Kalamandalam Calcutta (Thankamani & Govindan Kutty )

7/2B, Dover Lane
24618454, 24618338

Kalamandalam is an Indian Classical Performing arts & Research Centre established in 1968. it was established to help the performing artists to grow up as artists. Kalamandalam Calcutta is the leading classical dance institution teaching Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam, Kathakali and Kuchipudi. Guru Kalamandalam Govindankutty and Guru Kalamandalam Thankamanikutty, popularly known as `The Kutties,' are synonymous with Kathakali and dance in West Bengal.


Padatik Dance Centre

6/7, A J C Bose Road
22896028, 9830028609

The Padatik Dance Centre was founded and run by Chetna Jalan and Shyamand Jalan and has been active on the dance scene for 25 years. Students of Padatik Dance Centre are encouraged to innovate once they become proficient. The innovative choreographic works performed by the students proves that the sutdents are involved not only in imparting training in Kathak but also encourages creativity. The unique dance form is a culmination of Kathak and other from theatre, yoga, Pillates, basic Western dance exercises and Contemporary Dance idioms.


Udayan

Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe
21A, Hindusthan Road
464-3251 / 0618

Mamata Shankar, daughter of legendary dance icons Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar, and a world renowned danceuer in her own right, started ‘Udayan’ with a handful of students. She impart lessons in the Uday Shankar style of dance and choreography. Children who enroll in "Udayan" not only learn dance, but also are groomed and nurtured to be a good human being in all respects, the society at large being the beneficiary in future.


Tanusree Shankar Dance Company

11F, Palm Avenue,
Kolkata –700 019
22809729/22905997


Tanushree Shankar is one of the leading dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance in India and is based in Kolkata. leads the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company, of the leading exponents of contemporary dance forms in India. She has evolved her own modern idiom by marrying the grace and beauty of traditional Indian dances with the soul of modern western ballet expressions. She has been inspired both by her illustrious lineage as much by the folk and regional dance forms of India.