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Mahua MukherjeeTemplate:Ref is an exponent of the Indian classical dance[1] form Gaudiya Nritya. She is a researcher and teacher at Rabindra Bharati University[2] and Dean of the faculty of fine arts Template:As of.[3] Along with her husband Amitava Mukherjee, she has been reviving the dance style through her career from 1980s.[4] She has also given performances and lectures as visiting professor like at the University of Oklahoma, USA.[5][6] She has learned the dance from Bratindranath, Sashi Mahato, Narottam Sanyal, Gambhir Singh Mudha, Mukund Das Bhattacharya and other practitioners of the Chhau, Nachni, Kushan and Kirtaniya traditions.[7]
Mukherjee is also the director of institutes Gaudiya Nritya Bharati and Mitrayan. She is M.Sc., Ph.D. in Botany. She had initially also taken training in Bharata Natyam. She is considered as the "fountainhead" of the dance.[2] She has also been subject of a poem written by Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide published in her collection "The Beauty I Have Seen: A Trilogy".[8] She also features in the documentary film Geetmay Tanmay - Trance in Motion made by the Films Division of India.[9]
Books
She wrote a book on Bengal Classical Dance, Gaudiya Nritya. It was published from The Asiatic Society, Kolkata.[10]
Notes
Template:NoteMukherjee is also credited as Mukhopadhyay. For further reading refer etymology of the surname.
References
- ↑ Worlding Dance{{#if:Foster|, Foster}. Springer(2009-06-10). ISBN 9780230236844
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dance of the ancients. The Hindu(9 April 2011).
- ↑ Members of The Faculties. Rabindra Bharati University.
- ↑ Of euphoria and grace in dancing devotion. The Daily Star (Bangladesh)(11 November 2013).
- ↑ Summer players. Indian Express(7 June 2013).
- ↑ Presentation of Navarasa through dance. The Daily Star (Bangladesh)(25 March 2012).
- ↑ The wheel has come full circle. The Hindu(26 December 2006).
- ↑ The Beauty I Have Seen: A Trilogy{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. African Books Collective(2010). ISBN 978-9788422297
- ↑ Trance in Motion : Short film by Films Division. Gadurr Media, YouTube.
- ↑ Gaudiya Nritya{{#if:Mukherjee|, Mukherjee}. The Asiatic Society(2000)