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Ellora Centre for Performing Arts (ECPA) is the dance school set up by Rema Shrikant for training students in Indian classical dances. Its origin can be traced back in the Bharatanatyam dance classes started by her in Vadodara, way back 1975.
During its onward journey, it was nurtured and developed in the Gujarat Refinery and IPCL Townships during 1976 to 1987. By the year 1987, it had grown into a full fledged dance academy called Ellora Centre for Performing Arts. During the span of more than three decades, ECPA has a glorious history of training thousands of students, presenting many awe inspiring dance dramas, several arangetrams and many solo dance recitals.
| ECPA, the 'Ellora Centre for Performing Arts', is a renowned school of Bhartanatyam in Vadodara, founded by Smt. Rema Shrikant. A celebrity dancer, brilliant choreographer and a teacher par excellence. Rema Shrikant is a University Gold Medalist, Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee and an empanelled member in Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India. The contents of this site is all about Bharatanatyam performances, Arangetrams, Choreography of dance dramas, press reports, video links and photographs on the dedicated work and contribution by Rema Shrikant in the field of classical dance. ECPA offers training in Bharatanatyam, Choreography works and advanced training for Arangetram students and dance teachers in traditional gurukula style. "The Ellora Centre for Performing Arts in Baroda, begun a few years ago by Rema Shrikant has come of age with the performance of 'Nritya Nivedanam', conceived and choreographed by Rema. It was performed by her well trained group of girls in their teen and early twenties with such zest and verve that they won the hearts of the connoisseurs, most of whom were pleasantly surprised to see the well-rehearsed performance unfolding flawlessly." ----Gauri Parimoo, THE TIMES OF INDIA, February 21, 1991 |