Origin India Genres Indian classical dance | Occupation(s) Performing Artiste Name Manisha Gulyani | |
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Born September 14, 1985 (age 38)
Jaipur, Rajasthan ( 1985-09-14 ) Role Musical Artist · manishagulyani.in Similar People Udai Mazumdar, Anupama Bhagwat, Sanhita Nandi, Kala Ramnath, Patri Satish Kumar | ||
Freedom of Expression through Arts | Manisha Gulyani | TEDxIIMRaipur
Manisha Gulyani (Hindi: मनीषा गुलयानी) (born 1985) is a Kathak dancer from India. She is a disciple of Pt. Girdhari Maharaj, an ICCR Kathak artiste and teacher cum performer for ICC centres at abroad. She has presented her art on various eminent platforms in India and abroad.
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- Freedom of Expression through Arts Manisha Gulyani TEDxIIMRaipur
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
Early life
Manisha was born and brought up in Jaipur, India. She started her training at Jaipur Kathak Kendra at a young age of Seven and later received advanced qualifications in Kathak from reputed institutions of India.
Career
She has presented research articles in the field of Indian classical music and has been dance instructor for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and DPS Society Jaipur. Her Kathak recitals include platforms both nationally as well as internationally namely Bali Spirit Festival, Silk Roads Project Venice, Nanning International Festival China, Trufesta International Dance Festival Nigeria, Culturall Europe, OMI & High Point University USA and esteemed Kathak & Music festivals in India. She is the curator of annually organised prestigious Indian Classical Dance festival Thirak Utsav.
Personal life
Manisha is married to Lokesh Gulyani and is a mother to a Nine years old kid.
Awards
Manisha holds the National research fellowship, National scholarship both junior and senior from Government of India. She is also titled for merit scholarship from Jaipur Kathak Kendra. She was honoured OMI International Dance Residency award, USA in 2007, ISFI Gold Award by International Sufi Festival Ajmer in 2012 and Youth Icon Award 2014 in Arts at Jaipur, Ficci Flo woman of the year award 2015, India. She is also a potential Kathak Artiste for Cirque De Soleil's upcoming productions, Toronto and a graded artiste from Doordarshan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A Research fellow under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Currently she is a Kathak Instructor and performer at Jaipur.