Cv Antara Datta February 15 2020 13 · 2020. 3. 27. · In 2016 she performed at the Madison Square...
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A ntara Datta started learning Kathak at the tender age of five from Srimati Laxmi Bannerjee in Kolkata, India. She holds a double diploma in Kathak from the Bangiya Sangeet Parishad in Kolkata and the Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad, India. She received advanced training in the Lucknow gharana of Kathak from "Sringar Mani" Srimati Anuradha Nag (a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj and the artistic director of the Tarangini School of dance, San Jose, California). To hone her skills further Antara Datta also receives training from Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj and Vidushi Saswati Sen, during her annual trips to India at Kalashram, New Delhi. In addition, she regularly visits Mahagami (a dance Gurukul in Aurangabad, India) to receive intensive training from Guru Parwati Dutta. Antara is the artistic director of Anga Kala Kathak Academy, which has branches in the Pacific Northwest, North East and Central Ohio and also in Pittsburgh, PA. She held an adjunct faculty position of Kathak at the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, Washington in Fall 2010 and then at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio in Winter, 2014 and also taught master classes at University of Akron, OH in February 2017 Indian Classical Dance Exponant Antara Datta
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Antara Datta started learning Kathak at the
tender age of five from Srimati Laxmi
Bannerjee in Kolkata, India. She holds a
double diploma in Kathak from the Bangiya
Sangeet Parishad in Kolkata and the Prayag
Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad, India. She received
advanced training in the Lucknow gharana of
Kathak from "Sringar Mani" Srimati Anuradha
Nag (a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj and
the artistic director of the Tarangini School of
dance, San Jose, California). To hone her skills
further Antara Datta also receives training from Kathak maestro Pandit Birju
Maharaj and Vidushi Saswati Sen, during her annual trips to India at Kalashram,
New Delhi. In addition, she regularly visits Mahagami (a dance Gurukul in
Aurangabad, India) to receive intensive training from Guru Parwati Dutta.
Antara is the artistic director of Anga Kala
Kathak Academy, which has branches in
the Pacific Northwest, North East and
Central Ohio and also in Pittsburgh, PA.
She held an adjunct faculty position of
Kathak at the Cornish College of Arts in
Seattle, Washington in Fall 2010 and then
at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio in
Winter, 2014 and also taught master
classes at University of Akron, OH in
February 2017
Indian Classical Dance Exponant
Antara Datta
Antara believes that learning Indian classical dance is a lifelong experience. She relentlessly strives for perfection. She has attended numerous workshop by the legendary Guru Pandit Birju Maharaj. To gain better control on laya she took laykari lessons from the tabla virtuoso Pandit Samir Chaterjee and currently undergoing training under Pandit Divyang Vakil. Antara Data has performed extensively in different parts of the USA, as well as India. The list includes solo and group performances in Cleveland (Ohio), Columbus (Ohio), Canton (Ohio),Pitsburgh (Pennsylvania), Seattle (Washington), Tacoma (Washington), Olympia (Washington), Chicago (Illinois), Grays Lake (Illinois) and Houston (Texas). She and her students have been regular performers at the Northwest Folk Life Festival in Seattle as well as the Asian Festival and the India Fest in Cleveland. In July 2012, she performed solo Kathak with live music at the Triguna Sen Auditorium in Kolkata, India. In 2016 she performed at the Madison Square Garden, New York,
USA with Pandit Birju Maharaji’s Company. In 2017, she performed at the International Dance F e s t i v a l ( B h a r a t h N r i y t a s a v ) a t Vishakhapatnam, India. In 2019 she performed at Kalpashree fest iva l (Hyderabad, India), Bharat Sanskriti Utsab (Kolkata, India) and Naadam and Nrityalaya(New Delhi, India) Her innovative cho- reography has brought together seemingly unrelated dance-forms (such as Kathak and Tap Dance or Kathak and Flamenco), Kathak and Ballet in beau ful ‘jugalbandi’s, captivating audiences across cultures....
She is a recipient of ALPHA women award in March, 2017 by Elite Women Around the globe for her contribution in the field of dance.
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