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SUCHARITA SHARMA Contact Address 372, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata 700 068, West Bengal, India Tel : 91-033-2473-3380, E-mail : [email protected] SUCHARITA SHARMA an honours Graduate (Geog. Hons.) and Bachelor of Education from the University of Kolkata has been interested in Indian Classical Dance from an early age. She has obtained Master Degree from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata with specialisation in Manipuri Dance. At the same time Sucharita has also earned proficiency in Bharatnatyam. Manipuri : Initially trained by Shri Adityasena Rajkumar, she is now a senior disciple of Late Guru Bipin Singh and Shrimati Kalavati Devi World famous exponents of Manipuri Dance. Trained by them since 1990 she has also been a participant of various Dance Festivals as an artiste of Manipuri Nartanalaya. Sucharita is a recipient of Junior Fellowship of the Department of Culture Government of India (2000-2002) and has conducted workshop on Manipuri Dance at Silchar, Assam and Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. At present she is one of the examiners of Manipuri Dance in Rabindra Bharati University. Major Performances : Classical Dance Festival organised by EZCC. Government of India in Bhubaneshwar' 94; Chennai & Pondicherry' 95; Port Blair' 95; Konarak' 96 ; Haridas Sangeet Sammelan Vrindavan' 97; Festival of Manipuri Dance- India Habitat Centre- New Delhi' 98 ; Doctor Vasantrao Deshpande sangeet Sammelan- Nagpur' 99; India Festival- Pondichery & Kochi' 2000; Swarnotsav of Sangeet Natak Academy' 2001; Konark Dance Festival' 2002; Tourism Festival Chennai' 2002; Kanchenjungha Festival, Gangtok, 2003; Nisha Gandhi Festival, Trivandrum, 2003 ; Khajuraho Dance Festival’ 04; Nisagandhi Fest’ 04 ; Tungavadra Fes’ 04 ; Konarak Fest’ 04 and the productions of Manipuri Nartanalaya- Tasher Desh and Kalmrigaya - Tagore's Dance Drama, Gopi Goshtha, Maharas, Rathayatra, Brajamadhuri, Manasa Madhavi Kunje - composed on the songs of Nazrul, Tagore Festival, Uday Shankar Festival - Kolkata, Maharas - Dance Drama combining Manipuri & Odissi directed by Kalavati Devi and Aloke Kanungo, Nritya Sandhrya- Ananta Yatra- Dances combining Manipuri and Kathak directed by Kalavati Devi & Rani Karna, also performs in Kolkata Doordarshan with Manipuri Nartanalaya. Bharatnatyam : In Bharatnatyam Sucharita is a Senior student of Shrimati Anita Mullick renowned Bharatnatyam dancer, choreographer and has participated in various programmes under her direction including ”Viswa Vina Rabe” a ballet based on Tagore's seasonal songs which has received the Uday Shankar Award of Government' of West Bengal 1996 and “Nahi Samanya Nari” a dance drama based on Tagore's Chitrangada at Uday Shankar Centenary Festival 2000. She accompanied Smt. Anita Mullick as assistant Teacher in Bharatnatyam workshops at Vishnupur 96 and Coochbehar 98 conducted by Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy. Performances Abroad : Programme arranged by Cultural Association of Bengal (CAB) at New York 2003, Rabindra Mela New Jersey 2003, Lipilekha Association at New York 2003 & Workshop arranged by Nandanik Dance Academy at Pittsburgh 2003. Other Qualifications : · Sangeet Prabhakar of Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Rabindra Sangeet · Sangeet Prabhakar of Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Manipuri Dance · Nartan Visharad of Manipuri Nartanalaya (Kolkata) Participated in : Odissi Dance workshop by Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi at Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata 1988. Manipuri Dance Workshop arranged by : · Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy under Guru Bipin Singh 1991 · Suranandan Bharati under Smt. Kalavati Devi 1995 · Manipuri Nartanshram under Smt. Debjani Chaliha & Smt. Darshana Jhaveri 2000 · Thangta workshop organised by Manipuri Nartanalaya under Sri Ranjit Chingtham · Bharatnatyam workshop organised by Dance Group Federation at Rabindra Sadan under Smt. Rema Srikant. At present working as a Dance Teacher of Manipuri & Bharatnatyam in Shri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Saraswat Sanskriti Kendra and Manipuri Nartanalaya. .