TANDAVAM	DASAVATARAM	MADHURASHTARAM

KATHAKALI ART CENTRE :

Previously the Kathakali Club, Calcutta today the centre can boast of having instrumental in bringing the great stalwarts like Ramankutty Nair, Kumaran Nair, Krishna Nair, Kalamandalam Gopi and many other artists to perform in Calcutta. The centre has also collaborated with the State Music Academy in organising workshop with these great maestros.

KEERATA - ARJUNA-KATHAKALI	PERFORMS AT NISHA GANDHI FESTIVAL

BHARATANATYAM	BHARATANATYAM	BHARATANATYAM
Bharatnatyam Groupe	Bharatanatyam	Abhisar

National and Foreign Students  - We welcome Outstation students as well as students from abroad. We provide hostel facilities also. DONATION : Donations are invited from individuals and corporate houses. All donations are exempted under 80G  of the I.T Act 1961

Forth coming Events :
*Kalamandalam Annual Dance Festival – 2009

* 11th April, 2009 BB Ghosh Auditorium, Haldia for Haldia branch
* 24 th April, 2009 Pushpashree Hall, EZCC, Evening for Salt Lake branch guest Guest Performer Pratibha Ramaswamy, Bangalore in Bharatanatyam dance.
* 25 th April, 2009 Pushpashree Hall, EZCC, Evening for Salt Lake branch
* 26 th April, 2009 Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan, Evening for Jodhpur Park branch.
* 2nd May, 2009 Guru Smt. Thankamani Kutty Felicitated with Shreshta Kala Pracharak Award in the presence of Chevalier Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, Sri Jayant Kastuar, Secretary, Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi and  Padmashree Saroja Vaidyanathan of Ganesa Natyalaya, New Delhi at Kamani Auditoruim.
* 3rd May, 2009 Rabindra Sadan, morning  for Behala branch Guest Performer Argha Chatterjee, Calcutta in Odissi dance.
* 6th May, 2009 Rabindra Sadan, evening for Dover Lane, branch
* 12th May, 2009 Madhusudan Mancha, evening for Golf Gardens branch
* 10th May, 2009 Kalamandalam Calcutta presents Rabindranath Tagore’s ballet “Chitrangada” at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata at 7.00 PM for Kabipaksha organised by Department of Culture, Govt. of  West Bengal.
* 4th June, 2009 Kalamandalam Calcutta presents Rabindranath Tagore’s ballet “Abhisar”, at Rabindra Sadan, Calcutta organised by Nikhil Banga Nababarsha Utsab Samity, Kolkata.
* 10th May, 2009 Kalamandalam Calcutta presents Rabindranath Tagore’s ballet “Chitrangada” at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata at 7.00 PM for Kabipaksha organised by Department of Culture, Govt. of  West Bengal.
* 28th May, 2009. “Rangiye Diye Jao”  a group choreographic presentation to Rabindranath Tagore’s songs at Rathindra Mancha at Jorashanko Thakur Bari as a part of Rabindra Bharati Society celebrations. 
* 4th June, 2009. Kalamandalam Calcutta presents Rabindranath Tagore’s ballet “Abhisar”, at Rabindra Sadan, Calcutta organised by Nikhil Banga Nababarsha Utsab Samity, Kolkata.
* 13th June, 2009. Groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam at Uttarpara Sangit Bhavan
* 30th June, 2009, The troupe leaves for San Francisco to perform at the North American Bengali Conference at San Jose on 2nd and 4th July’09 .

*Confirmed Forthcoming events for December 2008. *

* 3rd Dec'08,Wednesday, Arangetram of Amrita Ghosh at Gyan Manch. 6 p.m.
* 8th Dec'08 (Monday)One and half hours programme at IIT Kharagpur from 6.30 p.m. to 8p.m.
[Groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam (groupe choreography), Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali & Fusion]. *Car leaves at 9 am from Dover lane*.*return Sunday morning by 12 noon.*
* 13th Dec'08{Saturday} 45 mins programme at IRC Ground,Salt Lake for Indian Road Congress from 6.50 p.m. to 7.35 p.m. [groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam]
* 16th Dec'08 Suku's vocal recital at Geeta Jayanti, Triangular park.
* 18th Dec'08 (Thursday) Kalamandalam Sangeetotsav'08 Kalamandalam Calcutta presentation at Rabindra Sadan. [6.30 to 7.50 p.m. Invited artist. From 8 p.m. "Abhishar" by Kalamandalam Performing Wing.
* 17th Jan'09 Geetopadesham in Kathakali and Pootana Moksham.at Geeta Jayanti, Triangular park.

*Tentative Forthcoming events for January 2009.*

* 14th Jan'09 Singapore. Shap Mochan and Pongal programme.
* 22nd Jan'09. One hour programme at Saha Institute, Salt Lake. [Groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam(groupe choreography), Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi,Kathakali].
* 24th Jan'09 two hours Rotary programme at Rabindra -Okakuro auditorium,Salt Lake. [Groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam(groupe choreography), Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi,Kathakali & Fusion and Glimpses from Chitrangada].

