Mahua Mukherjee
Mahua Mukherjee | |
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| Occupation(s) | Dancer, researcher |
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| Dances | Gaudiya Nritya |
Mahua Mukherjee[Note] is an exponent of the Indian classical dance form Gaudiya Nritya.[1] She is a researcher and teacher at Rabindra Bharati University and Dean of the faculty of fine arts as of January 2014[update].[2][3] Along with her husband Amitava Mukherjee, she has been reviving the dance style through her career from 1980s.[4] She has also given performances and lectures as visiting professor like at the University of Oklahoma, USA.[5][6] She has learned the dance from Bratindranath, Sashi Mahato, Narottam Sanyal, Gambhir Singh Mudha, Mukund Das Bhattacharya and other practitioners of the Chhau, Nachni, Kushan and Kirtaniya traditions.[7]
Mukherjee is also the director of institutes Gaudiya Nritya Bharati and Mitrayan. She is M.Sc., Ph.D. in Botany. She had initially also taken training in
Books
She wrote a book on Bengal Classical Dance, Gaudiya Nritya. It was published from The Asiatic Society, Kolkata.[10]
Notes
^[Note] Mukherjee is also credited as Mukhopadhyay. For further reading refer etymology of the surname.
References
- ISBN 9780230236844.
- ^ a b Bharatram, Kumudha (9 April 2011). "Dance of the ancients". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Members of The Faculties". Rabindra Bharati University. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Alom, Zahangir (11 November 2013). "Of euphoria and grace in dancing devotion". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- Indian Express. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Alom, Zahangir (25 March 2012). "Presentation of Navarasa through dance". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Rajan, Anjana (26 December 2006). "The wheel has come full circle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ISBN 978-9788422297.
- ^ "Trance in Motion : Short film by Films Division". Gadurr Media, YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Mukherjee, Mahua (2000). Gaudiya Nritya (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Asiatic Society.
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