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K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh

Bio

K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh has performed and directed Tagore dance and Manipuri dance extensively both in India and outside India. As part of the 125th birth anniversary celebrations in the UK in 1986, he directed and performed Tagore and Manipuri dances in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and the Commonwealth Institute Hall, as well as in various cities around the UK. In 1995 and 1997, on behalf of Visva-Bharati University, he directed performances of Tagore musicals staged at the Parliament House, New Delhi for the Indian Prime Minister and Indian MPs. His dance tours outside India as a director and performer have included China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Russia, the US, as well as almost annual tours of Bangladesh.

K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh has received many awards from academies around India and Bangladesh, including the Bulbul Academy (Dhaka) and the 1999 Academy Award from the Manipur State Kala Academy. He has directed and taken part in many TV presentations of Tagore dance musicals in India, Bangladesh, the UK and Russia. He has also acted in the TV film Tridhara and in the documentary Moor-ho-jighansa. His training in dance started in early childhood from his father, the Late Guru K Kamini Singh; he trained later with Late Guru Lokeshore Singh, Late Guru Babaton Singh, Late Guru Lakshman Singh, Late Guru M. Amubi Singh, Late Guru H. Atomba Singh and Late Guru A. Amubi Singh. He has a Diploma in Manipuri dance from the Manipur Dance Academy and four years’ Guru training from the Late Guru M Amubi Singh.

K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh is currently Professor of Manipuri Dance and Head of the Department, Rabindra Sangeet dance and drama (Theatre Arts) at the Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University.

1st AD- Job Description

The First Assistant to the Director. S/he operates in cooperation with the Director and the Production Manager as the Producer's administrative consultant applying his/her artisits, technical and professiona expertise as the on set expediter and is responsible for maintaining optimum coordination among crew categories and performers in order to maintain the pace required by the shooting schedule as set by the Director.