Sangita Chatterjee celebrates 15 years of Kalpataru with performances, seminars and workshops
On 6, 7 and 8 February, Kathak dancer and teacher Sangita Chatterjee celebrates the crystal anniversary of her dance organization and institute, Kalpataru Arts, with her festival Manthan 2025. On the 6th will be the seminar series, the performances on the 7th (both days at IHC) and the workshops on the 8th at Kalpataru Arts. ‘I started Kalpataru in 2009 very informally. It started humbly as an institute at SDA, and gradually, it grew from institute to a proper organization that got registered in 2013, but we do consider its beginning from 2009 and that’s how we complete 15 years in 2024,’ says Sangita. ‘The crystal year celebrations started in 2024 with our Manjari festival. Kalpataru does two major festivals. The Manjari festival is essentially a students’ festival where, of course, we also have some guest artists, but the other festival is Manthan, which is mainly for professional artists. Manjari began in the very beginning, in 2010, because the institute came first, but Mantha...
