Shyama

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Kaberi Chatterjee

Bio

Kaberi Chatterjee is a rare example of an Indian classical dancer who has also studied dance to a high academic level. She has performed extensively in Asia, particularly in events organised by the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. These included a programme for the Indian Parliament and Prime Minister in 1995 to mark the 134th anniversary of Tagore’s birth which was broadcast on Indian national TV. She has danced the title roles of all of Tagore’s dance musicals and musical plays in several productions. In 2005/2006, she gave a number of very well-received performances around Europe, including at the Museum of Asian Arts in Nice and in London’s Purcell Room.

Kaberi has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Manipuri dance from Visva-Bharati University and obtained a PhD in 2006 for her thesis on the influences of different dance styles on the Tagore dance form. She has been dancing since she was three and first learned Manipuri dance from Madhab Mukherjee and K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh (Uttiyo - dancer / Dance director). She won the 1994-96 Indian national scholarship for Manipuri dance. As well as performing, she has given dance classes up to MMus level at Visva-Bharati University and choreographed various Tagore dance performances for different televised festivals.

Kaberi has devised and choreographed Kaberi's Indian dance workout, a workout-style, interactive DVD using Indian classical, semi-classical and folk dance movements, as well as yoga. She has recently finished writing Tagore dance, a book based on her PhD thesis.

Appearing as:

Shyama (dancer)