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School of Performing Arts (masters) :

Rutuparna Das

A passionate performer and researcher in Indian classical dance. Aims to preserve, protect, and promote India’s intangible cultural heritage through classical dance. It specializes in Kathak and Mayurbhanj Chhau; it was awarded Hindustan Gaurav Samman and Kala Shiromani Samman. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Performing Arts, integrating research, choreography, and performance to celebrate and sustain traditional Indian art forms.

Graduation Project

Project Title – BHAIRAVI CHAITANYAM

Bhairavi Chaitanyam is not a performance but an invocation. Rooted in Tantra and embodied through Mayurbhanj Chhau, it reveals Bhairavi not as myth, but as force. From Tripura’s grace to Shmashana’s truth, the dance moves from softness to fire, ritual to rupture. It transcends narrative to offer a direct, transformative experience of consciousness, fierce, raw, and awakening. Here, the stage becomes a sacred tantra space, and the dancer, a living mantra. Goddess Bhairavi is the energy that holds the power to run the universe.