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Sohini Roychowdhury, is an eminent Bharatnatyam dancer and choreographer, trained under renowned Gurus Thankamani Kutty and Kalamandalam Venkitt of Kolkata, where she grew up and learnt her craft. Sohini has been performing on various stages in India and across the world for the past several years. Currently based in Madrid, Spain, she is also the Founder/Director Sohinimoksha World Dance and Communications, expanding her repertoire to self-choreographed dance productions. Though groomed under the classical Tanjore style, her choreographies combine the best of two worlds -a classical conservative training & a modern innovative outlook. Contents [hide]

1 Early life and background 2 Career 3 Choreographies 4 Quotes 5 Bibliography 6 Further reading 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit]Early life and background

Sohini Roychowdhury was born in a family of illustrious musicians, in Calcutta, India. Sohini took up training in Indian classical dancing at tender age of eight. She trained under Thankamani Kutty and Guru Venkitt, renowned &  respected gurus of Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam.

Groomed under the classical Tanjore style, Sohini combines the best of two worlds - a classical conservative training  & a modern innovative outlook. Expressional dance being her forte, she gives greater importance to the aesthetics of dance and the clear interpretation of mythology.She has further embellished these inherent attributes through her recent innovative forays  into the realm of self-choreographed  thematic dance dramas, which she performs with her troupe Sohinimoksha, on European and Indian stages.

Over the years, Sohini has built a sizable reputation as an acclaimed Bharatanatyam teacher and guru in Europe and Latin America, and is a Visiting Professor of Dance, and workshop performer, at the Los Andes University in Bogota(Colombia), the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center of ICCR(Moscow, Russia),Salamanca University, Santandar University, Spain, Complutense University(Madrid,Frie University, Berlin,Southampton County Council, UK, and Casa Asia, Madrid.

In December 2010, the Spanish magazine Danza en Escena, declared Sohini as one of the top three dancers in Europe in their cover story for the month.

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From performing for Danny Boyle at the Slumdog Millionaire premiere, to rocking the Andes with the jingle of her ghungroos in Bogota, to mesmerising snow covered Moscow, to enthralling audiences from Adelaide to New York with her stagecraft and performances, Sohini Roychowdhury has been a premier ambassador of Indian culture for the last several years – a fact validated by her numerous shows for Indian missions and cultural centres across the world. Her dedication and special talent as an exponent of Bharatanatyam, her unique choreography and stagecraft, her ability to adapt and fuse the best that the world of International dance and music has to offer with her Bharatanatyam based choreographies, her culture and language bridging communication skills, have all combined together to leave a swathe of devoted students across the world – and to create the unique world of Sohinimoksha, underlining Sohini’s, and Sohinimoksha’s world-view and mission – Connecting Civilisations. Notable performances by Sohini and her group, Sohinimoksha, include –

•	The premiere of “Slumdog Millionaire”, on the request of its director Danny Boyle •	Bollymadrid Festival, Madrid •	Asia Festival Barcelona •	Tirol Cultural Council performances, Innsbruck, Austria •	La Noche en Blanco, Madrid •	Performance for the Indian Ministry of Tourism at FITUR, MADRID •	Fnac Madrid •	Indian Embassy performances at Madrid, London, Berlin and Moscow •	Times of India Festivals in India •	Off-Broadway performances in New York City •	NIIT event at Villa Magna, Madrid •	Teatro Conde Duque, Madrid •	Teatro Haagen Dazs, Madrid •	International Anthropological Museum, Madrid •	Circulo Bellas Artes, Madrid •      Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Kochi, Kerala, India

Sohini’s dance troupe consists of her students, and dancers, from all over Europe, Latin America, USA and India. She has internationalized Indian dance by fusing it with music and dance forms beyond it´s traditional classical boundaries, by adopting elements from world music, Flamenco, Western classical and chamber music & folk tunes – creating a novel stagecraft that is now uniquely identifiable as the Sohinimoksha style. The performances by Sohini and her troupe in India, Europe, Latin America, Australia, USA and Russia have been garnering tumultuous audience appreciation, and rave critical reviews everywhere.

[edit]Sohinimoksha World Dance and Communications

Sohinimoksha, the dance troupe recreates the mythological, �mystical magic of India through classical and choreographed  dance. Sohini has performed all over India, Europe and USA in leading festivals and concerts, and conducted workshops and lectures in leading European Universities and institutions like Frei-Berlin, Tirol County Council- Austria, Southampton-UK etc. In Spain, Sohini and Sohinimoksha has performed in various concerts and workshops in Madrid and Barcelona, including concerts  at Festival Asia 2006 to 2008. Since 2008 Sohinimoksha has been regularly touring India, with their latest performances at the Times of India’s Kolkata Festival and the Calcutta Club International Evening in January 2011, receiving rave audience and critical acclaim.

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Flamenconatyam

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