*Tentative Forthcoming events for February, 2009.*

* 7th Feb'09, Two hours programme for Bank of India. [Groupe choreographies in Bharatanatyam (groupe choreography), Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi,Kathakali & Fusion and Glimpses from Chitrangada]
* 2009/11/04 BB Ghosh Auditorium, Haldia for 24/04 Pushpashree Hall, EZCC, Evening for Salt Lake branch 25/04 Pushpashree Hall, EZCC, Evening for Salt Lake branch
* 26/04 Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan, Evening for Jodhpur Park.
* 03/05 Rabindra Sadan, morning for Behala branch
* 06/05 Rabindra Sadan, evening for Dover Lane, Branch
* 12/05 Madhusudan Mancha, evening for Golf Gardens Branch
* 03/07 North American Bengali Conference 2009, San Francisco
* 04/07 North American Bengali Conference 2009, San Francisco

Recently Concluded Events

Nisha Gandhi Festival - Trivandrum, Kerala - January, 2007

Represented West Bengal at the Nisha Gandhi Festival on 22nd. & 23rd. January, 2007 at Trivandrum - performed of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore's "Chandalika" and "Hamara Pyara Bharatvarsha".

Orissa Tour – 2007.

• "Basant Utsav" (Spring Festival), 14 – 16 March, 2007 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa
• Gurudakshina Utsav – 2007 on 02/06/2007 at Ekamra Haat in Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
• Bamun Ghati Sub Divisional Mahotsav, 2007on 06/04/2007 at Mayur Bhanj, Tata Nagar.

Kuwait – 2007

• Kuwait tour 28th November, 2007 to 7th December, 2007 by the invitation of Nritya Dhyana, Kuwait.

Singapore – May, 2008

• In May, 2008, by the invitation of Tagore Society, Singapore we performed Rabindranath Tagore's "Abhisar" and "The Monsoon" on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday celebrations.

France – May, 2008

• Guimet Musee National Des Arts Asiatiques, Paris – 2008, Performed Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam by the invitation of Samhati, Paris.

England – November, 2008

• 2 performances at Redding, England, U.K by Malabika Sen for Kalankunj Dancing School, Redding.

Natyanjali Festival, 2009, Tamilnadu

• 21-02-2009 Performance at Kumbakonam
• 22-02-2009 Performance at Mayavaram
• 23-02-2009 Performance at Nagapattinam and Thirunallar
• 25-02-2009 Performance at Chennai
  

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES :

GURU SMT. THANKAMANI KUTTY - FOUNDER DIRECTOR, KALAMANDALAM

• The Asian Paints "Shiromani Puraskar" in the year 1992.

• "Nritya Natak Sangeet O Drishya Kala Academy" award of West Bengal in the year 1993.

• "Prashastika" award by Dept. of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal for life long practice and immense contribution in the field of dance in the year 1995.

• "Bharat Nirman Talented Ladies" award by "Build India" (an all India organisation promoting constructive programmes in all spheres of life) in the year 1997.

• "All India Critics" award for Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam in the year 1998.

• "Bibek Award" from Bibek Bikash Samaj Kalyan Kendra in the year 1999.

• "Shatabdir Nari" - the woman of the Millennium award by the Biswa Banga Sammelan, Kolkata, 1999-2000. (The World Bengali Congress held at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata in 6th January,2000.

• "Natya Sreshtha" from Kaladarpanam Art Lovers Association at Cochin Kerala in the year 2003.

• Uday Shankar Life Time Achivement Award from The Chief Minister, Govt. of West Bengal.

• “KALAPRATHIBHA PURASKARAM” from “Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy” in the year 2006

• “Kelucharan Mahapatra Smriti Purashkar’ by “Nandanik” in the year 2007.

• Felicitation from “Dakshini Barta”, a social organisation of Hon’ble Union Minister, Sri Priyaranjan Das Munshi, Govt. of India.
• Felicitation from “Pather Panchali”, a social organisation of Hon’ble Minister, Sri Subhas Chakraborty, Govt. of West Bengal and Smt.. Ramola Chakraborty.
• “Kerala Kalamandalam Award for Mohiniattam” – 2008.
• “Bharatmuni Samman – 2008” from Kalingayana Touryatrikam, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
  
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LATE GURU GOVINDAN KUTTY - FOUNDER PRESIDENT

Born - 1940, Kerala Died – 2007 Kolkata.

Kathakali artiste par excellence and a greater human being Guru Govindan Kutty was the personality who was one of the pioneers of bringing Kathakali out of the state and introducing it to the world especially to the Eastern India. Popularly known as “Guruji” he dedicated himself to teaching the art of Kathakali and wrote and published several articles and also A syllabus for Kathakali course without losing its traditional style and purity to suit non-Keralites.

A linguist with a grasp on six Languages , he wrote a book on Kathakali–“Kathakali Nrityer Rooprekha” in Bengali. And ”Kathakali the Dance theatre” in English published by the historic ‘Asiatic Society of Calcutta .A visiting professor of Kathakali at Theater Dept. Of J.L. University, Giessen, Germany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, He was also in the board of several central and state cultural bodies.

Govt. of West Bengal has produced a documentary film titled “Miles to go before I sleep” on his life and activities.

During his long illustrious career he has been a member of several important state and national institutions of India.

Somnath G. Kutty, Secretary, Kalamandalam Calcutta. Mobile : 98311-68491.

The second son of the illustrious couple Guru Govindan Kutty and Guru Smt. Thankamani Kutty, Somnath is a regular actor, script and storywriter for Bengali serials. He has presented quite a few dancers of International repute at festivals organised by Kalamandalam. He has also lead the Kalamandalam Dance Troupe to tour all over India and to Nepal, Australia, Singapore and Kuwait. He has also contributed articles in major newspapers like "The Statesman" in English and for "Janamat " in Bengali.

We have branches in : Gariahat, Jodhpur Park, Golf Garden (Tollygunge), Behala, Salt Lake, Sukhia Row (Chaltabagan) and Haldia.