Taiis Pascal,
Taiis Pascal, born and raised in NYC, is a lover of dance and culture. She was drawn to the artform of Odissi dance at the tender age of eleven when she saw her first Odissi performance at the temple she attended in 1986. She began practicing and performed in different temples and festivals with the loving guidance of her first teacher, Deva Deva Jagatpate. Odissi dance occupied a larger place in her life when she met her dance teacher Smt. Bani Ray who she traveled with on a trip to India in 1999. This is the moment in Taiis', life when her love and passion for odissi grew after intensive training with her dance guru in India, Durga Charan Ranbir. Taiis is the founder of Trinayan Collaborations and continues to be guided by Guru Durga Charan Ranbir and mentored by Smt Bani Ray, Smt. Sujata Mohapatra, and Smt. Jyoti Srivatsa.