Sudipa Ghosh

Date of Birth        

26^th October 1981

Language Known    

Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Assami, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu & Local languages of Bihar

Educational & Professional Qualification

M.A. (Sociology)
Diploma from Kalakshetra Foundation Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, Chennai
PRABHAKAR from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad
NRITYA VISHARAD from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh 
M. Dance from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore 
Qualified in Karnatic Music
Yoga Diploma in Yogacharya
Costume Designer for Dance
Excellency in all kind of dance make up

Hon’ble Gurujis

Late Sri Nani Gopal Chatterjee, Patna
Prof. C.K. Balagopalan, Chennai
Prof. A. Janardanan, Chennai
Prof. Nirmala Nagrajan, Chennai
Sri Swaminathan, Yoga Guru, Chennai
Prof. Kamla Rani, Vocal and Nattuvangam, Chennai

Sudipa at a Glance 

A Kalakshetra alumni, (world heritage classical dance Gurukul, founded by Rukmini Devi). Specialized in Bharatanatyam and also learning Odissi and Hindustani classical vocal. 

She has all zeal to perform and make a name for herself. Awarded by "Nritya Shiromani" with first class in diploma from ‘Kalakshetra Foundation’, Chennai, subsequently passed "Nritya Visharad" and "Prabhakar" from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh and Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. She has done her M. Dance from Karnataka State Open University (K.S.O.U) Mysore.

A graded Artist of Doordashan Known for her solo performance with a typical and pure southern based dance form (Kalakshetra Bani). Her several dance drama creations are appreciated throughout the state country and abroad. Apart from receiving myriads of honor and Prizes, recently the Govt. of Bihar conferred her "Ambapali Yuva Puraskar" for her contribution in the field of classical dance. She has been honored to present her solo dance performances in front of several dignitaries like the President of India and several foreign delegates. She has also performed in several dance festivals in the country and abroad. 

She founded an organization called "Abhikalpana Kalavriksham" to promote the tradition and culture in a more progressive way. Presently associated with Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir, Patna, Bihar as Head of Bharatanatyam Department for the last 18 years.

Contribution

Apart from her own performances and creations along with her teaching and guiding lot of students to perform and making their carriers, she has also been maintaining the Guru-Shisya Parampara by giving complete training to her disciples and makes them able to perform auspicious "Arangetram" ceremony under her guidance. She has also guided some of her students to achieve CCRT scholarships and scholarships for young Artists from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. She also takes her time out to teach physically challenged and under privileged children, works for the cancer patients and old age people healing them through art. She is one of the very few faces who have been carrying the flag of classical dance in the state of Bihar.

Guest Faculty

• Magadh Mahila College, P.G. Music classes to Manage theory classes
• Freelance Choreographer for different schools & institutions, Notredame, St. Joseph’s convent, Don Bosco Academy, Ishan International, Loyala, Nav Deepti Academy Kendriya Vidyalaya, South Indian Association, Kerala Club, Kala Samiti, Ravindra Bhawan.

Choreography

• Thematic Dance Ballet ‘Prakriti’, International Conference on ‘Organic Bihar’
• Dance Ballet Swadesh ‘National Conference of Bihar Pul Nirman Nigam’
• Nritya Rupak on Tagore’s Song, on launching the music PG course in Patna University.
• Rajya Geet and Prarthana Geet of Bihar (Music composed by legendary Shiv-Hari)
• 'Akshar Anchal' dance, A project of Govt. of Bihar Mahila Shiksha Yojana
•  Cycle song, Mukhyamantri Cycle Yojana, A project of Govt. of Bihar
• Fusion Dashavatar, International Seminar Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
• Bharat Natyam and Lok Rang (A garland of different folk dances), 10th Indian Road Congress, Annual session.
• ‘Mile Sur  mera tumhara’ National Seminar Indian vetenary Association
• Presented Bharat Natyam, National Seminar of Political Science, Department Magadh Mahila College, Patna.
• Khel Geet, National Kabaddi Champion
• Khel Samman Geet, Khel Samman Samaroh Govt. of Bihar
• Shiksha Geet, Shiksha Diwas Govt. of Bihar
• Bihar Gaurav Geet, Know India Programme, Ministry of culture, Delhi.
• Dance Video of “Panchdeva Stuti, A project of Bihar Sanskrit Academy.
• 'Yuva Geet', National Youth Festival.
• Centenary Celebration of Patna University
• ‘Paryavaran Vandana’, Department of forest and Environment, Govt. of Bihar.
• Doordarshan Geet and performed ‘Live’ during Silver Jubilee Celebration of Patna Doordarshan.
• ‘Ojaswini’, A ballet on Women Empowerment for the Platinum Jubilee of Patna Women’s College.
• ‘Mahagauri Namostute’ special programme for Doordarshan Kendra, Aired on National T.V.  and D.D. Bihar.
• ‘Jeevika Song’, A project of Women Development Corporation, Govt. of Bihar 
• ‘Indian Building Congress Song’
• ‘Tribhuvan Tarini Gange’ for Sanskar Bharti, Ganga Jaggriti Abhiyan    

