Tanusree Shankar

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Tanusree Shankar
Tanusree Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan during investiture ceremony
Born	(1956-03-16) 16 March 1956 (age 68)
Occupation(s)	dancer and choreographer
Spouse	Ananda Shankar

Tanusree Shankar (born 16 March 1956)^[1] is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is based in Kolkata, India. She was a leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. She also acted in various films, like The Namesake.

Tanusree Shankar now leads the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company.^[2] She has evolved her own modern idiom by marrying traditional Indian dances with modern western ballet expressions. She has been inspired by her lineage as much by the folk and regional dance forms of India. She has drawn extensively from rich local Indian traditions such as the "Thang-ta" (Manipuri Sword dance).

She travels with her troupe extensively around the world. Her last notable productions include Uttaran (Upliftment of the soul) and Chirantan (The eternal) which is based on Rabindranath Tagore's music.