Dancer | Artistic Director | Choreographer
Vihanga Rukshan the Founder, Artistic Director and Principle dancer of the company has been practicing as a professional Kathak dancer for the last 10 years in the both classical and contemporary fields. He was initiated into Kathak by guru Moksha Samarasooriya. He then joins the Rhythmosaic Dance Company for 3 years as a graduated dancer and scholar & at the same time he graduated from offjazzcomapny in france & Bhatkhande University in Lucknow,India . There he learns Jazz, Ballet,Tap dance and contemporary dance. During that period he studied,worked & collaborated with choreographers such as Moksha Samarasooriya,Dr.Mitul Sengupta, Sanjukta Sinha, Dr.Veena Singha, Venessa Mariya, Wayne McGregor, Prasanna Saikia, Mohammad Dirissi, Martine Kaisella, Janise Claxtion and Demien Lee of Royal Ballet among many others. Currently he works as a dancer with following dance companies - SANJUKTA SINHA DANCE COMPANY - India, MOKSHA ART OF DANCE - Sri Lanka, RHYTHMOSAIC DANCE COMPANY - India, VENESSA MARIYA (contemporary) COMPANY - India. Vihanga was the recipient of International dance awards , 'Sangeeth Bhushan' from Kolkata and 'Nritya Sheela Samman' by Indian Counsil for Cultural Relations being the most notabl.Edgevin Vihan Dance Company is a home for creative and professional dancers. Where they could experience passion, happiness, tenderness, musicality and the art of Story telling. The main focus of the company is to promote performers towards an International platform. The company progresses within a structure of traditional and contemporary Kathak dance governed by a contemporary thinking and traditional philosophies. It also focuses on training both Sri Lankan and International performers.
"Nisf-e-Ghazal'2019
Productions
2018 - JUGAL BANDI ,ICCR - SRI LANKA
2018- SOMEBODY,INDIA
2019 - NAAZ , SRI LANKA
2019- NAAZ2nd
2019 - NISF-E-GHAZAL-INDIA
2021- AUTUMN DANCER INDIA
2021- MUNTAZIER- INDIA
2021 - DOHORANA -SRI LANKA
2021- 9 STORIES
2021 -BRAJ AHMEDABAD,INDIA
2021 -ARK
2021-KHAYAL SRI LANKA
2021-AMAD IN AHMEDABAD,INDIA
2021- MAQSAD , LUCKNOW INDIA
2021- YOGA & NATAVARI NRITTYA
2021-PRAYER ,INDIA
2021- THE PEARL ,INDIA
Vihanga’s Associateships
Associate artist, Vanessa Mariya Company in India 2017-2021
Associate artist & Visiting Lecturer Demonstrate , Rhythmosaic Dance Company 2016-2019 India
Associate artist, Moksha Art of Dance Company 2012- 2019 Sri Lanka
Associate artist, Sanjukta Sinha Dance Company 2019- 2021 India
Visiting Lecturer Demonstrate & Associate artist, University of Visual & Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
2017- 2020