RHYTHMOSAIC

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Dr. Mitul Sengupta
 Artistic Director

Dr. Mitul Sengupta, a recipient of NESIN, 2020 , International Research Award, National Nrityo Shrimani Award, 2014, a National Scholar in Kathak dance from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, a Fellow in Kathak dance from Kalakritti Sanskritti Foundation, New Delhi, an IIDF awardee, 2017 and a rehabilitation psychologist from Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). Mitul is an empaneled artist of ICCR , EZCC, Sangeet Natak Academy. A research scholar from University of Calcutta she has acted as an academician in developing the importance of movement psychotherapy in India. She acted as  the guest lecturer, Performing Arts Therapeutic Division, and Examiner of Choreography, in Rabindrabharati University. She is a  member, of American Dance Therapy Association and member of Ethics Committee of Indian Association of Dance Movement Therapy established in 2020. 

Started her dance career at the age of five. She has undergone tutelage from great exponents in Kathak dance like Pt, Birju Maharaj, Smt. Saswati Sen, Late Pt. OmPrakash Maharaj, Dr. Malabika Mitra, Smt. Madhumita Roy and Smt. Chetna Jalan.

She has undergone training in Classical Jazz and Classical Ballet under Sri Ronnie Shambik Ghose. 

She is presently a teacher, choreographer and artistic director  of Rhythmosaic School and Dance Institute/ Sengupta Dance Company.


Choreography


2020

Co - Choreographed for BLACK WATERS an Indo- UK dance production with Phoenix Dance Theater along with Dr. Sharon Watson, former Artistic Director, Phoenix Dance Theater and Ronnie Shambik Ghose, Director, Rhythmosaic. supported by Arts Council, England, Phoenix Dance Theater. 


2019

Resonance - supported by Open Doors, Daga Nikung, Harrington Arts Centre. 


2018

Ekalavya - the undaunted- supported by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Open Doors. 


2016

Bells of The Changing Times - Supported by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Open Doors, Harrington Arts Center, CIMA Arts Gallery, The Telegraph T2. 


2015-2017

Choreographed and presented WHITE LOTUS- BLACK SAND, an Indo- chinese Dance Production with Beijing Dance/ LDTX Company, China, 


2013-2015

Choreographed and presented BUDDHA - THE WHY WITHIN an Indo - French Dance Production with Offjazz Dance Company in association with ICCR, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Sanskritti Sagar, Open Doors, Anjika, Alliance Francaise Du Bengale. 


2012

She is the Choreographer and Presenter of "SWAN LAKE - Revisited" an ICCR sponsored Indo- French Dance Production. 2012




Collaborations with Companies, Choreographers and Artists.


Dr. Sharon Watson, former Artistic Director, Phoenix Dance Theater, UK- Production, BLACK WATERS, 2020


Collaboration with The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts 2018 - organized by Teamwork Arts. 2018


Mr. Willy Tsao, Founder Director, Beijing Dance Festival, Guangdong Dance Festival, Artistic Director- Beijing Dance/LDTX, 2015-2017


Ms. Martine Kaisserlian and Gianin Loringett, Artistic Director and Director, Offjazz Dance Company, France - Buddha- The Why Within, an Indo- French Dance Production, 2014-2015


Mr. Gianin Loringett, Artistic Director, OFFJAZZ DANCE ACADEMY, NICE, FRANCE - SWAN LAKE - REVISITED,  2012-2014


IMPULSE - Fringe Residency , an UK based CONTEMPORARY DANCE INITIATIVE featuring, Contemporary B-boying by UK artist, Wilkie Branson and Joel Daniel and  Contemporary Dance and  Kathak by Dr. Mitul Sengupta, 2013


Collaborations with Indian Artists


Performed with Pt. Bickram Ghose in Tagore Lounge organized by Opendoors 2011.


Performed Live with Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya in "Monsoon Melodies" organized by Weavers Studio Centre For The Arts & Times of India , 2011.


Performed in LAKME FASHION WEEK 2011 and "Peeli Kothi" for   Sabyasachi    Mukherjee in association with Taj Bengal, t2, The Telegraph.  2011. 

PERFORMANCES INTERNATIONAL 


  1. ROYAL DANISH BALLET – Denmark 2012
  2. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY – Belarus 2012
  3. INDIAN EMBASSY – Stockholm, Sweden 2012
  4. BEIJING DANCE FESTIVAL - Beijing, China 2014
  5. ERASING  BORDERS INDOOR FESTIVAL by INDO - AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL - New York, USA, 2014
  6. INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL, Thailand. 2014.
  7. INNOPROM - INDIA- RUSSIA, INDUSTRIAL NET, 2016, Ministry of Trade & Commerce, Govt. of India & Russia, - Russia, 2016
  8. ABUNDANCE DANCE FESTIVAL, Karlstad, Sweden, 2016
  9. DANCE CENTRUM, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016
  10. Indo Chinese Dance Collaboration - Beijing China, 2017
  11. 70th Year of Independence of India in Alegria organized by Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India, Embassy of Algeria in India and Embassy of India in Algeria with Ministry of Culture Algeria, 2017
  12. India By the Bay Festival 2018 organized by Teamwork Arts, Hong Kong. 
  13. Kalasangam, Bradford, UK, 2019
  14. SAA arts, Leeds, UK, 2019
  15. Reopening Ceremony of St. George's Hall, Bradford, UK, 2019
  16. Leeds Beckett University, UK, 2019

