Gimantha Welegedara
Director · Studio, events, the China desk
Choreographer and movement researcher. Twenty years on the floor.
Kandyan first. Indian classical, contemporary, percussion. MFA in Choreography, Nanjing University of the Arts (CSC scholar). The thesis was QIXI — breath — on Kandyan dance. That research is why Breathchant exists as a session, not a slogan.
He founded Rangara Kalayathanaya in Homagama (2008–). He runs logistics and direction for CIDFA — seven festivals, thousands of dancers, costumes, awards, the Sri Lanka–China lane. Taught at Chitrasena. Visiting lecturer, Peradeniya. Work in Nanjing with NIDO and Weeds Dance Theatre.
On this house he holds: Studio & events, art direction, choreography, performance supply, and the sourcing conversations that start in China.
Languages: Sinhala, English, Japanese, Mandarin.
