Episode 5 of Ashima Suri's talk show, "Didi's Diary".

Salimah Kassimlakha

Ashima Suri is an award-winning Established Dance Artist (Mississauga Arts Council 2015). She is the Artistic Director of Limitless Productions, a company that uses performance art and story-telling as a tool for social change. Her work as a community advocate, contemporary dance performer and choreographer has taken her on tour to places such as Japan, France and London.  Ashima is a trained Bharatanatyam and Contemporary Dancer specializing in physical theatre. Ashima was the Toronto Arts Council grant recipient in 2017. She has also been awarded grants from ArtReach Toronto, Laidlaw and East End Arts. In addition, she has been selected twice as a top 10 BMO Neighbourhood Arts Network finalist. 

Ashima has produced and created her own shows, two of which were featured at the Toronto Fringe Festival. In addition, she has co-produced female-led shows to raise the voices of women of colour. Ashima has worked with Choreographers such as Tedd Robinson, Hiroshi Miyamto, Takako Segawa and Lata Pada. Ashima has performed for Jamii Esplanade at Nuit Blanche in 2015 and 2016. Is 2017, Ashima was selected to perform and deliver Masterclasses at the World Dance Alliance Global Summit. 

As a community advocate, Ashima works as an Arts Educator and works with Newcomer and Refugee students and parents in high-priority neighbourhoods and schools. In 2018, she animated the Thorncliffe Park Public School gym into a photo art gallery called VOICES. She worked closely with newcomer students and parents to create installations and show images through creative projection and photography work. In 2019, she won the TDSB award for Innovation.

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Ashima Suri is an award-winning Established Dance Artist (Mississauga Arts Council 2015). She is the Artistic Director of Limitless Productions, a company that uses performance art and story-telling as a tool for social change. Her work as a community advocate, contemporary dance performer and choreographer has taken her on tour to places such as Japan, France and London. Ashima is a trained Bharatanatyam and Contemporary Dancer specializing in physical theatre. Ashima was the Toronto Arts Council grant recipient in 2017. She has also been awarded grants from ArtReach Toronto, Laidlaw and East End Arts. In addition, she has been selected twice as a top 10 BMO Neighbourhood Arts Network finalist. Ashima has produced and created her own shows, two of which were featured at the Toronto Fringe Festival. In addition, she has co-produced female-led shows to raise the voices of women of colour. Ashima has worked with Choreographers such as Tedd Robinson, Hiroshi Miyamto, Takako Segawa and Lata Pada. Ashima has performed for Jamii Esplanade at Nuit Blanche in 2015 and 2016. Is 2017, Ashima was selected to perform and deliver Masterclasses at the World Dance Alliance Global Summit. As a community advocate, Ashima works as an Arts Educator and works with Newcomer and Refugee students and parents in high-priority neighbourhoods and schools. In 2018, she animated the Thorncliffe Park Public School gym into a photo art gallery called VOICES. She worked closely with newcomer students and parents to create installations and show images through creative projection and photography work. In 2019, she won the TDSB award for Innovation.

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