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[[File:Sushmita Banerjee performing with her students.jpg|thumb|Sushmita Banerjee performing with her students]]
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'''Sushmita Banerjee''' is a Kathak exponent, choreographer and dance researcher from India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Charting the course of a tradition called Kathak|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1454865.ece|website = The New Indian Express|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref> Sushmita has been under the guidance of Pandit [[Vijay Shankar]] and Smt. Maya Chatterjee briefly learned from Pandit [[Birju Maharaj]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title = Kathak show floors airmen|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kathak-show-floors-airmen/article616678.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2010-09-06|access-date = 2016-01-01|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref>

She is a graded artiste of [[Doordarshan]] and is an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Sushmita has revived the Katha Shaili of Kathak under the able guidance of Padma Vibhushan Pandit [[Birju Maharaj]].<ref name=":3" /> She was featured in Swarthmore College professor Pallibi Chakrevorty's book, "Bells of Change" for her contribution to Kathak and Indian classical dance.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bells of Change - Kathak Dance, Women and Modernity In India|last = Pallabi|first = Chakrevorty|publisher = University of Chicago Press|year = 2008|isbn = 978-1905422487}}</ref>

== Educational Background ==
Sushmita graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature from Loreto College in Kolkata. She also went on to receive her master's degree in English literature from Calcutta University.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Profile|url = http://www.sushmitabanerjee.com/profile.html|website = www.sushmitabanerjee.com|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref>

== Performances ==
Sushmita has performed in major festivals all over India and the world. She was invited by [[UNESCO]] to present her choreographic works in Tokyo<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060725/asp/calcutta/story_6449499.asp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref> in 2007. She had visited Japan previously in 1992 - 1993 to present Kathak in its original richness and complex form.<ref name=":1" /> Sushmita has performed in other international cultural venues such as:<ref>{{Cite web|title = artsnetworkasia|url = http://www.artsnetworkasia.org/directory_detail.php?id=3150|website = www.artsnetworkasia.org|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref>

* Rietburg Museum, Zürich
* Ubersee Museum, Bremen
* Belgrade Television, Belgrade
* Vasanta Utsav, Erstwhile U.S.S.R
* Windows of the world, Beijing
* Festival of India, Bangkok
* Nehru Center, London
* I.C.C.R Tours, Muscat
* Ramayana Conference, Trinidad and Tobago
* U.C. Berkeley and UCLA, Berkeley and Los Angeles
* Kansas State University, Manhattan
* Ramayan Conference, Durban
* Bali Arts Festival, Bali

== Teaching ==
Sushmita Banerjee's gurukul in Kolkata welcomes students from different parts of the world such as U.S.A, Germany, Kuwait, Switzerland, Russia, Spain and Holland.<ref>{{Cite news|title = A voyage of excellence|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/a-voyage-of-excellence/article6379859.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2014-09-11|access-date = 2016-01-01|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref> Sushmita along with her students from Geneva's Ateliers d' Ethnomusicologie have staged several productions in Geneva and Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Nathalie Masson Kathak|url = http://www.nathaliemassonkathak.com/#!press-/c1mxv|website = Nathalie Masson Kathak|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref> Sushmita recently started The ''Kerala Gharana'', a platform for learning, teaching and sharing of Indian dance and culture.<ref name=":0" /> Sushmita is also closely associated with cultural organisation, [[SPICMACAY]]. She conducts workshops around India in educational institutions like schools and universities. Her association with [[SPICMACAY]] has enabled her to work with gifted children from all around India.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Kathak danseuse mesmerises children|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/kathak-danseuse-mesmerises-children/article924936.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2010-12-01|access-date = 2016-01-01|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref>

== Awards and Honours ==
Sushmita Banerjee has been honoured with
* Emeritus Fellowship - Ministry of Culture & Human Resources, Government of India<ref>{{Cite news|title=Merging time, motion and emotions ...|date=27 April 2011|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2011/apr/27/merging-time-motion-and-emotions--248092.html|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
* Sringarmani Award - Sur Sringar Sansad,Mumbai
* Arya Natya Samaj - West Bengal
* Nritya Sadhana Puraskar - Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh, Pune<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://sushmitabanerjee.com/ Sushmita Banerjee's Website]
* [http://www.adem.ch/ Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie Genève Website]
* [http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-dance/classical/kathak.html Description of Kathak]
* [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/dance-research-journal/article/dancing-into-modernity-multiple-narratives-of-indias-kathak-dance/6F027A8D6EA0CFB2B3146E9662DCDA7A Dancing into Modernity - Multiple Narratives of India's Kathak Dances]
* [http://spicmacay.com/ SPICMACAY's Website]

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