Mrs
Chitraleka Bolar
Chitraleka
is one of the leading exponents of Bharatanatyam and
is the Artistic Director of Chitraleka Dance Company.
She has worked extensively in Britain and abroad as
a performer, teacher and choreographer and workshop
leader across education, community and theatre contexts.
Chitraleka
Dance Company was formed by Chitraleka in 1990, which
become established as one of the foremost Bharatanatyam
ensembles to create and tour major dance productions.
More
recently, Chitraleka has focussed her work on the professional
development of young dancers, education & outreach work
and training. This change in emphasis is reflected in
the company's current work as a dance-in-education company.
This work, based predominantly in the West Midlands,
is responsible for creating performance, developing
the art form and its practitioners, and sharing and
enhancing the experience of Indian dance in a wide range
of educational settings. Chitraleka's work with the
company is funded by West Midlands Arts and Birmingham
City Council.
In
1998, Chitraleka undertook a unique initiative that
focused on the training of young dancers, with the start
of a Youth Dance Company. Through the youth programme
the company has made a significant contribution to the
region's artistic and cultural scene regularly presenting
classical and dance-drama productions to the community
through festival events and engaged in cross-organisational
collaborative projects.
Chitraleka's
work is supported by the University of Birmingham, School
of Education where her company is based as 'Artist in
Residence'.
Chitraleka
has been a member of the Faculty for one year and is
an examiner for the Imperial Society.
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