Sanchita Bhattacharya
Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya or Sanchita Bhattacharya is an Indian dancer who focusses on Odissi Dancing.[1]
Career and personal life
Sanchita is an Indian Classical Dancer, especially Odissi dance.[2][3] She is Rewarded as Cultural Ambassador of India.[4] This reward was given by Senator John G Pappageorge.[5] She is the wife of renowned Indian Classical Musician Tarun Bhattacharya.[6]
She as performed concerts in, around India and also abroad. She toured to US for charity funds.[7] Sanchita is perhaps the only Indian classical dancer to have given a solo performance at Madison Square Garden in New York, one of the largest auditoriums in the world. She has also performed for the under privileged and for children.[8] She has been featured for a movie in USA and its shooting is in progress.[9]
Performances
She has performed all over India and also abroad.[10][11] A few concerts in India:
- Sanket Mochan Festival - Varanasi
- Dovar Lane Music Conference
- National Maritime Day Celebration in India, 2008
- Jagannath Temple Puri
- Opening Ceremony of 1st India International Woman Festival
- Indian Spring Fest[12]
A few concerts abroad:
- 25th Anniversary celebration of NABC at Madison Square Garden
- Esplanade Theatre - Singapore
- Grand Finale of India festival at North Carolina
- University of Minnesota - USA
- Hull Truck Theatre by kingston Government - UK
Awards
She has awards including:
- Sangeet Shyamala Award 2011
- Rash Ratna Award 2011 by Hinduthan Art and Music Society
- Dovar Lane Music Conference Award 2008
- Cultural Ambassador of India
- Kolkata Gaurav Samman 2007 by Indian Press
Gallery
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Bhattacharya dancing at Bharat Nirman Award
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On 6 July Odissi dancer is performing Sanchita Bhattacharya dancing a Droupodi
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Bhattcharjee and her troup practicing to welcome the upcoming Durga Festival at Heritage house Sovabazar Rajbari in Calcutta on Saturday 17 September 2005.
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Bhattacharya Performing
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Bhattacharya Receiving Mashal Pratibha Samman
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Regular picture of Bhattacharya
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Bhattacharya performing an Odissi Dance
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Bhattacharya performing as Inlay
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Bhattacharya with Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankarji
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Bhattacharya performing The draupadi phenomenon (Tolly 1)
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Bhattacharya, the Odissi Dancer receiving Raas Ratna Award from Padma Bhusan Girija Devi
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Sanchita Bhattacharya
See also
References
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Sanchita. "Divine Dancer". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Sanchita. "Odissi Dancer". Kolkata Today. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Dancer, Divine. "Odissi Dancer Lists". Art India. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Ambassador, Cultural. "Cultural Ambassador of India". Skidmore College. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Ambassador, Cultural. "Cultural Ambassador of India". Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Tarun. "Tarun Bhattacharya's Wife". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Charity, US. http://www.yespunjab.com/entertainment/bollywood/item/39292-indian-artists-to-tour-us-for-charity-funds. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Performance, Abroad. The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/inspired-by-mythology/article4340728.ece. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Shooting, Movie. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Bengali-danseuse-feature-in-movie-in-USA/articleshow/20461771.cms. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Performance, All Over. http://eventful.com/ames/events/odissi-dance-performance-ms-sanchita-bhattacharya-/E0-001-015496262-0. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ List, Event. "Events". http://www.sanchita.org/. Retrieved 26 January 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Fest, Indian Spring. http://staging.arcosanti.org/node/9586. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Missing or empty
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