Poonam Shyam, a promising young Kathak dancer, choreographer has already become famous by her choreographies and her performances within the Kathak scene of India. She is the senior disciple of Guru Rujuta Soman and has studied Kathak under her tutelage for almost 18 years in Pune.
Poonam is extremely eloquent with the language of gestures, which imparts her tremendous capacity to enthral the audiences with her performances of Classical Kathak. She has rightly showed her mettle through original traditional as well as contemporary thematic compositions.
She has been thoroughly trained in the Jazz, Indo Jazz and Bollywood styles of dancing at the Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts [SDIPA] and has been certified as the student with Special Potential.
She has choreographed for few Marathi Films and has also started a dance school - "TRISHNA", where training in pure Classical Kathak is given - an attempt to carry forward the work of her Guru Rujuta Soman.
Presently located in Zürich, Switzerland, Poonam has extensively performed and conducted Workshops at prestigious platforms Locally, Nationally and Internationally.
Poonam values the social aspect of arts and has performed, conceptualized and choreographed for charity shows in aid of social organizations through various productions.