Tanusree Shankar

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Tanushree Shankar
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee.Tanushree Shankar, Dance, at the investiture ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan (cropped).jpg
Tanushree Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan during investiture ceremony
Born (1956-03-16) 16 March 1956 (age 67)
Occupationdancer and choreographer
Spouse(s)Ananda Shankar

Tanushree Shankar (birth: 16 March 1956)[1] is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is based in Kolkata, India. She was a leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. She also acted in various films, like The Namesake.

Tanushree Shankar now leads the Tanushree Shankar Dance Company.[2] She has evolved her own modern idiom by marrying traditional Indian dances with modern western ballet expressions. She has been inspired by her lineage as much by the folk and regional dance forms of India. She has drawn extensively from rich local Indian traditions such as the "Thang-ta" (Manipuri Sword dance).

She travels with her troupe extensively around the world. Her last notable productions include Uttaran (Upliftment of the soul) and Chirantan (The eternal) which is based on Rabindranath Tagore's music.

Family[edit]

Tanusree Shankar was born in Calcutta, her father was a doctor in Indian Army.[3] Her husband, the late Ananda Shankar, was a music composer who experimented with fusion music. He was the son of dancers Pandit Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar and the nephew of the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. she has a daughter Sreenanda Shankar.

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Tanushree Shankar". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "TANUSREE SHANKAR DANCES DOWN MEMORY LANE". www.telegraphindia.com.
  3. ↑ "TANUSREE SHANKAR DANCES DOWN MEMORY LANE". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Akademi awards for 47 personalities". deccanherald.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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