WORKSHOP FACILITATION


INDIA

  • Attakkalari Center for Movement Arts (Bangalore, London) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Nirupama Rajandra Dance Company (Bangalore) 2007
  • STEM Dance Kampni (Bangalore) 2007
  • Kathak Kendra (Delhi) 2009
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Manipuri Dance (Manipur) 2012
  • Created Production "KAPPA" for Gurukul Academy of Legendary Dr.Ratan Thiyam 2013

FRANCE
Offjazz Dance Company.(NICE, FRANCE) 2009, 2013
Nice University (NICE, FRANCE)  2009

BANGLADESH
World Dance Alliance in collaboration with India  & Bangladesh. 2010
Sadhona , Bangladesh, 2013

SWEDEN
Conducted Workshop organized by Embassy Of India, Sweden for Swedish People 2012
Workshop at DADA and Dancecentrum 2016, Sweden

NEW YORK
Workshop at PACE University organized by IAAC (Indo- American Arts Council), USA, New York, 2014

CHINA
Taiyuan University and National School of Dance, Taiyuan, China, 2017

HONG KONG
The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, MFA Dance, 2018. 

UNITED KINGDOM
Leeds Beckett University, BA Dance, 2019. 

PERFORMANCES IN NATIONAL FESTIVALS


  1. SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI “PRATIVA UTSAV” 2004, 2005, Kolkata, Ranchi
  2. KATHAK MAHOTSAV 2007, 2009, New Delhi
  3. KESHAV SMRITI SAHAROHAO New Delhi 2008
  4. RASHTRIYA KATHAK SANSTHAN, Lucknow 2009
  5. UDAY SHANKAR DANCE FESTIVAL, Kolkata, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
  6. SAMAKALA – A Festival of Contemporary Dance Odissa – 2012
  7. BIENALLE – A Festival of Contemporary Dance, Bangalore, by ATTAKKALARI, 2009
  8. DRISTI FESTIVAL 2009, Bangalore
  9. BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, 2010
  10. INTERNATIONAL PURI BEACH FESTIVAL, Odissa, 2010, 2012
  11. SANGEET RESEARCH ACADEMY, 2013
  12. INDO OCCIDENTAL SYMBIOSIS, 2013
  13. ICCR, Bangalore, 2013
  14. ASEM - Asia - Europe Diplomat Meet - New Delhi by Ministry of External Affairs and ICCR - 2013
  15. CUTTACK MAHOTSAV , Odissa, 2015.
  16. ICCR, Kolkata, 2015
  17. ICCR, Mumbai, 2016
  18. Delhi International Arts Festival, 2016
  19. CIMA Awards, 2017
  20. Expressions Dance Festival by Teamwork Arts 2017
  21. Lucknow Kathak Mahotsav, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Kathak Kendra, Lucknow, 2017
  22. Birla Academy For Art and Culture, 2018
  23. Victoria Memorial, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India, 2018


REVIEW OF MITUL SENGUPTA KATHAK BY REPUTED CRITICS OF OUR COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONAL

2019

Dr. Rachel Krishe and Dr. Laura Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in Dance Research, School of Film, Music and Performing Arts, Leeds Beckett University. 


"The work was incredibly well executed in terms of performance quality Mitul performed with incredible focus, skill and authority, provoking a sense of time thickening and extending"

2018

COMMENTS FROM  THOMAS.T.BROWN dance journal/hk, Chair Emeritus at Hong Kong Dance Alliance


About Production I Illuminate and In The Moment, a collaboration between Rhythmosaic Sengupta Dance Company and MFA Students of The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts".  


"I enjoyed so much your work tonight. Your dancing was riveting. I was enthralled from the moment you stepped onto the stage. You have such clarity in each movement, such strength and staccato that you contrast so beautifully with legato expression and gesture. Your story telling is so compelling, through arm and hand gestures, facial gesture and expression, and rhythmic foot work that I am totally engaged with it throughout the dance. And I am so very happy that Shambik has found such great success with you. Please extend my congratulations to him for his excellent work. Congratulations and thank you for a wonderful evening."


COMMENTS FROM JOSEPH VICTOR GONZALES, Professor, Department of Dance, The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, 2018


Mitul Sengupta. You were magic!! Thanks to Rhythmosaic, Shambik and MFA dancers. We did this!! - Joseph Victor Gonzales."


2017
Dr. LEELA VENKATRAMAN, 2017, Narthaki.com

“In snatches of Kathak and expressional gestures, the compulsive stage presence of Mitul with her finished movements and communicating skills, stood out.

