Our Founder

Karthik Tantri is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer of Abstratics Creative Dance Company. He conducts regular classes and workshops in Contemporary Dance, creating cutting-edge work that is relevant, honest, and immersive, reflecting the society and times we live in.

At Abstratics, Karthik extensively works with the company repertoire, conceptualizing, choreographing, and directing dance productions such as Journey, Inner Child, Archetype, Avani, Queue and Tatsama Tadbhava.

He has performed at numerous events and venues, including Dance Jathre, International Salsa Congress, Kuniyona Baara, Dance Mela, and Yuva Dasara. Additionally, he has conceptualized and choreographed thematic dance productions for various schools in Bangalore.

Karthik has served as a judge for KISA (Karnataka ICSE School Association) Utsav 2019 and for dance competitions at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, PES College of Pharmacy, Knowledgeum Academy, Reliance Trends, and Sony Ericsson.

He has conducted contemporary dance workshops in Bangalore, Chennai, Mysore, Kundapura, Ankola, and Malavalli, aiming to share and spread the love of dance. Notably, he was invited to lead a contemporary dance workshop at the prestigious Dance Jathre event and a dance therapy workshop at Sri Kumaran Children's Home of Educational Council in Bangalore.

Collaborations and Performances with Other Dance Companies and Artists

1. Played lead character "Ravana" & also was a co-choreographer for "Lord Of Lanka", a classical opera which was directed by Meena Das Narayan & produced by Bangalore Club for Kathakali and the Arts (BCKA).
2. Was part of “18 Days, Dusk of an Era”, a dance musical by Prabhat Arts International.
3. Performed in the prestigious international dance festival “Dance Jathre”, organized by Guru. Vyjayanthi Kashi.
4. Was part of "Maha Kshatriya", a dance production by Cornucopia Creations & choreographed by Shri. Janardhana Raju Urs