Dear Menaka Congratulations on your continued accomplishments and achievements. You are the Pride of Assam. Please keep it up. Rajenda
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Menaka PP Bora [email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Friends of Assam Members > > Sharing some good news... > > > Dr. Menaka PP Bora wins Britain’s coveted Leverhulme Fellowship Award as the > first Indian Artiste. > > > > Dr. Menaka PP Bora, a national awardee of Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva > Puraskar has won Britain's highly prestigious and coveted Leverhulme > Fellowship Award 2016 for 3 years to develop her artistic-academic career in > India, UK and USA. As per the records, the majority of Leverhulme awards are > usually given in the advancement of scientific, social and technological > research to male scientists, scholars and academics with a proven record of > national and global success. First Indian artiste to be awarded for her > contribution to public engagement in research of humanities, Menaka will be > researching the contemporary cross-cultural role of Sattriya performance > traditions in India and global contexts with special reference to launching > a global archive centre of digital humanities for Assamese arts at key world > renowned British institutions including Oxford University’s Bodleian > Library, British Library, British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum among > others. > > > It is worth mentioning that Dr. Menaka PP Bora has been promoting ‘Assamese > arts as a Global Brand’ for international audiences through her dance > performances, film screenings, BBC TV and Radio appearances and talk shows > in recent years. She is the first Assamese artiste to be invited by the > British Museum to promote Assam on a global scale and deliver a unique > lecture and performance series (sold out) on Assam in connection with the > famous Vrindavani Vastra in March 2016 at the British Museum. > > > Over the years, Dr. Menaka PP Bora, the daughter of the legendary Indira PP > Bora has played a pioneering role as the young cultural ambassador of Assam > and India through her global dance tours including a recent tour sponsored > by ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations), Ministry of Culture, Govt. > of India to Australia and New Zealand with artists from Barpeta sattra in > Assam. She has promoted Sattriya dance as a contemporary classical dance > after research work as a GLOBAL DANCE & MUSIC in the UK, USA, France, > Vietnam, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand > among others. > > > Hailed in India as a 'avant garde diva' (The New Indian Express) and 'youth > icon' (The Hindu), Dr. Menaka PP Bora is a newly appointed Affiliated > Artist at Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford after completing her PhD > and post-doctoral research fellowships as a Wingate Scholar in > Ethnomusicology at Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. Menaka is a > multi award-winning and highly sought after classical dance soloist, > choreographer and ethnomusicologist who combines the best of the Eastern and > Western intellectual traditions having trained in Indian classical dance > styles in India, ballet and contemporary dance at Laban Centre London. > Menaka has won Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar (India's most prestigious > National Award for young artists ). She has an MA in Transnational > Communications and Global Media from Goldsmiths, University of London. She > is an elected Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society in London. She was a > Finalist of BBC Radio 4's Journey of a Life time Award for radio > broadcasting on music and monks of Assam. She has performed as a soloist in > prestigious festivals and venues across the world including the The > Edinburgh Festival, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in NYC, Hanoi Opera > House in Vietnam, Centre Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Te Papa > National Museum in New Zealand and appeared as a Guest Speaker on BBC > Radio's 'World music' programmes, Radio New Zealand and SBS National Radio > in Australia. > > > > >
