Parampara

She was trained in Jaipur Gharana by Late Pandit Ramgopal Mishra for more than 14 years. She had been studying the nuances of Lucknow Gharana and the Old Traditional Temple Art of Story-telling Style of Ayodhya under Pandit Om Prakash Maharaj for more than a decade. Malabika has also got the experience of the individual styles of Pandit Birju maharaj, smt Sitara Devi and Pandit Vijay Shankar.

Dedicated to Kathak Dr Malabika Mitra is not only performing but has devoted her attention in propagating the knowledge of technical intricacies, emotional involvement and traditional human values or SANSKARA to the next generation through her dream institution named “ONKAR”.

She has already presented a few young dancers as promising solo performers and also choreographed different items like Nache Sangeeta Natavara Bhesha Dhare (for Calcutta Doordarshan 1991); Devitame Saraswati (for Calcutta Doordarshan 1997); Basant Bahar : Biraha: Chand Parikrama : Meghdoot Jhulan (Poem of Rabindranath Thakur).