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{{short description|Indian anthropologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Sohini Ray
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|8|25}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
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| other_names = Sona
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| occupation = [[Dancer|Choreographer]], [[Anthropologist]]
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'''Sohini Ray''' (born 25 August 1966) is a classical [[Manipuri dance]]r <ref name="medhajournal">{{cite web |author=Manipuri Dance and Culture - A World Heritage |url=http://www.medhajournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:manipuri-dance-and-culture-a-world-heritage&catid=91:cultural-heritage&Itemid=210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714064730/http://www.medhajournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:manipuri-dance-and-culture-a-world-heritage&catid=91:cultural-heritage&Itemid=210 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-14 |title=Manipuri Dance and Culture - A World Heritage |publisher=Medhajournal.com |date= |access-date=2012-11-08 }}</ref><ref>[Devotional Dance by Chris Shull 2008-04-25, Page 15D, The Wichita Eagle]</ref> dance-researcher and anthropologist<ref name="medhajournal" /> from India currently based in Los Angeles, United States.

==Early career==
Ray studied Manipuri dance from age seven in Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata under [[Guru Bipin Singh]], [[Darshana Jhaveri]] and Kalavati Devi. She went through her initiation ceremony with Guru Bipin Singh at age eleven and started performing professionally at fourteen.<ref name="medhajournal" /> She was also Guru Bipin Singh's research assistant from age fourteen and received the national scholarship in Manipuri dance from the ministry of culture, Government of India in 1982.<ref name="medhajournal" /> Concurrently she did her schooling from Modern High School for girls, Kolkata, where she also performed in school functions.

==Academic career==
Ray did her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in anthropology from [[University of Calcutta]]. Later, she received her MA in dance and Ph.D. in anthropology from University California at Los Angeles. ([[Sanamahism]]). She was a fellow at the [[Harvard Divinity School#Center for the Study of World Religions|Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/research-appointments/past-affiliates/past-affiliates-n-r |title=Harvard Divinity School - Center for the Study of World Religions - Past Affiliates N-R |publisher=Hds.harvard.edu |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref> and faculty fellow in University of California, Humanities Research Institute, University of California, Irvine. She has taught in University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Barbara <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/people_facultyprofile.php?ResearcherID=205 |title=Ucsb | Theater | Dance |publisher=Theaterdance.ucsb.edu |date=2011-10-31 |access-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210132723/http://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/people_facultyprofile.php?ResearcherID=205 |archive-date=2012-12-10 |df= }}</ref> and [[Santa Monica College]] and has many publications.

==Dance career==
Sohini Ray is the founder and artistic director of Manipuri Dance Visions – Institute of Manipuri Dance in southern California.<ref name="articles.latimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-16-et-manipuri16-story.html |title=Manipuri tradition flourishes - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1999-12-17 |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref> She has performed, choreographed and directed many productions in classical Manipuri dance namely Harao-kummei: joyful celebrations in Manipuri dance,<ref name="articles.latimes" /> Gita-Govinda,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/blogs/educationwatch-arimm-hosts-conference |title=EducationWatch: ARIMM Hosts Conference |publisher=GRAMMY.com |date=2008-10-14 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref> Krishna-Ningshingba and has performed and toured Europe and North America and India,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/307003/manipuri-dance-choice-beyond-me.html|title=Manipuri dance was a choice beyond me|newspaper=Deccan Herald |date=2013-01-22|accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref>

==Academic awards and achievements==
Jubilee prize, University of Calcutta, India, 1988<ref name="medhajournal" />
National Scholarship, University of Calcutta, India, 1988<ref name="medhajournal" />
University gold medal, University of Calcutta, India, 2011.
JB Donne Prize in anthropology of art, Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therai.org.uk/awards/past-awards/jb-donne-essay-prize-on-the-anthropology-of-art-past-recipients/ |title=J.B. Donne Essay Prize on the Anthropology of Art Past recipients |publisher=Therai.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref>

==Dance awards and achievements==
*National scholarship from government of India from 1982-1986,<ref name="medhajournal" />
*First prize in Manipuri dance, Sangeetotsav, 1988<ref name="medhajournal" />
*Shringar-Mani award, Kal-ke-kalakaar Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai, 1988
*Naratan Acharya, Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata, 1999.
*Elaine Weissman Los Angeles Treasures Award, California Traditional Music Society, 2007 <ref>[Khokar, Ashish Mohan Attendance Dance annual of India 2007, pg 11]</ref>
*Nomination, Lestor Horton Award, 2007
*Winner, Lestor Horton Award, 2008 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drc-la.org/pages/horton_awards_past_winners |title=Horton Awards Past Winners - Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles and Southern California |publisher=Drc-la.org |date= |access-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602191057/http://www.drc-la.org/pages/horton_awards_past_winners |archive-date=2013-06-02 |df= }}</ref>
*Nomination, Lestor Horton award, 2010.

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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Manipuri dancers]]
[[Category:Indian women social scientists]]
[[Category:Indian women anthropologists]]
[[Category:Scientists from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian social scientists]]
[[Category:Women scientists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian anthropologists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women scientists]]
[[Category:Women educators from West Bengal]]

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