Sathala Uday Kumar

Born in India, Uday Sathala started his dance training at the age of 8, and began his artistic career as an independent artist since 2000 and recognised by the Government of Andhra Pradesh – Department of Culture. Uday was invited to conduct his professional dance trainings in various countries, including India, Bangkok, Vietnam, Singapore, Fiji, Mainland China and Hong Kong through which he built up his own vision and aspiration in dance.  

He established FEEL THE BEAT DANCE STUDIO HK to be a dance entrepreneur in 2011 and co-founded BEYOND Bollywood to be an Artistic Director in 2015 which extended his exploration on the connection between dance and society. Using Hong Kong as a base, Uday has been starting to focus on the exploring how the Indian dance vocabulary can apply into people with different levels of disabilities. 

In 2018, Uday served as one of the choreographer-directors for his first dance drama production "A Journey Within" premiered in Taipei and has been participating in the main choreographic work for various overseas cultural exchange. In 2019, he is invited to be one of panel of judge in the 6th international Bollywood Dance Competition and collaborated with Cosmic Dance as choreographer-performer  in Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival in Athens, Greece on behalf of BEYOND Bollywood.

Source: BEYOND Bollywood