Ms SHARMILABASUTHAKUR, TheTelegraph,2017, 

“The lawn of Daga Nikunj was well decorated for an evening of dance. Mitul Sengupta, a Kathak dancer, along with her troupe, Rhythmosaic Sengupta Dance Company, presented Bells of Changing Times. A part of the CIMA Awards 2017, organized by Open Doors and the Alka Jalan Foundation, it narrated the journey of Kathak from the temple abodes, through the Mughal period to contemporary times in an enjoyable manner. The show began with a Shiva tandava by the male dancers. " Shankar Girijapati", a famous dhrupad, was the perfect choice for this. After the invocatory number, the production showcased the period famous for thumri and tarana. It was lyrical and expressive. Sengupta was graceful in an aesthetically done costume and performed with élan. Her precise movements, sense of rhythm and subtlety enriched the recital. The finale was a combination of live music by Dishari Chakraborty and dance performances by Sengupta and Ronnie Shambik Ghose. First, Sengupta highlighted the similarities between Flamenco and Kathak. This was followed by a jugalbandi of Tap dance and Kathak by Ghose and Sengupta.”


CHEN NAN (CHINA DAILY),  2017

Indian and Chinese artists get together to present a piece inspired by classical kathak and modern dance in Beijing, Chen Nan reports.

She spins around and around really fast with her long, black braided hair spinning in the air and her hands gesturing up and down.

"It's all about the center point. All the movements start and return to the center point of the body," gasps Mitul Sengupta, a 35-year-old Indian dancer-choreographer, who displays a movement of kathak, a major Indian classical dance form, at the theater of Beijing Dance/LDTX.

This is part of her latest choreography work, titled White Lotus - Black Sand, which will be staged at Beijing's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Friday and will travel to Taiyuan in Shanxi province on Monday.

The work is the first collaborative project between Rhythmosaic-Sengupta Dance Company, which was founded by Sengupta 10 years ago along with her husband, Ronnie Shambik Ghose, who graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a major in musical theater dance, and Beijing Dance/LDTX, which was founded by Willy Tsao in 2005.  Read more- http://wap.chinadaily.com.cn/2017-04/07/content_28826613.htm



ANN- MARIE WRANGE, 2016

She belongs to the new generation of Indian dancers both on the exquisite classical tradition, but is also interested in contemporary dance and the modern features in their performances, just like khatakfenomenet Akram Khan. Dr Mitul Sengupta part, it is both the jazz and modern ballet.

Dr. ANITA RATNAM, 2015, 2016 

“Mitul is an excellent interpreter of Kathak and modern movement and is an artiste to watch.” 2015, narthaki.com
“Mitul Sengupta is evolving very quickly into a contemporary dancer to watch. With the rigour of classical jazz and contemporary dance movement, she brings to her Kathak, a flair and an edge that is riveting to watch. Let us watch her blossom and may TEAM PADME continue to bloom in their chosen fields as they move on in life! “ 2016 

• BRIAN SIEBERT, NEW YORK TIMES, 2014 

 " Ms. Sengupta’s traditional technique was surer, especially in the precision and counter rhythms of her footwork. Though her shapes blurred in rapid spins, her franticness was somewhat justified by the ancient story she depicted of a son sacrificing his life in war." New York Times "  - Traditions Meld Deftly to the Contemporary, Erasing Borders Festival Takes a Modern Turn. BRIANSEIBERTSEPT. 7, 2014, Dance Critic , New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/arts/dance/erasing-borders-festival-takes-a-modern-turn.html?src=twr&_r=1 

• CELIA IPIOTIS, EYE ON ARTS, NEW YORK, 2014 

"An astonishing array of crystal clear micro movements of the hands, head and feet snapped during D. Mitul Sengupta’s presentation of an episode from the Kurukshetra War in the Mahabharata. After a blazing display of her hands and forearms crossing and opening, she rippled around the stage in a blur of fast, tight turns—moving with the speed of a Tasmanian devil an the serenity of a Buddha. - Eye on Dance, Erasing Borders Indoors Festival, 2014, NYC, USA by  Celia Ipiotis -  http://www.eyeondance.org/arts/archives.cfm?category=5FA605C9-5555-46DF-992EB5F4AEACF582

The Telegraph, 2013

Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, in collaboration with ITC Sangeet Research Academy, presented When It Rained Again, a solo kathak performance by Mitul Sengupta at SRA on July 13. In a homely ambience, Sengupta explored the magic of the rhythm and grace of this dance style based on teental. Her thaat, amad, paran and chakkar were marked by crisp footwork and neat gait. Command over rhythm and vibrant energy made her performance distinct.

Dr. SUNIL KOTHARIE , 2012

Mitul Sengupta, a national scholar of Kathak, has studied Kathak from Kalakriti Samskriti Foundation in New Delhi and has a doctorate in psychology. She is trained in Flamenco and Jazz.  Mitual is a versatile dancer exceptionally graceful, rhythmic and strong. Her Kathak has all the nazakat and khubsoorati, grace and beauty but she has imbued it with quality of jazz and sparkle. It leaves an indelible impression. Mitul won applause for her talent.( 2012) narthaki.com.