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Tanusree Shankar | |
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.jpg) Tanusree Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan during investiture ceremony | |
| Born | (1956-03-16)16 March 1956 (age 69) |
| Occupation(s) | dancer and choreographer |
| Spouse | Ananda Shankar |
Tanusree Shankar (born 16 March 1956)[1] is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is based inKolkata, India. She was a leading dancer of theAnanda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. She also acted in various films, such asThe Namesake.
Tanusree Shankar now leads theTanusree Shankar Dance Company.[2] She has evolved her own modern idiom by combining traditionalIndian dance with modern Western ballet expressions. She has been inspired as much by her lineage as by the folk and regional dance forms of India. She has drawn extensively from rich local Indian traditions such as the "Thang-ta" (ManipuriSword dance).
She travels with her troupe extensively around the world. Her last notable productions includeUttaran (Upliftment of the soul) andChirantan (The eternal), which is based onRabindranath Tagore's music.
Tanusree Shankar was born inKolkata. Her father was a doctor in theIndian Army.[3] Her husband, the lateAnanda Shankar, was a musiccomposer who experimented withfusion music. He was the son of dancer PanditUday Shankar and Amala Shankar, and nephew of thesitar maestroRavi Shankar. She has a daughter namedSreenanda Shankar.
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