Mesma S. Belsare is described by the New York Times as ëa tour de force, a true act of transcendence and religious immersion’ and by The Dance Current Magazine as ‘a consummate dancer, as mesmerizing as staring into the heart of a fire’. She is a Boston based dancer, choreographer, actor, visual artist and educator and belongs to a generation of young dancers in the South Asian Diaspora who have created a unique niche for themselves in the realm of classical Indian arts, while expanding their repertory in the contemporary idiom. She is formally trained in Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical dance) and Carnatic vocal by Sri Shankar Hombal and Padmashri Geeta Chandran.

Mesma’s work is based on concepts of gender, gender-identity and sexuality and the classical tradition of Nayaki Bhava (the voice of the female protagonist) in traditional Bharatanatyam. Mesma’s work has been featured at the Asia Society (NYC), Ailey Theatre (NYC), Lincoln Center (NYC), CanAsian International Dance Festival (Toronto), Emerson College (Boston), Boston University, Massachusetts College of Art, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Worcester Art Museum, Tufts University (MA), Harvard University (MA), Wesleyan University (CT), The New School (NYC), Marymount Manhattan College (NYC), Wellesley College (MA), The Boston Center for the Arts, MFA (Boston), Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), Peabody Essex Museum (MA), The University of Wyoming (Laramie) and The University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth) to name a few.