Nehal bhogaita biography

“Disability is not an obstacle, but an opportunity to exemplify that nothing is impossible.”

We dance to express ourselves, to communicate, or simply because we delight in movement.

Most of us associate dance with music and rhythm, but what of the deaf? “I feel that dance is one of the most natural things for deaf people, because deaf people are visual and more attuned to body movement” (Nina Falaise, ballet dancer and teacher). 

To find out more, Pulse interviewed Leicester-based dancer Nehal Bhogaita, a member of The Nautch Girl cast, and Sanghamitra Datta, who works with Child In Need Institute (CINI), an India-based humanitarian organisation.

Nehal Bhogaita

Nehal, 26, has been profoundly deaf from birth.

One of her greatest passions is dancing.

How did you come to dancing?

When I was small I would watch Bollywood films and just wished I could dance the way they did. I attempted to do so many times in front of the mirror.

The day my