donaganguly
At the age of (3) three Dona started learning dance from Amala Shankar, wife of world famous Dancer Uday Shankar. It was the turning point of her career when she shifted to Odissi under the guidance of Guru Giridhari Nayek.
The most significant development took place when she came across her Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra. Under his guideance, she got the opportunity to develop her skill which enabled to prove her talent in Odissi on a number of occasions in several programme held in India and Abroad.
Along with her performance she also teaches dance at her school Diksha manjari. She is the head of the Odissi dept. of Bharati Vidya Bhavan as well as Tecno India Schools. She is ‘A’ graded artist of Doordarshan.
Dona Ganguly