Writing Through Movement: Moved to Write with Yuki Ellias, Sneh Sapru and Tapas Boro

Yuki Ellias is an actor, director, movement choreographer from Mumbai. Her 2017 shows include Elephant in the Room which won 3 META 2017 awards for best Actor female, Lighting Design and Costumes; and a children’s dance-theatre show about growing up called "Keep Calm & Dance". From the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris she is also a trained pedagogue from the London International School for Performing Arts. Yuki is a convenor and pedagogical advisor at the Drama School Mumbai. She has performed at the RSC, The Sydney Theatre Co, The Roundhouse London, Teatro Roman Verona with the internationally acclaimed A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Tim Supple.

Tapas Boro has completed his Traning Diploma from The Terence Lewis Dance Academy and also trained at Danceworx in various dance styles like contemporary, jazz, hip-hop and aerial silk under Rajesh Rao. He has been a part of the Broadway Musical 'Beauty and the Beast, and Jugnee Indo-Contemporary Festival. He is currently a choreographer and performer in the dance-theatre show “Keep Calm & Dance”.

Sneh Sapru is a multi-disciplinary writer who began her journey as a copywriter and has branched out into story, screenplay and play writing. In the past seven years, she has worked on various brand films and campaigns for companies like Unilever, Reliance, Kalpataru, Mahindra Finance, Aditya Birla Group among others. She is currently working on projects for web shows, films and has just written her first play - Elephant in the Room which won three awards and was nominated for best original script at the META Awards 2017.