Brinda Guha has been learning Indian Classical Kathak dance for over 20 years with Kalamandir of NJ from her mother, Malabika Guha. She has traveled to India, England, and Spain to perform. In 2005, Brinda directed her own dance production entitled RISE, based on the poems of Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes.
Brinda has a live theater background as well, headlining the South Asian Theater Festival for three consecutive years. She also co-dire...read more
Brinda Guha has been learning Indian Classical Kathak dance for over 20 years with Kalamandir of NJ from her mother, Malabika Guha. She has traveled to India, England, and Spain to perform. In 2005, Brinda directed her own dance production entitled RISE, based on the poems of Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes.
Brinda has a live theater background as well, headlining the South Asian Theater Festival for three consecutive years. She also co-directed and choreographed a feature-length theater dance production for the South Asian Theater Festival in 2015. In 2016, she choreographed the closing ceremony at the North American Bengali Conference 2016 at Madison Square Garden, and in 2017 self-produced and choreographed her original dance production entitled one to(o) many colors that ran for three sold-out nights at Alchemical Theater Laboratory. This led her to become the 2018 Artist-In-Residence at Dixon Place, who commissioned Brinda's company Kalamandir to produce urbanJATRA, a full-length Contemporary Indian production, for three weeks. Artistic and teaching collaborations include working with Malabika Guha, Phil Orsano, Justin Conte, Derek Mitchell, Neil Schwartz, Ashlé Dawson, Kumari Suraj, Lauren Cox/Humans Collective, Carlos Neto, Omari Mizrahi, ALMA NYC, Myriam Gadri, Subhasis Das, Gowanus Arts Center, and House of Duende. Most recently, Brinda dances with a percussive dance trio featuring Flamenco (Arielle Rosales), Tap (Amanda Castro), and Kathak called Soles of Duende.
Brinda has also learned classical Manipuri dance in Kolkata, India from Kalavati Devi. Since 2007, she has studied Flamenco in NYC under Dionisia Garcia, and also began her Contemporary training under renowned choreographers at Broadway Dance Center. Her company Kalamandir has performed at Gowanus Arts Center, BDC, Actor’s Fund Arts Center, Knockdown Center, Dixon Place, Secret Theater, Brooklyn Dance Festival, NYCDA Dance Festival, Symphony Space, Highline Ballroom, Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Ballroom, and more.
Brinda is the curator of WISE FRUIT NYC, a seasonal live arts showcase benefitting Planned Parenthood of NYC. In this phase of her career, she feels this time of leadership and growth is a means to learn more about herself as a person, performer, and eternal student of the arts.
www.BrindaGuha.com
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