Sadanand Biswas

Sadanand born in the industrial town of Durgapur in West Bengal. His early interest in performing arts impressed  parents Mrs Anita Devi Biswas and Shri Birendra Kumar Biswas who sent him to  Shri Nirmal Nag  in 1988 for formal training in  Kathak dance.  The creative dance style of ‘Rabindra Nath Tagore’ known as Rabindra Nritya  was learnt from Shri Kartik Saha. The success of early performances at the local functions inspired him to explore the dance forms further under the able guidance of his able gurus. For advance training he Joined  the National Institute of Kathak Dance at New Delhi in the year 1998 to be  trained under the tutelage of the world renowned Pandit Rajendra Kumar Gangani of the Jaipur Gharana.  This training was supported by a scholarship from Kathak Kendra, Delhi from 1998 to 1999, followed by  another scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Government of India.  Degrees of  Sangeet Visharad from Nikhil Bharat Sangeet Samiti, Kolkata  and Nritya Visharad from Prayag  Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad were obtained in  1997 and 2002 respectively.

He took training at Kathak Kendra from 1998-2003 in vocal classical from Irin Roychoudhury, pakhawaj from Pandit Ram Kishore Das, yoga from Nisha Mahajan and Shankar Apte. The dance training inculcated in him a sense of  blending the natural abhinay with paran, kavitt, thumri, pad and gatnikas to  improvise  better performances.  The search for excellence and aesthetics of the Kathak dance form took him to various veterans like 'Padmashree Shovana Narayan', 'Padmashree Uma

Sharma', Pandit Rajendra Kumar Gangani. Extensively researched, choreographed dance ballets were produced and presented  on the works of Ravindra Nath Tagore ,Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Mahadevi Verma, Krishna  Basu, Kavi Jaidev and Jallaluddin Rumi. Public awareness about environmental issues like 'Climate Change  through the medium of dance' is his current passion.  A dance ballet entitled 'Vasundhara' was presented at the India Habitat Center in June 2008 for the benefit of general public. In September 2008, the performance was  shown to  the students of the Indira Gandhi National Open University by live telecast throughout India.

Extensively researched, choreographed dance ballets were produced and presented  on the works of Ravindra Nath Tagore ,Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Mahadevi Verma, Krishna  Basu, Kavi Jaidev and Jallaluddin Rumi. A dance ballet entitled 'Vasundhara' was presented at the India Habitat Centre in June 2008 for the benefit of general public. In September 2008, the performance was  shown to  the students of the Indira Gandhi National Open University by live telecast throughout India.

Productions by Pandit Rajendra Kumar Gangani in which Sadanand Biswas performed are : 

Krishna Lila (1998) at Delhi 

In search of my mother (2000) at Bangalore

Parikrama (2001) at New Delhi

Parikrama (2001) at New Delhi

Dikshant and Kathak Mahotsav (2002) at Delhi

Rashtriya Kathak Sammelan (2002) at Jaipur

Surya Festival (2002) at Thiruvananthapuram

Festival of India at Kazakistan and Russia Nov-2009

Performance of Sadanand Biswas under productions by Padmashree Shovana Narayan are :

Grasim Mr. International Contest (2002) at Delhi

Asian Cultural Night (2003) Alaska, USA

Heritage Festival (2003) at Patiala

Lucknow Mahotsav (2003) at Lucknow

Kalidas Samaroh – November 2004 Nagpur

Pune Festival (2004) at Pune

Indian Council for Cultural Relation (2004) at Delhi

Kalidas Samaroh (2004) at Nagpur

Sufi Cultural Utsav (2005) at Delhi (Jamia Milia Islamia)

Malabar Festival (2006) at Calicut

Building Bridge Org by U.N & I.C.C. R New Delhi. August 2005

Sadanand Biswas performed in the productions by Padmashree Uma Sharma

Anubhav (2000) at Delhi

Manav Chetna (2002) at Delhi

 

Productions by Various Group in which Sadanand Biswas performed are:

Jay Chandi Tourism Festival December 2007 Purulia, West Bengal 

Vasundhara Organised by Lead India Delhi August 2008 

Global Warming Organised IGNOU Delhi September 2008 

Lok Sanskriti Utsav 2008 organised by E.Z.C.C Midnapur December, West Bengal 

Shiv Vivaha Festival on Great Occasion of 'Shiv Ratri'- Feb.2010 Khajuraho M.P 

Alauddin Khan Music and Dance Festival 2010 Maihar M.P 

Jay Chandi Tourism Festival December 2010 West Bengal 

Kavi Pranam a tribute to Ravindranath Tagore, work with Gitanjali Troupe at August 2011 Delhi 

Holi Festival at Neemrana Fort, Rajasthan with Kalaashish Troupe in March 2011

Rain Strom and autom leaves work with Sharmistha Mukherjee at Delhi, Bhopal, Kolkata, Haryana, Chennai and Bangladesh 

Solo Performances by Sadanand Biswas are;

 

Shivratri (2000) at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 

Adra Utsav (2002) at West Bengal

Pawas Mahotsav (2003) at Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Mahotsav October 2003 organised by UP Tourism, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Dikshant Samaroh (2003) at Delhi 

Summer Festival (2004) at Dharamshala

Nazural Mela (2004) at West Bengal

Vishnu Digambar Jayanti Sangeet Samaroh (2004) at Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh

Autumn (2004) at Spanish Embassy, New Delhi

Kathak Recital (2005) at India International Centre, New Delhi 

Bishnupur Dance Festival (2005) at West Bengal

107 Kazi Nazrul Islam Birthday Celebration May 2006 (West Bengal)

Ghungroo Festival (2006) at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Island Festival (2007) at Port Blair

Kalamandalam Dance Festival (2007) at Kolkata

Jai Chandi Tourism Festival (2007) at West Bengal

Holi Festival (2008) at Vrindavan

Vasundhara Ballet (2008) at New Delhi

Rath Yatra Mahotsav (2008) at Delhi

Onam (2008) at Kerala Kala Sangam , Delhi

Rath Yatra Festival (2011) at Delhi 

Natray Dance Festival (2011) at Noida, U.P organized by AIPA 

Mayur Natanjali  (2012) Mayiladuthurai, Tamilnadu

Vasundhara (2008) at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi  

Lok Sanskriti Utsav (2008) at west Bengal

Neemrana Fort Music Festival (2008) at Jaipur

150th of Tagore Birthday celebration August 2010 Delhi 

Tiruchi Dance Festival - 2010 Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu

Performances under his own Productions are :

Lotus (40 Min.) : Depicting the journey of Lotus flower plucked from mud. It ends at the feet of God as offering 

Adidev (50 Min.) : Depicting the Sun God. The life breath of the Universe, The Progenitor of all whose energy constitutes the seed of the universe 

Danvir Karan (72 Min.) : Story of Karan 

Dashvatar(50 Min.) : Depicting 10 incarnations Of Lord Vishnu

Vasundhara (40 Min.) : Climate Change

Rhytham (35 Min.) : 

Nritya Shaily(50 Min.) : Evolution of dance as art form 

Radha (45 Min.) : Pangs of seperation

Ambarchari (40 Min.) : The effect of planets on life

Paneh Bhav (45 Min.) : Base on Tagore's creation

Yuba Utsav (2012) : at Durgapur, West Bengal

Rudra, Raag and Red (2012) : at Mayiladuthurai Tamilnadu