UTTIYA BARUA.

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION:

• 1st Class in B.A(Dance) from Rabindra Bharati University

• 1st Class in M.A(Dance) from Rabindra Bharati University

TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF DANCE:

• Initial training in the field of Bharatanatyam dance from Smt. Praveena S. Kutty

(Kalakshetra Style) at Kolkata Kalamandalam.

• A senior disciple of Natyacharya Padmabhusan Sri V.P.Dhananjayan & Smt.

Shanta Dhananjayan at Bharatakalanjali, Chennai.

• Participated in Natya Sangraham (Bharatanatyam) workshop conducted by

Natyarangam at Thennangur (Vandavasi).

• Participated in Bharatanatyam workshop by Rema Srikanth (Baroda), organised

by West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy.

• Attended Natya Sastra workshop from Sri. Abhay pal, conducted by

W.B. Dance Group Federation.

• Work with great Bharatanatyam guru like Padmabhusan Prof. C. V.

Chandrashekhar, Prof. A. Janardhanan (Ex-principal of Kalakshetra),

Smt. Ambika Bouch (Senior lecturer of Kalakshetra).

• Initial training in the field of Kathak from Smt Biswarupa Chanda (Disciple of

Guru Omprakash Maharaj) for 7yrs.

• Received 1yr training in Chhau Dance (Seraikella, Mayurbhanj & Puruliya Style)

organised by Rabindra Bharati University.

• Attended kuchipudi workshop by padmabhusan Raja Reddy, organised by EZCC,

Kolkata.

• Attended Ranjeet Ching Tham’s Thang-Tha workshop organised by C.L.T.

Praktani, Kolkata.

• Work with Bimbavati Devi (Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata) in her production

Anubhavamah.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Taught in Taracharan Institute of Culture, Kalna as a dance teacher for 4yrs.

• Has been teaching for last 5yrs in Kalpakkal Dance School, Kalpakkam,

Sivalaya Natyapalli, Chengalpet and KumaraRani Meena Muthiah Matriculation

Hr. Sec School, Chennai.

• Started teaching in Bharatakalanjali, bharatanatyam institution of

The Dhananjayans.

• Six students of Shivalaya Natyapalli, Chengalpet did their Bharatanatyam Arangetram,

under the guidance of Sri. Uttiya Barua.


PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:

As a senior artist of Bharatakalanjali and a soloist has been performing in major

dance festivals in various parts of India.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Kalamandalam Dance Festival, Kolkata in 1998 & 2003.

• Sri Geeta Jayanti Utsav, Kolkata 2002.

• Different group dance performances in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata,

from 2000 to 2003

• Parv Bharatiyam 2003, EZCC, Kolkata.

• Konarak Dance Festival, Konarak, Orissa2003 & 2010 (OTDC)

• Uday Sankar Dance Festival, Kolkata2003 & 2007.

• Sri Krishna Jananam in Krishna Sringara Dance Festival 2008, Bangalore ISKON.

• Sri Krishna Jananam in Music academy, 2009.

• Performed in Guruvayur temple, Trissur, Kerala 2009.

• Margari Mahotsav 2009, organised by Padma Sarangapani Cultural Academy,

Chennai.

• Natyanjali Festival in Kumbhakonam, Thirunallar & Thiruvarur 2010.

 Krishnanjali Natyotsavam Chennai 2009.

• Natya Samarpanam by Prayathnam, Chennai 2010.

• Nartaka Narthanam in Bharat Kalachar & Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai 2010.

• Naatya Nivedanam,Chennai 2011.

• Performed in Tagore’s Dance-Drama Chitrangada as Arjuna (hero).

• Performed in Tyagaraja Vaibhavam and Purnatrayee in Shanmukhananda Sabha,

Mumbai, 2011.

• Performed in Margary (December) Natya Festival in Krishnagana Sabha,

Bharat kalachar, Chennai 2011.

• Performed in Tyagaraja Yoga Vaibhavam, in Naradagana Sabha, Chennai, 2012.

• Rabindranath Tagore’s RITURANGA, organised by MIHU (NGO), New Delhi,

2012.

• Aikya Bharatam, Bharatiya folk &classical dance performance, by

Bharatakalanjali in S.G.S Sabha’s centenary celebration, Chennai 2012.

• Participated in Natya Pravaha, organished by international Dance Alliance (IDA)

as a group performer of Bharatakalanjali, in Chennai 2012.

• Participate in RAMANATAKAM by BHARATAKALANJALI in Coimbatore, 2013.

SOLO:

• Has performed in several performance organized by Rabindra Bharati University.

• Dance performance in Kalna, Burdwan, W. B. 2009.

• Inaugurated 6th Krishnanjali Natyotsavam, Chennai 2009.

• Mayol Dance Festival, ICCR Auditorium, Kolkata 2009 organised by Manipuri

Nartanalaya.

• Has performed in Natyarangam, organised by Narada Gana Sabha trust, Chennai

2011.

• Performed in 1st anniversary of PRANAVAM,the dance institute of Smt. Praveena

Kutty, CLT Hall, Kolkata 2011.

• Dasyam Yuva Fesival, Chennai 2012.

• WORLD DANCE 2012 Celebrations, by JG College of Performing Arts,

Ahmedabad, Gujrat.

• has performed in NCPA Umang Festival in Mumbai,2013

DUET:

• UdaySankar Dance Festival, Kolkata 2007.

• Natya samarpana by Prayathnam, Chennai 2010.

• Natya Nivedanam by Bharatakalanjali, Chennai 2013.

 Uttiya continues to perform as a solo, duet as well as group performer with The

Dhananjayans in well known sabhas in Chennai and many places in the country.

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