Sharon Lowen is a distinguished performing artist, teacher, choreographer and scholar of Odissi, Manipuri and Chhau presenting and promoting Indian classical dance throughout India, North and South America, Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Japan since she came to India over 50 years ago as a Fulbright Scholar. As Founder of Manasa-Art Without Frontiers, she has presented successful festivals, seminars and mentored countless students, both in India and abroad, instilling in them the same passion and discipline that have defined her own journey. Sharon was featured as herself in the award winning Telegu film, Swarna Kamalam (Golden Lotus) directed by K. Viswanath to inspire the heroine to value her own Indian dance heritage. Her Odissi guru, Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra said of Sharon Lowen in 1987, after accompanying her 22 performance Festival of India-USA tour, “She is now one of my five best disciples who I can unhesitatingly recommend to represent the Odissi dance form anywhere in the world. Sharon has mastered the tradition”. She is a master of Odissi, Manipuri, Chhau and Mayurbhanj forms of dance and has promoted these dance forms across the world.