Rajkumar Singhajit Singh

Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Raj Kumar Singhajit Singh with his wife Charu Sija Mathur, in 2008
Born (1931-05-01) 1 May 1931 (age 93)
Manipur, India
Occupation(s)Classical Indian dancer (Manipuri dance), choreographer, scholar
AwardsSangeet Natak Akademi Award; Tagore Award
Websitewww.manipuri-dance.com/index.htm

Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, (born 1 May 1931) is a leading exponent, choreographer and a guru of Indian classical dance form of Manipuri, including the Pung cholom and Raslila.[1] He was awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984 [2] and the Padma Shri in 1986 for his contribution to the Manipuri dance. In the year 2011, Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, awarded him with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for his contribution to Indian Dance. In 2014 he was also conferred with the Tagore Award.

Guru Singhajit Singh and his wife Charu Sija Mathur, who is also a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient, have established, Manipuri Nrityashram, a Manipuri dance school, in New Delhi.

Raj Kumar Singhajit Singh performing in Delhi