Shrina Patel (she/they) is a South Asian Gujarati dance artist, choreographer, playwright, actor, and BIPOC curator currently creating in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta) on Treaty 6 territory.

Guided by the philosophy of Wahkohtowin, their interdisciplinary practice moves through dance, theatre, film, ritual, and embodied storytelling, exploring lineage, memory, sensuality, and transformation through contemporary and culturally rooted forms. Their artistic ethos is deeply rooted in advocacy for the planet, interconnected ecologies, and the living species that inhabit it.

A recipient of the 2023 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for Younger Audiences in choreography, Patel has cultivated a practice that thrives in collaborative and boundary-expanding spaces across performance and media. Their work has been presented through collaborations with the Citadel Theatre, Roxy Theatre, Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Alberta Theatre Projects, and other interdisciplinary arts initiatives throughout Canada. Their work has also been featured on The Nature of Things (Season 2, Episode 9), extending beyond dance into commercial acting, short film, and screen-based performance.

As a playwright, Patel presented their emerging work Draupadi at the 2023 Nextfest festival to a sold-out audience, continuing their exploration of myth, identity, embodiment, and contemporary diasporic storytelling. Working across stage performance, choreography, facilitation, curation, and community-engaged creation, Patel’s artistic language bridges contemporary performance with South Asian diasporic perspectives, somatic inquiry, and spiritually informed movement practices. Their work centres relationality, emotional texture, and collective experience, creating spaces that invite intimacy, reflection, and transformation.

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