Profile/Buddhist Ruins of India journey came at the age of 19, met the Indian dance deeplyimpressed. At the age of 23, Kumkum Lal is a master of Japanese Orisshii (kumkum Lahr), met the women of support. In addition to performances and events, volunteer in the welfare institutions of the city, shrineshave been dedicated to dance as an annual event at the Buddhist temple. 2010 London performances , solo performances in Taiwan enjoy a good reputation in 2011.
PerformanceInformation: Senndai 10/4,Katori Shrine Koshigaya moon festival9 / 12, Toride jikouin,8 / 27
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A feeling to Odissi
It is to live to dance odissi for me. It seems to be a trip to continue to happiness. While can be swelled with expectation to a beautiful scene unfolding next, It is the wonderful trip that it gets on music, and advance earlier rapidly. This happy feeling is born newly every time. The heart is up in the air gradually when I carve with music and rhythm comfortable all in one body, I become the deep joy itself while drifting in consciousness and unconscious interval. I sincerely thank Odissi was born in India! The students appeared this year! See you at Namaste India!
Profile/Hiromi maruhashi is a Mohiniyattam Dancer. Mohiniattam is South India, Kerala classical dance . Hiromi Marubashi was granted the fellowship by Japan Government to study in India .In recent years and creation along with artists of various genres in collaboration with the India dance performances. Next Performance is October 1, 2011 "Goddess brothel" in the za-Koenji http://www.mohini-jp.info/event.html
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Mohiniyattam is the much renowned traditional feminine classical art form of Kerala.
Please enjoy our performance.
Profile/Subha Kokubo Chakraborty is the founder of Indian Dance Troupe, Japan. She had a chance to join the renowned Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe, learned the Uday Shankar creative dance style there and visited different countries with the troupe. Subha has got her Bharatnatyam training under the guidance of Guru Thankamani Kutty. She has completed her graduation in economics from Calcutta University. The troupe were invited by West Bengal Government to perform in Uday Shankar dance festival at Kolkata in 1999, 2004 and 2008. The troupe got the opportunity to perform at Banga Sammelan(NABC), 2007 and 2010 held in Detroit and New Jersey, Usa. By performing Indian dance, Subha would like to introduce Indian tradition and beauty and achive cultural exchange between India and Japan.
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2011 is marked for the 150th. Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. I am planning to show the Tagore dance and Classical style to my dear audience with my Indian classical dance troupe and my Indian students from Tokyo and Kawasaki classes. Hope, everybody will enjoy our show. Waiting to meet you all. Thank you.
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【Saraswati】Saraswati was organized by Shyrien, Praha, Nao and Suiren. Our performance is fujon, based on bellydance, and adds elements of classical Indian dance, bollywood dance and gypsy dance.
【MIHO】Studio ritam Organizer / Oriental Dance Performer & Instructor
Her performance is dynamic and elegance based on Turkish bellydance. She has a career over ten years, as one of pioneer of bellydance in Japan. Recently she expands her performance to World Fusion Bellydance, adds Indian and Central Asian music and dance.
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It's the 2nd time to performance on the stage of Namaste India. We perform with our dance teacher MIHO this year. We prayed for the peace of the world with our dance.
Profile/Atsuko is a Japanese national who has dedicated her life to the beautiful Indian classical dance form called “Kathak”. She hails from Lucknow gharana. She started Kathak when she was only 6years old. She did her first performance at the age of 10 years at Shinjuku, and when she was 12 years old, she went to India for first time to performance at "Kathak Mahotsava" at Kamani hall New Delhi. The beauty of India amazed her and the world of Kathak she always had a vision for. The trip changed her life altogether in the years ahead. She devoted her life to Kathak ever since. In 2005, she met Padma Bushan Kumudini Lakhia-ji. She is one of the greatest dancer and choreographer of Kathak dance in India. It was under her she started practicing after achieving ICCR scholarship at Ahemedebad in Kadamb, a learning center of Kathak dance founded by Kumudini Lakhia-ji. A long journey being already taken, she eventually came back to Tokyo and started performing and teaching kathak in Tokyo.
Different magazines had covered her…."Vogue-Nippon" "anan" etc. to mention a few. She had performed in International exchange festival like Namaste India, Aichi EXPO'05, Indo-Japan friendship year'07, Asian Fes.'08, Sakura Festival and many more. .She takes active interest in choreography by herself and manages concerts, information of the same are available at "Amurut Manthan"" Tokyo gharana" etc. Her journey with Kathak has started as a child and she visits India every year for the love she had got from India. She is looking forward for many visits to India in the days ahead.
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Namaste! How are you? We are planing dance Kathak at Namaste India! Hope meet all of you and enjoy this Fes. together! And whenever you want dance with us, please come to our class room, thankyou.
