind a number of factors, most importantly authenticity.

The members of Nupur are trained dancers in their own forms and have learned a lot being in the society. Nupur has won a number of awards in folk as well as classical dance in various colleges including Deshbandhu College, Vivekananda College, Maharaja Agrasen College, etc. Nupur also performed in Delhi Youth Festival held at Connaught place. Nupur organizes workshops for other students of the college every year. In 2017, Dharohar, a one-day Kathak workshop was organized with Ms. Richa Jain which turned out to be a huge success.

Members of Nupur have an optimistic view towards dance and are always ready to learn new dance forms. According to us dance is the means of not only enjoyment but also a language of the soul of the body.