Osnat Elkabir ( he, אסנת אלכביר) is an Israeli singer, dancer, painter and theatre director. She has studied classical Indian dance and

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at Banaras Hindu University in India for over ten years. Currently she teaches classical Indian theatre, dance and music at

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Study and early career

Coming to India in the year 1990 she began studying Brhamari painting from Buddhadev Chaitanya in

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(a small town near

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). Coming from a renowned artistic family, Buddhadev was a painter, dancer and musician. He developed upon his father's technique of Bhramari painting, a technique based on

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al methods with Tantric influences. Following her painting lessons, Osnat began studying Bhramari Kathak dance from Buddhadev. She went on to perform in various venues in India alongside her teacher and his wife, the German-born, Christa Chaitanya. In the 1990s she studied Pakhavaj drumming from Chatrapati Singh the late

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of Bijna. She won her Bachelor and Master degrees in classical Indian music and dance, and studied

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singing with professor Ritwik Sanyal the renowned Dhrupad singer, disciple of the late

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and dean of the faculty of music in Banaras Hindu University .

Artistic activity

Since the late 1990s, Osnat has been dividing her time between India and Israel. She has been performing Indian classical dance and Dhrupad singing in various venues in Israel and abroad, lecturing and teaching in

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and various other institutions. During the years 2002, 2003 and 2004, she directed theatre performances for the annual Festival of Alternative Theatre in Akko under the title ''Common Language'' (Hebrew: שפה משותפת). The project involved young Israeli

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, Jewish and

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actors and made use of Indian theatrical techniques and themes. In 2003, '' Where The Two Rivers Meet'', a book of her Indian memoirs, was published. And in 2004 she collaborated with Zvia Fine on an Indian

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for primary school.הודו להכיר עולם אחר, הוצאת מט"ח She lives in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, and is currently working on a children

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project.

References

External links

Dagar Family WebsiteA chapter from the book ''Where The Two Rivers Meet'' (In Hebrew)
*.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ydLxuhS6Q Video: Live performance] with Dudu Elkabir {{DEFAULTSORT:Elkabir, Osnat Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Folk dancers Israeli female dancers Israeli dancers Israeli theatre directors Israeli women theatre directors Banaras Hindu University alumni

Study and early career

Artistic activity

See also

References

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