A mother-of-two and medical sonographer, Ms Bajaj is also the director of Gold Coast-based Indian dance academy Navrasa, and is “on a mission” to open Indian dance to the wider community. “There has to be a way for this to come to mainstream … in the times we live in at the moment, for any teacher training a student (in performing arts) it’s important they be well-rounded,” she said. “The main difference between Indian dance and Western ballet is that Western ballet is more air-bound … for a performer to be the best they need to learn the entirety of performing arts. “Even in schools we teach kids second and third languages because they know the value, and I believe in the world of dancing adding on other genres, specifically Indian dance, it’s important.”