Notable Performences

• ‘Mile Sur  mera tumhara’ National Seminar Indian vetenary Association
• Presented Bharat Natyam, National Seminar of Political Science, Department Magadh Mahila College, Patna.
• Live Performance in Doordarshan’s Sthapana Diwas
• Yoga demonstration in Doordarshan programmes
• Vishwa Sangeet Diwas
• Tourism & Trade Mart, Govt. of Bihar
• Hasti ke Sang Masti programme on ETV, Bihar
• Book Fair Swar Vistar Sangeet Samaroh, Patna 2015 & 2017
• Gantandra Diwas Samaroh, Rajbhawan, Patna, Bihar 
• Sadbhavana Diwas 
• Vigilance Awareness week 
• Vasant Utsav 
• Programmes organized by Aakashvani
• Ravindra Jayanti, 150th Birth Anniversary Celebration
• Nritya Pratibha, Sangeet Natak Academy, Delhi
• Parampara Utsav, Sangeet Natak Academy, Delhi
• Craft Bazar, Govt. of Bihar
• Nritya Bahurang
• Vidyapati Samaroh, Allahabad
• Mukhya Mantri Vikash Yatra, Bihar
• Shukra Gulzar
• Shane Bahar 
• Nari Shakti Utsav
• 15th Asian Conference IIT Patna
• Seminar, Dance Therapy for Disables
• Performed Bharat Natyam in presence of H.E. President of India Shree Pranav Mukherjee at Raj Bhawan, Patna
• Performed at Shree Ram Centre, New Delhi on the occasion of the Inaugural Ceremony of Bihar foundations, Delhi Chapter
• Saras Mela, Govt. of Bihar 
• Rajgir Mahotsav, 2015
• Bharat Natyam Solo, at Bihar IPTA’s 15th State Conference and Nation Cultural festival, 2015.
• Live show Phursat Ghar on Doordarshan
• Rastriya Khadi Gramodyog Mahotsav, 2012
• Harihar Kshetra Mahotsav, 2012
• Bihar Satabdi Samaroh
• Solo in the closing ceremony of National Youth festival, 2014
• Solo Bharat Natyam at DMI Rajgir, 2016
• Solo performance at BIT Patna, 2016
• Solo performance at Zakir Hussain Institute, IIBM Patna, 2016.
• ‘Vijayotsav’ 160th years of Babu Veer Kunwar Singh, Govt. of Bihar, 2018
• Agro Bihar, Govt. of Bihar, 2019 
• The Heritage of Nalanda, International Conference, 2006
• Solo Bharata Natyam, Horizen series, ICCR, Minitry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of India 
• Performance on Bhikari Thakur’s Creations for Bhojpuri Academy, Madhya Pradesh   
• World Dance Day, organized by Sangeet Natak Academy, Bihar 
• Atulya Bharat, NCZCC, 2018 
• ‘Kala Utsav’,  A grand festival organized by Sanskar Bharti 
• Indian Road Congress, 2005 & 2019
• Bihar Diwas, Solo Bharata Natyam, 2018
• Classical Fusion, Sargam, Doordarshan, 2015  
• International Conference, Nav Nalanda Mahavihar, Bihar     
• Kalakshetra Festivals, Chennai
• City Bank Festivals, Chennai, Natyanjali Festival, Chennai
• Chidambaram Dance Festivals
• National Youth Festival, Jharkhand, Patna, Pune.
• Trade & Agriculture Mart, Nandigram
• Bihar Mahotsav, Kolkata
• Buddha Mahotsav, Patna
• Bihar – Mauritius Mahotsav 
• Bihar Shatabdi Utsav 
• Bihar Mahotsav, Allahabad
• Bharat Parv 2017, New Delhi 
• 350th Prakash Parv, P.atna 2017
• Bihar Short and Documentary film festival, 2016
• Uday Shankar Dance Festival, Bihar, 2016 to 2018 
• Akhil Bhartiya Aitihasik Natyotav, 2018
• Rajrappa Mahotsav, Jharkhand, 2020, 
• Darbhanga Classical Dance Festival, 2018
• Hari Uppal Solo Dance Festival, 2013, Bihar
• Patna Sahib Mahotsav, Patna City

