Auritra Ghosh is a Mumbai based actor, choreographer/dance practitioner, and founder/director at Pause and Effect – an arts and wellness ideologue. Along with teaching Jazz to the students of ICMD, she is currently pursuing a Diploma in Dance/Movement Therapy from TISS, Mumbai.
Auritra started her career in the performing arts at the age of 17. Brought up in Delhi, her Bengali lineage along with her passion for creativity, provided for a great base to develop her skills in performing arts.
In 2001, she joined The Danceworx – Performing Arts Academy to further complement her earlier training in Kathak, where she trained in Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Contemporary dance. By 2002, she was a full-time instructor and choreographer with the academy.
In 2007, as part of a student exchange program, Auritra went to study and perform at The Fontys University, Netherlands.
She was a visiting faculty at the Terence Lewis Dance Academy and was closely associated with the Split-Sole Dance Academy since its inception in 2009.
Auritra has acted in many theatre productions, including an adaptation of the award winning play August: Osage County directed by Lillete Dubey.
She has also acted in independent feature films such as M Cream and has played the lead role in Shaadi Vaadi, an MTV Films’ production. Some of her films and web-series have won awards at film festivals across the world, such as Rhode Island Film Festival, London Indian Film Festival, Chicago film festival, South Florida Web fest, L.A web fest to name a few.
Auritra was the face behind the Google Search: Reunion ad campaign. She received widespread, individual appreciation for her nuanced role in the ad-film.
In 2015, Auritra founded Pause and Effect – an innovative art and wellness ideologue. Pause and Effect aims to bring good health and well-being through diverse disciplines like yoga, dance, music and art.
