Masoom Parmar is a multidisciplinary artist, creative producer, and curator whose work moves between performance, cultural organizing, and arts pedagogy. Rooted in South Asian classical movement traditions and informed by training in Haṭha yoga, ethnography, and literature, their practice explores the body as a cultural, political, and spiritual terrain. Masoom works with choreography, text, and dialogic encounters to examine identity, memory, and belonging, reframing inherited vocabularies through secular and contemporary perspectives.

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As an artist, Masoom’s choreographic practice foregrounds thehraav - a slowed, attentive presence that invites introspection and relationality. Their solo work interrogates the sacred-secular divide in classical movement, opening space for plural, intimate, and embodied reading of form. Their performance work has been presented across India and internationally, in festivals, residencies, and artist-led contexts.

 

As a creative producer and curator, Masoom is the founder of Koi Suntā Hai and The Platform, initiatives designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, dialogue across artistic lineages, and visibility for underrepresented voices in the performing arts. They have led festival design, project touring, and capacity-building programs connecting artists and audiences across regions and contexts.

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Masoom’s work has been supported by the India Foundation for the Arts, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, and Asialink (University of Melbourne). They are a Global Fellow of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and teach in Arts Management and Cultural Policy, mentoring emerging practitioners and cultural workers.

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Masoom’s practice continues to be shaped by collaboration, embodied research, and a commitment to nurturing inclusive cultural futures.