Pooja's homage to pioneer dancers

Despite sharply negative attitudes towards her decision to choose dance as a career, Srimonti Pooja Sengupta remains unrelenting in her goal, and is inspired by pioneering dance maestros. Her dance video, “Pothikrit”, is especially designed for International Dance Day 2015, by Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre.

With concept, choreography, screenplay, direction and performance by Srimonti Pooja Sengupta, Azimul Haque Arzu was the DOP for the piece.

“Through this video I would like to pay my deep homage to 10 internationally acclaimed dancers-choreographers whom I think are my pioneers: Luie Fuller, Martha Graham, Moris Petipa, Rabindranath Tagore, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Uday Shankar, Bulbul Chowdhury, Birju Maharaj and Akram Khan. The video will go on air on April 29 on TV channels, social media and internet,” said Pooja Sengupta.

Pooja Sengupta is a promising dancer-choreographer who runs Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre. She is an ICCR scholar, who has also donned lead roles in two Tagore dance dramas – “Chitrangada” and “Chandalika”, both directed by her guru Shukla Sarkar. 

Transcom Foods Limited has sponsored the production.