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Sanjay Khatri (born 1987 in New Delhi) is an Indian ballet dancer, recognized as the country's first male ballet dancer to perform internationally. [1]
Khatri was born in New Delhi in 1987, near the Delhi-Haryana border in India.[ citation needed ]
At age 19, [2] Khatri enrolled in dance classes at Delhi's National Ballet & Academy Trust of India (NBATI), as the only male dancer. He began teaching ballet to children at the American Embassy School in Delhi and received a scholarship to attend a workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, he earned scholarships at the Seoul Tanz Station in Seoul, South Korea. [3]
Khatri's career in ballet includes performances with ballet companies such as the Universal Ballet Company and the American Ballet Theatre. [4] [5] In addition to his performances, Khatri has established two ballet schools: the Nijinsky Ballet School in New Delhi[ citation needed ] and the Central Contemporary Ballet in Mumbai. [4] [5] Khatri has also garnered recognition as the first Indian male ballet dancer and, at the time of publication, India's only male ballet dancer in publications such as Elle , DNA Mumbai, The Times of India , Punjab Kesari , and The Caravan .