Kumkum Dhar
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- Kathak dancer
- dance teacher
Yash Bharati (2015)
Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1994)
Kumkum Dhar | |
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| Born | 4 February 1956 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Lucknow University |
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| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2020) Yash Bharati (2015) Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1994) |
Kumkum Dhar is a Kathak dancer and dance teacher from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. She received many awards including the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1994), and the Yash Bharati (2015) by the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2020) for Kathak.
Kumkum Dhar is on 4 February 1956 at Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1] Later she moved to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and trained in Kathak there under noted Kathak exponent Lachhu Maharaj of the Lucknow gharana.[2][3]
Dhar completed Bachelor of Arts in 1974 and Master of Arts in 1976 from Lucknow University.[4] She also completed sangeet visharad degree in music and also holds a Doctorate in Economics.[5] After completing Masters in Economics, she worked for 25 years as an economist with a consultancy firm.[6]