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Founders

Peeya Rai Choudhuri

Her acting career started at 17 years of age, complimented with distance education, self learning was an integral part of her life. She soon developed a love for craft training in Theatre and Contemporary dance at NYFA( new york)  DADA (new delhi) , MDC( madrid) and Ailey School (new york). At the same time honing a God-given talent of presentation . She presented and hosted shows on TV during her early 20’s .And carried on working with the most prolific directors in theatre in India and playing characters in films in both India and Overseas. 

Her drive led her into all avenues of performance as a working actor. Theatre: Alyque Padamsee,Romeo and Juliet , Rajat Kapoors’s C for Clowns and more .Film: Gurinder Chaddha’s Bride and Prejudice,Ram Gopal Verma’s Vaastu Shaastra ,Darna mana hai and more .

Upon losing her parents in her late twenties, the world opened up in ways unimaginable. She was going to be soon on route to find her tribe, an Artistic Community that would help fulfil her true purpose.

Omaggio Performing Company was founded in 2013 with Peeya and her partner Tino Sanchez. The project was born from a deep mission to empower young potential youth with training and development to find fruition as International level performers. In the last decade, she has completely dedicated herself towards the growth of these young Indian artists. Working tirelessly along with this collective to share and raise the level of performing arts in India , specifically in Goa where they have been based since the beginning.

Her desires go beyond creating and presenting shows and performances for audiences . Her true calling is to work diligently to raise awareness amidst the viewers who watch their productions , via a message or truth that would have stirred a transformative feeling . Gradually shifting perception for the collective future . 

She worked with her team to build Maya Amphitheatre,Goa(in memory of her mother ) a beautiful platform staging shows and live performances .Programming sold out acts from Vir Das (See you Outside tour )to Luminario Ballet (USA) to Contemporary speaker NY based Alok Vaid Menon .As well as releasing EP’s of various music artists .An outdoor venue running successfully over 3 years .

Now as Omaggio is well on its journey and has been creating soul stirring and highly skilled productions, she is now closer to her second mission of moving their unique language of performance art into the hearts of audiences from all across the globe. Making the nation proud and bridging cultural gaps through Art  ,Music and above all Love !

Tino Sanchez

Tino was born in Las Palmas, Canary Island in 1972, After graduating with a degree in Administration management, he decided to pursue his real passion, Performing Arts, at the  age of 21 he received a Scholarship to study in London, where he graduated with a bachelor in Performing Arts at Urdang City ,University of London.

His career started off on London West End stages as a performer with a long Theatre  career with productions like; Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Fame the musical , Oh! What a night, Hey Mr. Producer, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Celebration, Chicago, Tonight is the Night.. and many others.

His creativity shaped with every experience that he had, with every professional that he worked with.  Inspired and influenced from the very best in the London theatre scene.  Originality and uniqueness  was his motto to become a Choreographer and director.

In 2003 He received an invitation to Choreograph and Assist to the creation of the hit Spanish Musical ‘Hoy no me puedo levantar”, this kept him in his original country for a while as a Resident director, leading him to create more productions in Spain, like ‘Quisiera ser”, ‘Mayo 1808’, ‘Chueka’ ,’Don Juan, A sangre y fuego’ at the Grand via de Madrid (theatre district) 

It is the same thought process which lead him to the creations in other productions like, ‘Hoy no me puedo levantar’ Mexico version,’West Side story” Germany, Artistic Contemporary Works like; ‘Sacati’, Resat (Spain) ‘Creaseless’, Lyceum (London) ‘Jalika'(India) ‘Circadian’ (India), Himalayan knot (India).

Working as a Choreographer he started growing an interest in Performing Arts Education and pedagogic methods, leading him to accumulated experience as a teacher; Stage Art Musical School, Hamburg, Contemporary Dance School, Hamburg, Amsterdam Dance Center, Musical Factory, Switzerland, Madrid Dance Center and others.

His background is firmly rooted in theatre, which has allowed him over the years to grow as a creator and visionary in numerous ways, providing him with the opportunities to pursue other passions. Theatre design, Visual art and Set design all of it expanding his creative process in unimaginable ways.

In 2012 after many years traveling through his work he decided to stay in India and create with his life partner Peeya Rai Choudhuri a new method of training mixing Western Techniques with Indian spiritual philosophies that will result in the creation of Omaggio Performing Company, a multidisciplinary Contemporary Dance and Circus Theatre Company. 

Omaggio has been his passion project for the last 11 years, allowing to grow in ways he never expected. Receiving the Wow Asia award for Best choreographer and Dance Company in 2018. 

His latest creation ” Circadian” with Omaggio Performing Company, India. Making its debut at NMACC Studio Theatre with standing ovation. Also more recently creation “Himalayan knot” Mukesh Mills, Mumbai a Royal Enfield project and ‘The loom’ at Sa-Ladhak Art festival. As well as numerous other projects over the last decade.

Tino will continue on his pursuit of excellence. Diving into the depths of the next project through innovative creative methods forming his one true motto Originality and Uniqueness!

Visionaries,
Dreamers,
Explorers,
And fools.....
But together in
the same boat.

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