WORLD CLASS ART
WITH A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
OUR STORY
OUR PROGRAMS
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PERFORMANCE
Chitresh Das Dance & Chitresh Das Youth Company
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Chitresh Das Institute
Classes & Teacher Trainings
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ART FOR THE PLANET
Art with a message
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Kathak FELLOWS
Artist Development
PANDIT CHITRESH DAS
CDI was founded to preserve and carry on the work of the great Kathak icon, Pandit Chitresh Das, led by his ganda bandhan shishya Charlotte Moraga. Pandit Das was a trailblazer and both a fierce advocate of the classical Kathak tradition and a fearless innovator, and he was a profound guru. His contributions to the art of Kathak are immense and yet to be fully understood and recognized. CDI is committed to connecting new generations to the power and depth of this tradition through the teachings, philosophy, and pedagogy of Pandit Chitresh Das.
PANDIT CHITRESH DAS
Artistic Director
Charlotte Moraga
OUR MISSION
The Chitresh Das Institute seeks to ignite the world’s passion for kathak dance and Indian classical arts, with art rooted in tradition, responding to the now, and guided by community, legacy, and seva (service).
THE 9 PRINCIPLES OF
PANDIT CHITRESH DAS
Staff, Faculty
& Board of Directors
Staff
Artistic Director: Charlotte Moraga
Executive Director: Celine Schein Das
Operations & School Manager: Bhavya K. Jain
Youth Company Assistant Director: Asavari Ukidve
Video Production Specialist: Kritika Sharma
Kathak Dance Faculty
Charlotte Moraga (Co-Founder), Anita Pai (Founding Teacher), Preeti Zalavadia (Co-Founder), Asavari Ukidve (Founding Teacher), Celine Schein Das (Co-Founder), Rucha Khisti, Gauri Bhatnagar, Samyukta Patil, Vanita Mundhra
Teaching Assistants
Avani Viswanathan, Ananti Badhwar, Maahi Desai
Board of Directors
Celine Schein Das
Lori Laqua
Charlotte Moraga
Preeti Zalavadia
Advisory Board
Ramen Chakrabarti
Atashi Chakravorty
Fahmida Bangert