Veronika Dassanayaka

Veronika Dassanayaka also spelt Veronika Dassanayake is a Sri Lankan dancer, choreographer, artist and lecturer. She has also served as a major of Sri Lanka Army and also served as the leader of Sri Lanka Army dancing troupe.

Biography She pursued an interest in dancing since her school days. She began her primary education at the Pushpadana Girls' College in Kandy and she later switched to Anula Vidyalaya in Nugegoda to complete the remainder of her school studies. Two of Veronika Dassanayaka's Kathak dance students, Chithreena Medis and Thelma Medis, became the first mother-daughter duo to conduct a Kathak dance stage performance. During her career, she created and developed a unique style of performing arts as part of her experiments in order to enhance the quality of performing arts by adding a wider canvas of emotions, expressions, and dimensions.