Sohini Ray

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Sohini Ray (born August 25, 1966 in Calcutta , India ) is a classical Manipuri dancer , dance researcher, choreographer and anthropologist from India living in Los Angeles , United States .

youth

Sohini Ray comes from a music-loving family. Her father, a doctor, played the sitar and her mother the piano. Ray learned Manipuri dance at the Manipuri Nartanalaya dance school in Calcutta from Guru Bipin Singh , Darshana Jhaveri and Kalavati Devi since she was seven . She had her initiation ceremony with Guru Bipin Singh at the age of eleven and began to dance professionally from the age of 14. She was also a research assistant at Guru Bipin Singh when she was 14 and received a National Manipuri grant from the Indian Ministry of Culture in 1982. At the same time, she studied at the Modern Highshool for Girls in Calcutta, where she also taught.

Scientific career

Ray studied at the University of Calcutta from 1985 to 1990 , earning her bachelor's degree in 1988 and her master's degree in anthropology in 1990 . 1993 to 2000 studied at the University of California, Los Angeles , where she received her Masters and Ph.D. in dance and anthropology. She was a Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School and a Faculty Fellow at the Humanities Research Institute, University of California, Irvine from 2000 to 2001 . Ray has taught at the University of California, Irvine, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Santa Monica College, and has written many publications.

Dance career

Sohini Ray is the founder and artistic director of Manipuri Dance Visions - Institute of Manipuri Dance in southern California . She has appeared in many productions of classical Manipuri and was a choreographer and director, for example Harao-kummei: joyful celebrations in Manipuri dance, Gita-Govinda, Krishna-Ningshingba. Ray toured England, Poland and Germany in the summer of 2009. Further tours led through North America and India.

Academic Awards and Achievements

  • Jubilee prize, University of Calcutta, India, 1988
  • National Scholarship, University of Calcutta, India, 1988
  • University gold medal, University of Calcutta, India, 2011
  • JB Donne Prize in anthropology of art, Royal Anthropological Institute , 2009

Dance Awards and Achievements

  • National grant from the Indian government 1982–1986
  • First prize in Manipuri, Sangeetotsav, 1988
  • Shringar-Mani Award, Kal-ke-kalakaar Sangeet Samman, Mumbai, 1988
  • Naratan Acharya, Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata, 1999.
  • Elaine Weissman Los Angeles Treasures Award, California Traditional Music Society, 2007
  • Nomination, Lestor Horton Award, 2007
  • Winner, Lestor Horton Award, 2008
  • Nomination, Lestor Horton award, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sreeparna Lahiri: Manipuri Dance and Culture - A World Heritage. (No longer available online.) In: The Medha Journal. September 17, 2013, archived from the original on July 14, 2011 ; accessed on February 19, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.medhajournal.com
  2. ↑ Chris Shull: Devotional Dance . In: The Wichita Eagle . April 25, 2008, p. 15D .
  3. ↑ Vijay Shanker: Interview - Dr. Sohini Ray: Manipuri dance is an integral part of life - Vijay Shanker. In: narthaki.com. January 7, 2013, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Will Oloughlen: Sohini Ray. In: UCLA Department of World Arts Cultures / Dance. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Past Affiliates NO. Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Lewis Segal: Manipuri tradition flourishes . In: Los Angeles Times . September 16, 2005, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed February 19, 2017]).
  7. ^ Laurel Fishman: Educationwatch: ARIMM hosts Conference. In: The Grammy's. October 14, 2008, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Sohini Ray. The Durfee Foundation, accessed February 19, 2017 (American English).
  9. ↑ Neha Das: Manipuri dance was a choice beyond me. In: Deccan Herald. January 22, 2013, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  10. ^ JB Donne Essay Prize on the Anthropology of Art Past Recipients. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland , accessed February 19, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Ashish Mohan Khokar: Attendance Dance annual of India 2007, p. 11.
  12. ^ Horton Awards Past Winners. In: Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 19, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Ray, Sohini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian classical Manipuri dancer, dance researcher, choreographer and anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta , India