Sangeeta Majumder performs Indian classical dance 'Kathak'
Sangeeta Majumdar performs Kathak during a musical festival in the honour of Ustaad Hashmat Ali Khan in Delhi.
This is Annual Musical Festival 2015 organised by STRINGS N STEPS in collaboration with Tabla Academy of Ajrada Gharana at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 26th May, 2015. This is a part of Strings N Steps performance, which is a duet performance of North Indian Kathak Dance and North Indian Classical Music on instrument mainly Hawaiian Guitar. Featuring Artists are Shri Neel Ranjan Mukherjee.( Hawaiian Guitar) Sangeeta Majumder ( Kathak Dance) Zuheb Ahmed Khan ( Tabla) Danish Ali (Violin ) Zaki Khan (Harmonium)
Born in the family of academicians in the City of Joy, Kolkata, Sangeeta Majumdar is the first generation in her family who chose her career in the field of kathak dance and organising Indian Classical Events in India and abroad. This multi-faceted young dancer also holds a Master Degree in English from ‘University of Calcutta.
Her deep involvement, commitment and awareness towards society accelerated her to an endeavour ‘STRINGS N STEPS’. She is the General Secretary of Strings N Steps, an exclusive venture presenting ‘Kathak’ and ‘Hawaiian guitar’ by famous musician Shri Neel Ranjan Mukherjee (prime disciple of legendary Sitar maestro Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri), and Internationally acclaimed Tabla Wizard Ustad Akram Khan, supported by other instruments played by the musicians of international repute. She is organising ‘STRINGS N STEPS FESTIVAL’ in New Delhi in the end of this year. She aims to carry on her research work on Indian classical Music on western instruments with pure traditional Kathak dance for globalization. Another remarkable work Kathak-Hawaiian Guitar-Vocal trio named Sangam, which has been performed for first time in India.
This young dancer organizes different kinds of charitable cultural events in different parts of India and as well as abroad to popularize traditional music and dance amongst the masses in her own way by sponsoring the artists with grants. In the month of July she organised this kind program in Jharkhand with the financial support from ‘Strings N Steps’.
She has conducted workshops in different prime schools of India like ‘Mount Carmel School , Dwarka, New Delhi and at DAV Public School (organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi) , New Delhi and many more. She had got privilege to conduct workshop with Vidushi Mamta Maharaj in Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh. She has assisted Pandit Ram Mohan Maharaj in the choreography for Republic Day Parade in the front of the former President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil and other distinguished guests in the year 2011.
She has received National recognition Meera Award in the year 2009 for the excellence in kathak dance. And winner of the Title ‘Nritya Gaurav’ by Award Council of India, Lucknow '12 and performed in many reputed festivals in different cities in India and abroad. She always gives solo performances. She is the winner of Uttar Pradesh sangeet Natal Academy Competion in Kathak ,’13. Sangeeta is currently running a Music, Dance and general education school in Kolkata named Creation and she teaches Kathak many students in India and as well as in abroad . She is a regular faculty of Kathak Dance in UMAK Institute for Performing Arts (Institute of Padma Bhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhri). Recently she was interviewed by All India Radio, National channel titled “Stri Shakti” and “Mulakatein” for her achievements.
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