Sharmila Banerjee is a classical, folk and creative

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoi ...

, and

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from

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Education

Banerjee is a graduate from the

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in Management Studies. She graduated from the

Visva-Bharati University Visva-Bharati () is a public central university and an Institution of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which means the communion of the w ...

at Shantiniketan with a Bachelor of Music degree in Dance under ICCR Scholarship. In

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, she received training in the

Kathakali Kathakali ( ml, കഥകളി) is a major form of classical Indian dance. It is a "story play" genre of art, but one distinguished by the elaborately colourful make-up and costumes of the traditional male actor-dancers. It is native to the M ...

and

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styles.

Career

Banerji teaches as the head of the dance department at

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, and runs her own private institution of dance named Nritya Nandan. She has performed and choreographed in

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East ...

Dance Programs. She composed and directed Tagore's dance drama “'' Chitrangada”, “Chandalika”, “Shyama”, “Mayar Khela” “Kalmrigaya''”, and other productions based on various Bengali literature of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

and

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam ( bn, কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, Bengali literature, writer, Bangladeshi music, musician, and is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul is regarded as one ...

. She has also has worked as a choreographer at Theatre Performances.

Recognitions

* “Visva Yuva Barsha Padak 1984” * '“Nartan Visharad” by Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata in 1996. * “Shadhinata Padak (Chittagong) 1999. * “Gauhar Jamil Shammanana Padak 2002” from the Bangladesh Dancer's Association. * “Gunijan Shammanana” from the Manipuri Samskritik Parishad, Moulavibazar on the occasion of the Rash Utsav 2005. * Meril Prothom Alo Award 2009, for the best dancer and choreographer for the year. * Recognized as the “World Master of Bangladesh” by World Master's Association in Korea, 2009 * Awarded the “Shilpakala Padak 2018” for her contribution in dance in Bangladesh

Personal life

Banerji is married to Bhaswar Banerjee, an elocutionist and theatre personality. She is the mother of dancer Sudeshna Swayamprabha.

References

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