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Sita Haran by the Chitresh Das Dance Company chhandam 477 views Pandit Chitresh Das' vision for his latest stunningly successful production of Sita Haran is unique in its inception. The entire cast, of 19 different characters - from Rav...
Chhandam Highlights 5 21 11 Performance H 264 YouTube HD chhandam 325 views
Chhandam School of Kathak presents Ramayana chhandam 3,335 views Choreographed, composed and directed by Pandit Chitresh Das, Chhandam's cornerstone community event, Ramayana, is a professional and dramatic staging of India's great epic,...
Charlotte Moraga performs Thaat in Mumbai chhandam 1,683 views Kathak artist, Charlotte Moraga, principal dancer of the Chitresh Das Dance Company, dances excerpts from thaat in the tradition of upaj. With upaj, rather than being base...
Traditions Engaged - International Festival of Classical Indian Dance & Music chhandam 1,797 views The Chitresh Das Dance Company and Chhandam School of Kathak presented a historic festival featuring over 60 artists from India and around the world, representing 6 differ...
Chitresh Das Dance Company & Chhandam 30th Anniversary chhandam 4,312 views The Chitresh Das Dance Company and Chhandam School of Kathak Dance, founded and directed by international master, Pandit Chitresh Das, celebrates 30 years of excellence in ...
Pt. Chitresh Das on Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra chhandam 692 views Kathak master, Pandit Chitresh Das, talks about his childhood experiences with the great Odissi master Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. This is part of a series of videos lead...
Pt. Chitresh Das on Kathak and Kathakali chhandam 1,279 views Pandit Chitresh Das talks about the differences between the two distinct styles of North Indian classical dance, Kathak and the South Indian classical dance of Kathakali. ...
Pt. Chitresh Das on Bharatanatyam - Rukmini Devi & Balasaraswati chhandam 1,267 views Pt. Chitresh Das talks about his exposure to Bharatanatyam and childhood experiences of being inspired by watching Smt. Rukmini Devi and Smt. Balasaraswati. This is part ...
Guru Purnima -- Chhandam Nritya Bharati, Mumbai chhandam 877 views Chhandam Nritya Bharati, Mumbai celebrates its first Guru Purnima with Guru Pt. Chitresh Das, as well as a short performance by the new students. Branch director, Seema Mehta.

About Chitresh Das Dance Company & Chhandam School of Kathak Dance

The Chitresh Das Dance Company and Chhandam School of Kathak is one of the world's leading Indian classical dance companies & institutions founded and directed by world icon Kathak master, Pandit Chitresh Das. With centers from Kolkata and Mumbai, India to California (Northern & Southern) and branches in Boston and Ottawa, Canada, Pt Das has created a Kathak movement of great dance and great service to society.

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The Chitresh Das Dance Company (CDDC) & Chhandam School was founded in 1980 and is dedicated to the preservation, promotion and education of Kathak dance and Indian Culture. Based in San Francisco, the company performs internationally and most frequently throughout the US, Canada and India.
The Chitresh Das Dance Company's mission is to:

- Produce exemplary traditional, innovative, and collaborative works of North Indian classical Kathak dance

- Increase awareness of Kathak dance

- Train future generations and build local, national and international community support for the Kathak tradition.