​Creations

• ‘Ambapali’ Dance Drama
• Bhakti Nrityas on Maithali Nachari
• Dance Dramas of Kaviguru, Ravindra Nath Tagore
• ‘Siddharth’, Classical Fusion Dance Ballet
• ‘Ganga’, Dance Ballet (Fusion)
• ‘Bihar – Ek Mahayatra’, Ballet.
• Bhumi Ki Kahani’, based on women empowerment
• ‘Ojashwini’ A dance drama based on women empowerment
• ‘Prem ke Saat Rang’, (Nritya Rupak) a Garland  of Vidyapati’s Padawali 
• ‘Tribhuvan Tarini Ganga’ Dance drama 
• ‘Gopa’ Dance drama 
• ‘Kosha’ Dance drama 
• ‘Chittrangada’ Dance drama in Hindi & Bangla 
• ‘Shakuntala’ Dance drama
• ‘Bhanusingher Padawali’ Dance drama by Tagore
• ‘Chandalika’ Dance drama by Tagore in Hindi 
• ‘Bidesiya’ an epic creation of Bikhari  Thakur in Bhojpuri choreographed in Bharatanatyam style
• ‘Srijan’ A thematic creation on Engineers Day 
• ‘Kaalmrigaya’ Dance drama 
• ‘Devi- A destroyer of Evil’ Dance drama
• ‘Buddham Sharanam Gachhami’ Dance drama
• ‘Chandanbala’ Dance drama

Lecture & Demonstration 

• Spic Macay 5 Days Workshop at Nawada, Bihar
• Workshop for Differently able Children, Patna
• Special workshop for the selected candidates of 18th National Youth festival
• Summer camp workshop, Kilkari, Bihar Bal Bhawan, 2015
• Summer workshop, Kshiteej
• Workshop at Kathak Kendra Muzaffarpur
• Workshop under UGC’s Programme in Magadh Mahila College
• Workshop at Singrouli, MP
• workshop and lec-dem at various Universities of Thailand
• Workshop of Mime Art, Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir
• Workshop Summer fest 2017, Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir
• Delivered several lecture demonstrations on Bharatanatyam Sanksriti Bodh Srinkhala, A series conducted by Dept. of Art, Culture and youth affairs, Govt. of Bihar 
• Classical and folk-dance workshop and lec-dem for Sanskar Bharti, 2019
• Workshop and lec-dem for Bihar Rajya Sanskrit Academy held at Madhya Pradesh, 2018
• Lecture on “Dance Therapy” for Disability and Rehabilitation studies 
• Lec-dem, Uday Shankar Dance festival, 2018
• Lec-dem International Music festival, Thailand
• Leadershp Quality/Ability
• Contingent leader of Bihar, National Youth Festival, 2014 in Ludhiana
• Contingent leader of Bihar, National Youth Festival, 2015 in Guwahati
• Contingent leader of Bihar, Bharat Parv 2017, New Delhi

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