Amita Dutt is the Uday Shankar Professor of Dance and Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and has been serving the world of Kathak for more than two decades.

Scholar, choreographer, danseuse and professor, Amita’s main aim is to popularize her dance and she has never turned down an opportunity to spread the message of her art at home or abroad. Groomed in the strictest classical traditions under Pdt. Birju Maharaj, Prof. Bela Arnab, Pdt. Vijay Shankar and other leading maestros of the premier Kathak gharanas, Amita dances with a hypnotic force and subtle sensitivity combining rhythmic virtuosity with delicate expressiveness, commendable, ‘taiyaari’ with mastery in ‘abhinayanga’. In her art we find a successful blend of tradition and talent, environmental totality as well as breathtaking dynamism. Her innovative, analytic mind has also constantly encouraged her to experiment with new ideas-thus expanding the boundaries of Kathak Amita’s present passion is to establish the Bengal Gharana of Kathak.

She has been invited by the Government of the United States to the prestigious American Dance Festival where she performed, taught in Master Classes and attended an Arts Management Course. She was the Convener, Culture of the Bishwa Banga Millennium Festival and the Artistic Director of the Kathak Mahotsav 2000. She has also been the Coordinator for UGC Refresher Courses on Performing and Visual Arts at her University.  Amita’s students include National and State Scholarship Awardees, University Gold Medallists and successful performers. As Artistic Director of Ananda Chandrika, an organization for research and productions on dance, Amita has choreographed and presented many innovative dance programs and documented many dance productions. Amongst the innumerable awards and honors conferred on her, mention may be made of the titles of Singar Mani, Nritya Urvashi, Nritya Sagar and Nritya Bharati. She has been honored at the North American Bengali Conference and the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, gave her the Keys to the City thereby making her an Honorary Citizen and also called May 15, 1994, Amita Dutt Day. In November 2004 she received the Governor’s Commendation in recognition of her contribution to Art from Brad Henry, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, USA.

Professor Amita Dutt Uday Shankar Professor of Dance Former Dean, Faculty Council of Fine Arts Rabindra Bharati University, Emerald Bower Campus, 56A, B.T. Road, Kolkata 700 050. India.

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Amita Dutt is the Uday Shankar Professor of Dance and Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and has been serving the world of Kathak for more than two decades.

Scholar, choreographer, danseuse and professor, Amita’s main aim is to pop