◆contact information◆ Kadamb Japan
[ Indian classical Kathak Dance Lesson ]
+ Fri. 16:00-17:00(90min) 2,500yen at Shibuya, Studio El Salaam
+ Fri. 19:00-20:30(90min) 2,800yen at Shibuya, Studio El Salaam
+Sat. 11:15-12:45(90min) 2,500yen at Shibuya, Studio Alma
(We are planning start new class at 'Corol of India' Ojima, Tokyo from Sep. 2011)
Tel: 080-1330-5859
Mail:kadamb@hotmail.co.jp
Website URL: http://www.atsukathak.com http://www.colorsofindia.jp/cmspage.php?page_id=116&menu_id=84
MOPA Tokyo(Masako Ono Performing Arts)
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A graduate of Nrityagram, Masako Ono learned Odissi from GURU KELUCHARAN MOHAPATRA.
She's performed all over the world including Kennedy Centre, Asia Society in NY. Her dance was witnessed by the Japanese prime ministers, Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Abe. Her documentary film was broadcasted in NHK BS1 as "First Japanese" and she was selected as one of the 100 most respected Japanese in the world by the Newsweek.She directs MOPA (Masako Ono Performing Arts).
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1. Vasanta Pallavi (dance of spring)
Choregraphy: Kelucharan Mohapatra
Dancers: Dipta, Yukiko, Natsuki, Kaoruko, Shinobu
2. Ganga Taranga
Choregraphy: Naba Kishore Mishra
Dancers: Dipta, Yukiko, Natsuki, Kaoruko, Shinobu, & Masako Ono
With greatest joy, we MOPA Tokyo (Masako Ono Performing Arts TOKYO) will participate in the NO1 India-Festival in Japan, NAMSTE INDIA 2011, thank you!
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Momomi Aburatani is a dancer who has been training Odissi under Guru Bichitrananda Swain and Pabitra Kumar Pradhan in India. She has performed in many National and International festivals both in India and Japan.ハ
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I had a road accident this February. It is serious injury and takes six months for recovery. I am looking forward to be able to dance again in Namaste India.
Please come to see Namaste India !
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Yoko Matsushita/A Bharatanatyam Dancer,started learning this Indian classical dance from Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar since 1994 in India.She is also under going training from Smt. Jaya chandrasekhar,Smt. Chitra and Smt. Manjari regularly during her yearly visit to Chennai,India.She had Arangetral on 1997 in Osaka,Japan. Since then,She started impart training in her dance institution ヤPracheeユto aspiring students in Osaka,and she has been performing in many places in Japan,India and Canada.
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Namaskar!Vanakam!Yoko Matsushita & Prachee will come from Osaka.We are very happy to join Namaste India,Thank you!
Profile/Lisa Itakura
Awards the Pret-a-porter prize in Miss Japan Grand Prix. (she was the first person for japan to award the Miss Japan prize as someone who is a quarter Indian.) and Miss Asia pacific international when she was a university student.
Musical dancer, singer and actress
Performer of dance[光の舞]Hikari no Mai
Opening speaker of「Mumbai festival 2008」
Lives in Tokyo, Japan. Starts to learn modern ballet at the age of two and a half. Attends various kinds of peace festivals and events in Japan and abroad. Including the invitation to the event " Vigil of International Peace“ in the Central Park in New York where she dances a solo dance (2005), and the dance at UN in New York. (2006)
Also appears on TV"GOOD NEWS broadcast",「International Water & Peace Festival at Lake Biwa, 2010」Guest of honor Norway princess,and Tagor 150anniversary festival at Indian embassy in jun2011 Has lectures on "beauty", through Tibetan exercise to be healthy physically and mentally.
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Welcome to the Namaste india2011! I love India and Japan! Because my grandfather is Indian, and my grandmother is Japanese. As for me, I am Japanese and Indian. I feel a hot energy inside me like dancing, celebrating this festival and our bright future.I sincerely hope that the success of this event becomes a shinning path toward infinite peace and prosperity. May peace prevail on earth! May peace be in India and Japan! Thank you!
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Erina Kasai started initial dance training in Bharatanatyam in 2005, she moved to India, and had her intensive dance training under Dhananjayans. After her arrangetram in Chennai(2007), she was awarded a scholarship from ICCR(2007-2011), and continued her training in Kalakshetra foundation. She had solo performance at Kuraki Noh theater(2009), and The port opening memorial hall in Yokohama(2010). She graduated her dance course with first class in 2011.
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Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form originating from Tamilnadu of South India. It is accompanied by Carnatic music. A distinctive feature of this dance is visually dynamic and precise. The dancer firmly striking feet with rhythmical steps, uses expressive gestures as a way of communication, and narrates stories by hand gestures. This is the first time that Erina Kasai performs at the festival of Namaste India.