Behind Hritaal

To fulfil his keen desire to master various Indian Classical dance forms, Jaydeep completed his initial training in Kathakali Art Form from ‘Udayan’. Later to stylize his movements he has taken further lessons on the same from Late Guru P.Govindan Kutty at ‘Kalamandalam’, Kolkata. Jaydeep has also attended various workshops on contemporary dance styles, the most notable being those conducted by Smt. Amala Shankar, Narendra Sharma and Achhyut Narayan. He has also had basic exposure to the KalariPayattu form of technique conducted by Ranjan Mullaratt of Bangalore. Jaydeep is even exposed to the Kuchipudi form of classical dance by Smt. Vyjyanthi Kashi to be mentioned. Being Experienced in Martha Graham Techniques & Paul Taylor Dance Techniques also; his versatile executions made him a Modern Indian Contemporary Ballet Choreographer on a national and international platform. Jaydeep along with his troupe Hritaal Dance Centre participated in various dance festivals like Uday Shankar Dance Festival (2007, 2008, 2013, 2015-16), Sambhu Bhattacharya Dance Festival, Puri International Beach Festival, Chilka festival, Jaipur festival, World Dance Day Festivals (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016) etc. Hritaal won the title of the Best Production in the Group Competition organised by Nav Sandhya in association with Lions Club, Kolkata in 2007.

Recently he has been invited with his dance troupe to perform at the festivals of India held at Muscat, Sohar, Sur, Salalah organised by the Ministry of the culture of India and the Indian embassy of Muscat. He has also been invited as a choreographer to celebrate the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of the founding leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by Bangladesh Shilpa Kala Academy, Dhaka.