Aditi Bandyopadhyay

Aditi trained under the tutelage of late Padmabibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, Guru Giridhari Nayak, Smt Amala Shankar, and more presently under Guru Smt Sutapa Talukdar. Her parents Indrani and Asok Bandyopadhyay who were great conoisseurs of art had always been her sole inspiration. Aditi's husband Dr Subharup Guha and her two year old son Ishan had also been her great support towards serving this art form with utmost devotion.

Aditi Bandyopadhyay, has earned her reputation in the field of Odissi an Indian Classical Odissi dance form, both as a performer, instructor and choreographer.
Aditi has been promoting Odissi in the mid west region of USA since the time she has settled in Columbia, Missouri, USA, in 2007. Her contribution to Odissi as a solo performer, choreographer and an  instructor in the University of Missouri and at workshops in local community colleges and dance institutions has been well recognized. Aditi is  presently conducting regular classes on Odissi at MUDRA (MU Dance and Recreation Association) an organization dedicated to promotion of Indian Classical dance under the University of Missouri Columbia. Aditi and her students are presenting choreographic presentations regularly all across the mid Missouri region. Aditi is not only conducting workshops but also working on collaborative choreography with other classical dance forms from different parts of the world. Aditi and her students at MUDRA have successfully presented different stage shows all over the mid- west region in the last three years. MUDRA ia also organizing different stage shows by dancers from all over the world on the campus of University of Missouri. In October 2010, MUDRA had organized Columbia Dance Festival which was the first of its kind in Columbia showcasing 10 classical dance forms from across the world on the same stage at Jesse Auditorium, University of Missouri. Detailed information on MUDRA is available at the following link.

http://mudra.students.missouri.edu/