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Grants & Awards
2024 -
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Recipient of NYSCA Support for Individual Artist for 2025 to develop new choreographic work.
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Named one of the 10 arts leaders of color selected for the inaugural HueArts NYS Leadership Cohort (HALC)
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Recipient of Program of the Year award at the Celebration of the Arts (COTA) 2024, by Tri-County Arts.
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Received Funding from Chautauqua Regional Community Foundation for Jamestown Dance Festival.
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Received Funding from Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation for Jamestown Dance Festival.
2023 -
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Recipient of NYSCA Support for Artists in Folk and Traditional Arts for "The Bayadere". Fiscal sponsorship provided by ASI WNY.
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Chosen as one of 5 new members to join NYS DanceForce, representing Western NY/Chautauqua County
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Sukanya recognized as YWCA Jamestown 2023 Women of Achievement for the Power the Future Award.
2022 -
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Selected as one of 4 WNY artists for TimeSlips Tele-Stories project, funded by Ralph C. Wilson Foundation
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Selected as one of 13 NY based choreographers for New York State Choreographer's Initiative, funded by NYS DanceForce
2021 -
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Chosen as a Resident Artist in the Curriculum in Motion at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
2018 -
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Recipient of the United Arts Appeal grant
Performances
2024 -
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"The Bayadere: The Past, Present, and Future", Jamestown Dance Festival, Reg Lenna, Jamestown NY
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Guest Artist, 25th Anniversary Celerbration, Saugandhikam Dance Academy, Toronto ON
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Guest Performer, Choreographer, Le Moyne College, Syracuse NY
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Guest Presenter & Guest Instructor, American College Dance Association NE (ACDA), Rochester NY
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SBD Dance Showcase 2024, Darrah Hall, Jamestown NY
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Dance Choreography for "Birds through an Indigenous Lens", Kayco, Jamestown NY
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Guest Performance, World Refugee Day Celebration, hosted by New Neighbors Coalition, Jamestown NY.
2023 -
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"The Bayadere: The Past, Present, and Future", Scharmann Theater, Go-Global! Fair, Jamestown NY
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"The Bayadere: The Past, Present, and Future", Cappa Theater, Jamestown NY
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Bharatanatyam Thillana, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo NY
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Guest performer, Shea's 710, Buffalo NY
2022 -
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Kathak Tarana, Creative Morning's, Buffalo NY
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Bharatanatyam, 14th Annual International Law Roundtable Welcome, Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown NY
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Tillana, Under One Sky Dance Festival, New York City
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Brindavani, Spring Gala with CRYB, Chautauqua Insitution
2021 -
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Tarana (Kathak-performer), Spring Gala with CRYB, Chautauqua Institution, NY
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Taino Calling Song, Indo-Rican Multicultural Dance Project (performer), NYC Dept. of Education
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Tarana (Kathak-performer), Dance Rouge with CRYB, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY
2019 -
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Mahabharata, Navatman (performer), Symphony Space, NYC
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Taino Calling Song, Indo-Rican Multicultural Dance Project (performer), Hudson Center / Dixon Place / Swedish House in NYC
2018 -
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Nisi Dominus (choreographer), Dance Noir with CRYB, Jamestown NY. Supported by the United Arts Appeal
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Brindavini (Bharatanatyam-performer), Dance Noir with CRYB, Jamestown NY
2017 -
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Women of Words (performer/chereographer), Diebold Performing Arts Center, Edinboro PA
2015 -
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A Cultural Rendezvous with Sukanya Burman, Gyan Manch, Kolkata India
2012 -13
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Company Dancer, "Swan Lake Revisited", Rhythmosaic (Kolkata, India), Denmark, Belarus, Sweden, India
Workshops, Lectures & Community Engagement
2024 -
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Guest Lecturer, "Dance as a Tool for Social Change", Le Moyne College, Syracuse NY
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Modern Dance, Guest Instructor, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua NY
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Guest Instructor, American College Dance Association NE (ACDA), Rochester NY
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Movement Workshop, JHS Justice For All Class, Jamestown NY
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"Physicality of Emotions" Workshop, JHS College Public Speaking Class, Jamestown NY
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Introductory Kathak Series, Harlem Road Community Center, Amherst NY
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Guest Lecturer, "Dance as a Tool for Social Change", Rotary Club, Jamestown NY
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Composition Master Class, e.da.co Eclectic Dance Company, Fredonia NY
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6-Week Creative Movement Series, Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown, Jamestown NY
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Modern Dance Guest Instructor, Intensive-week, Studio Dance Conservatory, Jamestown NY
2023 -
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Modern Dance, Guest Instructor, Intensive-week, Studio Dance Conservatory, Jamestown NY
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Modern Dance, Guest Instructor, Semester, Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet, Jamestown NY
Dance Education
2013-2014 - Independent Training Program, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dancy
2011-2013 - Diploma in Contemporary Dance and Movement Arts, Rhythmosaic Dance Company, Kolkata India
2011-2013 - Kathak, Rhythmosaic Dance Company, Kolkata India
1999-2005 - Advanced Diploma from Kalamandalam in Bharatanatyam, Kolkata India
1992-1999 - Diploma in Bharatanatyam from Meera Chandam, Kolkata India
Professional Association & Support
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