Srinwanti Chakrabarti Odissi Dancer Profile

Even in her childhood the young Srinwanti had a penchant for dancing and she was inducted into the Odissi dance form at the tender age of five. Srinwanti has been pursuing the Gharana of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra for many years. Srinwanti finds life in the rhythm of Odissi and she has dedicated herself to the arduous practice of this classical genre. Srinwanti has acquired a high level of expertise in her teens. She has proved her excellence and earned reputation as a dance performer , innovative choreographer and dance educator both in India and abroad.

Presently she is pursuing Dance Therapy to extend dance for therapeutic services. She has also shown her mettle in research work, in the paper which she has written called “Hindu Temple Women (Devdasi) - The Divine Prostitution”

She is the founder and artistic director of the institute “SRIJATI– a centre for art and culture”.

Her devotion , dedication and determination to Odissi is evident in the number of prestigious performances she has given all over India and in abroad, in the countries of United States of America , Canada, England, Italy,France, Romania , Switzerlandand and Belgium.

Srinwanti also has a strong academic career . A convent educated student , Srinwanti has completed her graduation in Sociology from the Presidency college Kolkata and her post graduation in the same subject from the University of Calcutta . At present she is pursuing some research works and experimental choreographies.