Arno Kamolika was initially trained in bharata anatyam under Professor C. V. Chandrasekhar and Belayet Hossain and in Manipuri under Sharmila Banerjee, Tamanna Rahman and Kalavati Devi. Upon moving to Vancouver she joined the Academy and completed her graduation under Jai Govinda in 2011. Under Mandala she has also taken master classes and workshops with Smt. Bragha Bessel, Priyadarshini Govind, Savitha Shastry and has also taken other master classes with esteemed artists including Leela Samson, Madhvi Mudgal, Parshwanath Upadhyay, Partha Pratim Majumder. An architecture graduate, Arno has given many performance as a soloist and in group productions such as Tagore’s Shyama- a bharatanatyam interpretation, Discover Dance, UBC president’s installation ceremony, Dancer’s Transit Resource Centre, Embodied Practice at SFU and Diwali Celebrations and has travelled to different festivals in LA, Germany, India and Bangladesh. She is the recipient of various grants and awards including BC Arts project assistance grant in 2017.  Arno has been teaching at the Academy since 2014.