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NANDINI MANDAL
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
NANDANIK DANCE TROUPE
& ADJUNCT FACULTY COPA,
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY
Nandini Mandal is a renowned dancer and Guru of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form. She learnt Bharatnatyam Dances under the guidance of her teacher Gurus Snigdha Pal, Kalamandalam Venkitt and Sanjib Bhattacharya. She specialized in Abhinaya or Expressions under the Legendary Guru Sonal Mansingh.
Nandiniji has choreographed and performed at various cultural festivals in India and at different locations in the US. She founded Nandanik Dance academy in 1998, and The Troupe in 2006 and teaches anyone from ages 5 to 50 plus. Through the Nandanik Dance Troupe she help conceptualize and present first Indian Classical dance festival & exibition VILAYA in Pittsburgh in 2018 by the Lift Grant of Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
Nandiniji also has choreographed & directed the dance dramas through Nandanik Dance Troupe including Chitrangada - In Quest of Truth, Shyama - The Royal Courtesan, Raja - King of the Dark Chamber, Card Country and most recently Prakriti - Matrika Mrittika, Ritusatram. She is constantly expanding her creativity by collaborating with local artistes and performing in schools, colleges and other public forum & artistes like Mary Miller, of Miller Dance, Charles Hall InterPlay and Africa Yetu, and with international dancers. She was the cultural ambassador of India with the World Affairs Council, UNO, Pittsburgh chapter in 2009 & 2012.
To know more about Nandiniji, visit https://www.nandanikdance.org/careers-1
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