About Rinku Bhattacharya Das

Rinku Bhattacharya Das was initiated to the world of Kathak dance by her mother Smt Mallika Bhattacharya disciple of Guru Acchan Maharajji and Guru Laxminarayanji of Gunijankahana Jaipur. Ever since winning the prestigious Indian national dance scholarship from West Bengal Governor B.D. Pande at age 5 she continued her  training from Smt Bela Arnab ( Dean of Kathak dance Rabindra Bharati University). She broadened her understanding of indian  classical dance forms by receiving rigorous  training in Manipuri Dance from  Guru Bipin Singh,Kalavati Devi and Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri. She was introduced to the world of contemporary dance by renowned Manipuri and Contemporary Dance artiste Sri Sanjib Bhattacharya .  As a solo and a performing artiste in both  classical and contemporary art forms she has performed in various prestigious dance programmes and festivals of India and USA. She is currently the Director of Nrityajyotidance Academy, North Carolina, USA which is devoted to the dissemination, training and promotion of the classical as well as contemporary performing arts based on Guru Shishya tradition and helps in promoting  them  internationally.

Receiving 2012-2013 Ella Pratt Fountain Emerging Artist Award from Durham Arts council NC,USA

Some of her Major Performances in India and abroad:

• North American Bengali Conference, Las Vegas, NV, by Cultural Association of Bengal
• National Centre of Performing Arts Dance Recital, Mumbai, India
• Aum Sad Gurubhyo Namaha, Cary Arts Center by Hum Sub and HSNC by Vedanta Society
• Azalea Festival, Wilmington, NC, by Brunswick CC
• International Day Festival by Brunswick Community College, Bolivia, NC
• International Festival by Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC
• South Eastern Center of Contemporary Arts Museum, Winston -Salem, NC
• Basant Bahar in Cary Arts Center, by Hum Sub, NC
• Erasing Borders Festival, Manhattan, NY, by Indo-American Arts Council
• An Evening of Manipuri Dance, Kolkata, India, by Arati Saha
• Rabindranath Tagore’s 150^th Birth Anniversary, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
• American Tagore Festivals, Rutgers, NJ, and Queens, NY
• Delhi International Arts Festival, New Delhi, India, by Pratibha Prahlad
• Indira Gandhi National Univ. Annual Event, New Delhi, India, by IGNOU
• Sankranthi-Pongal-Lohri Festival, Fayetteville, NC
• ISKCON New Goloka Dance Recital, Hillsborough, NC
• Unity in Diversity—International Night Event, Raleigh, NC, by the Wake County Democratic Party
• Regional Bengali Conference Nashville, TN, hosted by Bengali Association of Greater Nashville
• Heritage India Annual Dance Festival, Morrisville, NC, by Nuv Yug
• Dhaki-Utsav, Kolkata, India, by Swabhumi Cultural Organization
• Tanmoy Bose Special Conert, Kolkata, India, by Indian Army Command Hospital
• Violin Brothers Concert, Kolkata, India, by Calcutta Club
• Chris Rel Hip Hop Concert, Kolkata, India, by the United States Embassy
• Cultural Night in New Jersey, Rutgers, NJ, by New Jersey Indian Doctors Association
• North American Bengali Conference, Houston,TX, by Cultural Association of Bengal
• Raindrop Festival, Mumbai, India By Uma Dogra
• International Dance Festival, Vishaka Patam, Vizac, India
• Durham Arts Council
• Children’s Festival at HSNC (as Choreographer)
• International Festival Competition, Raleigh, NC (as Choreographer)
• Shri Krishna Parijatham, Basant Bahar, Cary, NC
• Diwali Program for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Durham, NC (as Choreographer & Performer)
• India Fest, Raleigh, NC, by Nuv Yug (as Choreographer)
• Doctors’ Association of Bangladesh, NC (as Choreographer)
• Dragon Boat Festival, Cary, NC (as Choreographer)
• Classic Bollywood, Cary Arts Center, NC (as Director, Choreographer & Performer)

Her Gurus

Guru Bipin Singh, Smt Kalavati devi
http://manipurinartanalaya.org/manipurinartanalaya/Founders.html

Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri
http://www.darshanajhaveri.com

Smt Mallika Bhattacharya and Guru LaxmiNarayanji (To be uploaded)

Guru Parveen Gangani
http://parveengangani.com/shree-parveen-gangni