Anuj Mishra

Anuj Mishra belongs to the famous traditional family of musicians, gharana of Varanasi. Anuj is the thirteenth generation of artists in his traditional musical family. His forefather Late Shri Shiv Kishore Mishra was renowned Sarangi player. His grandfather Late Shri Nanhu Mishra was a famous tabla maestro and his father Pt. Arjun Mishra is very famous and renowned kathak guru, dancer and choreographer learned under Late shri Ramnarayan Mishra in Kolkata and then by great legend Padamvibhushan Pt. Birju maharaj. 

The training of Anuj Mishra started at age of 17 after his high school as he was busy in studies at early age and his father was touring all over the world for performances. Anuj also learned tabla under the guidance of Pt. Ravinath Mishra and vocal under the guidance of Ustad Gulshan Bharati . 

Anuj performed kathak in all major dance festivals and events in India and abroad. He worked with many dance companies and renowned choreographers as Karine Saporta, Mallika Sarabhai, Kumudini Lakhia, Rukmini Chaterjee, Lata  Pada  and many more. Anuj won several national and international dance competitions he is a national gold medalist. He also got prestigious title of Shringarmani, Nritya Kawomudhi also Anuj got very prestigious and one of the biggest awards 'Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar' from Sangeet Natak Academy, National Academy of music, dance and drama from India. He has performed in big festivals like Sawai Gandharva, Lucknow mohatsava, Taj mohatsava, Kathak mahotsava, Konark dance festival , Kalaghoda festival etc and also performed in many countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Norway, England, Canada, Israel, Lebanon, Martinique,  Guadalupe etc. He is getting more and more opportunities for performances in India and abroad. 

Anuj has done Masters in Kathak from Khairagarh University, Madhya Pradesh and now pursuing his P.H.D in Kathak. Anuj is presently artistic director of Kathak Academy and president of Anuj Arjun Mishra dance company (AMC) and also impaneled as established artist in ICCR (Indian council for cultural relation) and main member of CID (International Dance Council) from Europe.