Srinwanti Chakrabarti

Srinwanti Chakrabarti

Srinwanti Chakrabarti is one of the Indian classical dancers who has specialised in Odissi form of dance. Srinwanti has proved her excellence and earned a reputation as a dance performer, innovative choreographer and dance educator in India and abroad.

Srinwanti Chakrabarti had a penchant for dancing and she was inducted into the Odissi Dance form at the tender age of five. Srinwanti has been pursuing the Gharana of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra for last 20 years. Presently she is pursuing Dance Therapy to extend dance for therapeutic services. Srinwanti is the founder and artistic director of "SRIJATI - a centre for art and culture" which has been successfully operating in Kolkata since 2000. Srijati as a dance troupe under the able guidance of Srinwanti has widely performed throughout India and their works have been highly acclaimed.

Srinwanti has a strong academic career. A convent educated student, Srinwanti has completed her graduation in Sociology from the Presidency College Kolkata and her Post graduation in the same subject from the University of Calcutta. At present she is preparing for her PHD studies.

She has also shown her mettle in research works in the paper which she has written called "Hindu Temple Women (Devadasi) _The Divine Prostitution". She has started giving training in Odissi dance since the year 2000 in different institutions of Kolkata .She has also conducted several dance workshops and demonstrations nationally and internationally. She conducts regular dance classes and gives training in Odissi dance and movements in its four branches in her dance training centre called 'Srijati'. She has conducted several dance workshops, regular dance classes and lecture demonstrations throughout England in 2006, 2007 and 2008 in different educational schools, colleges, arts centers, dance schools and institutes.

Performances of Srinwanti Chakrabarti

1. "Surajkund Festival" in Haryana.

2. "Salangainatham" at Tanjore, Pattukottai and Khumbha-konam organized by E.Z.C.C and S.Z.C.C. in the year 1999.

3. "Calcutta Doordarshan on Nazrul Centenary", 1999.

4. "Calcutta Film Festival" organized by Bengal Film Journalist's Association, 1999.

5. 65th "Utkal Dibas" organized by Utkal Shiksha Sanshad, 2000.

6. "Syamsayar Utsav", 2000.

7. "India Tourist Day" organized by Government of Reg. Tourist Office, 2001.

8. "Pranamanjali" an Odissi dance festival organized by E.Z.C.C and Odissi Dancer's Forum of Kolkata on the occasion of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra's 75th Birth Anniversary Celebration, 2001.

9. "Wild Life Week" organized by West Bengal Government Forest Department, 2001.

10. "Sanskritik Samaraho", Guwahati Organized by E.Z.C.C. and Assam Sanskritik Sanchalkaloy, 2002.

11. "Dhanbad Kala Mahotsav", 2005.

12. "Krishna Sayar Nriya Utsav" organized by West Bengal State Music Academy, 1999.

13. "Lokenath Utsav", 2000.

14. "Bishnupur Dance Programme" organized by Mallabhumi Sangeetayan, 2000.

15. "Festival of Odissi Dance" presented by Odissi Dancer's Forum of Kolkata, 2000.

16. "Destination 2001" Tourism Expo, 2001.

17. "Barasat Utsav", 2002, 2003, 2005.

18. "Jhulan Yatra Utsav", 2002, 2004.

19. "Young Talents' Festival" organized by West Bengal State Music Academy, 2002.

20. "Bardhaman Utsav", 2003.

21. "India Festival", at Gangtok and Kolkata organized by E.Z.C.C. 2003.

22. "Vishnupur Dance and Music Festival", 2003.

23. "Kolkata Utsav" 2004.

24. "Y's Men International Convention", at Cochin, Organised by Russian Cultural Centre, 2004.

25. "Divine Damsels" at Trivandrum organised by Bharat Bhavan, Department of Culture, Government of Kerala, 2004.

26. "Melbandhani" at Swabhumi, 2004.

27. "Manisha Smarane", 2004.

28. "Udayshankar Dance Festival", 2004.

29. "Dumdum Festival", 2005, 2007.

30. "Bango Sanskriti Utsav", 2005.

31. "Haridas Sangeet Samaraho" at Vrindavan, 2005.

32. "Puja Festivals" at Jaipur, 2005.

33. "Sharad Utsav", at Delhi, 2005.

34. "Basant Utsav" orgainsed by West Bengal State Music Academy, 2006.

35. "Musical Concert" in Assam organized by Kala Academy, 2006.

36. "Youth Fair", 2006.

37. "Nagpuri Kala Sangam" at Ranchi organized by Dept. of Art and Culture, Govt. of Jharkhand, 2007.

38. "Vidhannagar Mela", 2007.

39. "Bango Sammelan", at Shimla 2007.

40. "Haazaribagh Mahotsav", at Haazaribagh, Jharkhand 2008.

41. "Ahan" a choreographic production, 2008.

42. "Vasant Utsav", 2008.

43. "Indian Classical Music and Dance Festival", at Udaipur, 2009.

44. "7 Day Lecture Demonstration and Performance on Indian Classical Dances" , at Shantiniketan organized by Viswabharati University and Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration, 2009.

45. "Abhihita" a dance production on human emotions, 2009.

46. "Cadence" an experimental dance piece , 2009.

47. "Black November" a creative work blending dance, theatre and live arts, 2009.

48. "Dance Programme" organized by WBSEB, 2009.

49. "Haridas Sangeet Samaraho", Vrindavan, 2009.

50. "Virat Sangeet Mahotsav", Vrindavan, 2009.

51. "Sony Entertainment Television" for the programme Dance Premiere League (DPL), 2009.

52. "Udaipur Dance and Music Festival", Rajasthan, 2010.

53. "Barsaat", a dance production, 2010.

54. "Diversity Project" at Queen Mary's College in England;

55. Odissi Recital at Milestone's Museum in England

Achievements and Awards of Srinwanti Chakrabarti

1. She ranked first in the dance competition organized by West Bengal State Music Academy.

2. She has been awarded "The most talented student" by Gurukul, Kolkata.

3. She ranked first in the Dance Competition organized by Aurobindo Bhawan, Kolkata.

4. She ranked second in the Soroptomist International Dance Competition.

5. She ranked second in the dance competition organized by Rotary Club.

Srinwanti's choreographic dance pieces which have been appreciated highly are Mangalam, Govinda Bolo, Mudra, Khel, Ta Dhin, Durgastuti, Krishnastotra, Ecstasy, Omkar Namah and Raghupati. In England the choreographic productions she has worked on are "Aastaran - the layers", "The Chase" and "Meghdoot". Back home the choreographic production which has given Srinwanti much critical appreciation is "Ahan - the dawn". Srinwanti's other successful choreographic productions are "Abhihita" based on emotions of human life, "Cadence" - her new experimental work in which Srinwanti searches for her own dance vocabulary and "Black November" - a creative work blending dance, theatre and live arts. Her recent work is Barsaat for which she received much appreciation.

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