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| Anita Sharma | |
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 Anita Sharma in a Sattriya performance | |
| Born | (1969-03-01) 1 March 1969 (age 55) Dibrugarh, Assam, India |
| Alma mater | Gauhati University |
| Occupation(s) | Sattriya dancer, dance teacher and choreographer |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2014) |
Anita Sharma is a Sattriya dancer from Assam, India. She has conducted extensive research on Assamese folk culture and the Satriya dance form. In 2014, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Sattriya dance.
Biography
Anita Sharma was born on 1 March 1969 in Dibrugarh, Assam. She was interested in Indian classical dance forms from her childhood. She started learning satthriya when she was only seven years old. She first trained in Sattriya dance under Roseshwar Saikia Bayan and later under Jatin Goswami. She has also trained in Odissi dance under Gorima Hazarika and Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has a master's degree in Assamese literature.
Personal life
Her husband is Samar Sharma. Her daughter Aarhie Kaushik is also a satthriya and odissi dancer.
Career
Anita, who holds a master's degree in Assamese literature from Gauhati University, has conducted extensive research work on the Sattriya dance form and has used the results of her research in her dance choreography. She is an 'A' grade artist of Doordarshan and is also an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She has also written several articles on dance in the magazine 'Anunad'.
Anita has performed at major dance festivals in India such as Khajuraho Dance Festival, Konark Dance Festival, Delhi International Arts Festival, Indian Dance Festival, and Bhagyachandra National Festival of Classical Dance, and has also performed in various parts of the country under the Sangeet Natak Akademi. She has also performed various venues outside India through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, including the Sydney Dance Festival and the Erasing Borders & Drive East Festival in New York.
Anita is the founding director of Abhinaya Dance Academy in Guwahati, where she provides training in Sattriya dance and organizes 'Parampara Dance and Music Festival' every year. In 2010, Anita and her husband Samad started Parampara Festival.
Research
Anita was awarded a two-year Junior Fellowship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Culture, Government of India, to conduct research on the topic "Different Forms of Folk Elements of Assam in Sattriya Dance". She also conducted research on "Ojapali", a unique cultural tradition of Assam, under the Sattriya Kendra of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Awards and honors
In 2012, Anitha was honoured by giving Nrutya Vidushi title, during the International Dance Congress in Bhubaneswar. In 2013, she received the Devdasi Award instituted by Devadasi National Dance Festival Committee, Bhubaneshwar. In 2014, Anita Sharma received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Sattriya dance. She received the Pankaj Charan Odyssey Research Foundation's Mahari Award in 2024.
References
- ^ "Anita Sharma" (PDF). Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- "Anita Sharma, Artistic Director at Abhinay Society, Guwahati". stories.workmob.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- "Anita Sharma: Leading Sattriya Dance with Distinction". Ashirvachan. 30 June 2024.
- ^ "8th edition of Parampara Dance and Music Festival - Footloose and fancy free with Dr.Sunil Kothari". narthaki.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- Ray, Kasturi (2015-12-12). "Divas of Dance Dynasties". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ "Anita Sharma". 8 February 2018.
- Michael, Swaran (13 April 2019). "[VoxSpace Life] Sattriya : The Ancient Assamese Dance Form Comes Alive With the Modern Generation". VoxSpace.
- Service, Express News (2012-06-19). "Exponents of eight classical dance forms to be felicitated". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- Service, Express News (2013-10-08). "Devadasi Award for Jayaprabha Menon". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- "'My dance is my worship'". The Hindu. 2015-07-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- "Assam: Satriya dancer Anita Sharma honoured with Mahari Award 2024". India Today NE (in Hindi). 13 March 2024.