27/08/2026
Meet our Next artist of the Basel Soirée Evening
Shalini Mekkattu is a Basel-born Bharatanatyam & Contemporary dancer. She has trained in Bharatanatyam since childhood at Kalanikethan school of dance under Sri Krishnabavani Sritharan with complementary training in ballet & contemporary dance at the Danceworks studio. Off stage, she is working as a medical doctor.
For Basel Soirée, Shalini takes the stage both as a dancer and reciter, giving voice to the rhythms and poetry that carry the performance. A committed advocate for Indian classical dance in the region, she has organized her own Bharatanatyam performances and workshops in Basel, working to bring this long-established art form to wider audiences and finding intersections between her classical & contemporary dance practices.
We can’t wait to see her interpretation and her voice through Bharatanatyam. 🌿
📍 Theater BAU3, Basel
🗓️ August 29th