Full Name Dona Roy Organization Diksha Manjari Role Dancer | Occupation Dancer Name Dona Ganguly Nationality Indian Children Sana Ganguly (age 14) | |
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Parent(s) Sanjeev Roy (father)Swapna Roy (mother) Similar People Sourav Ganguly, Snehasish Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, V V S Laxman Website www.donaganguly.com Religion Hinduism Height 160 cm | ||
Dona Ganguly, Odissi Dancer - Konark Festival 2017 - Interview
Dona Ganguly (née Roy) is an Indian Bengali Odissi dancer. She took her dancing lessons from Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has a dance troupe Diksha Manjari. In 1997 she eloped with and married her childhood friend and later Indian cricketer and skipper Sourav Ganguly, currently the president of Cricket Association of Bengal. The couple has a daughter named Sana (born in 2001).
Contents
- Dona Ganguly Odissi Dancer Konark Festival 2017 Interview
- Sourav Gangulys wife Dona in Patna
- Personal life
- Dancing career
- Performances
- Diksha Manjari
- References
Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona in Patna
Personal life
Dona Ganguly was born on August 22, 1976 in an affluent business family in Behala, Kolkata. Her parents were Sanjeev Roy (father) and Swapna Roy (mother). She was a student of Loreto Convent School.
She eloped with her childhood friend Sourav Ganguly because their families were sworn enemies at that time. Later their families accepted the marriage and a formal wedding took place in February 1997. The couple have a daughter Sana Ganguly.
Dancing career
Dona Ganguly started learning dance from Amala Shankar when she was only 3 years old. Later she shifted to Odissi under the guidance of Guru Giridhari Nayek. Dona considers the most significant development took place when she met Kelucharan Mohapatra and started taking dancing lessons from him. At early stage of her career, in different programs, Mohapatra accompanied her many times with Pakhavaj.
Performances
Diksha Manjari
Dona Ganguly has a dance school named Diksha Manjari. This institution was inaugurated by Lata Mangeshkar. It has capacity of more than 2000 students. Other than dancing, this institution has other departments like Yoga, Drawing, Karate and Swimming.
In October 2012, Dona Ganguly choreographed Rabindranath Tagore's Shapmochan which she called a sombre dance drama.