Indian dance group from Oman bags 13 medals in Canada

Muscat: A group of Indian classical dancers based in Oman have won 13 prizes in a dance tournament in Canada.
Leelangika, a group of Kathak dancers from Oman, participated in the recently-held Dance World Cup in Mont Tremblant, Canada. The group was led by renowned Kathak performer Jhumpa Chakraborty, a disciple of the Lucknow Gharana.
The group competed and won prizes in 13 categories. Over 8,000 dancers from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey, and the United States of America participated in the competition.
The tournament is recognised by the International Dance Council – Paris, of which Leelangika has been a member of since 2016. The IDC, a non-governmental organisation founded in 1973, is based in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and is the official umbrella organisation for all forms of dance around the world.
Jhumpa and her team had been preparing for this event since early February 2018. All 13 categories in which the group competed were carefully chosen by Jhumpa, who also choreographed the routines herself. Leelangika’s medal tally at the end of the competition stood at three gold, seven silver, and three bronze medals, and they were also awarded a crystal trophy for garnering the highest score in three categories.
List of awardees
Aditi Guru won Silver and Manvi Shankar bagged a bronze in the solo category for the 12 and under age group, while Sneha Sarkar won silver and Hrishita Chakrabarti won bronze for the 13 and above age group. In the adult open solo, Zanam Nazer bagged a silver.
Meanwhile, Jhumpa Chakraborty and Zanam Nazer won gold in the Adult Open duo, while Aditi Guru and Manvi Shankar bagged the gold and Shaivi Kumar and Maheeka Mahanta bagged silver in the duet category for the 11-12 age group. In the 13 and over age group for the duet category, Hrishita Chakrabarti and Sneha Sarkar garnered the highest score and Shreya Tanksale and Sehar Randhawa did the team proud with a bronze medal.
Leelangika competed in the trio event for the 20-29 years age group, where Zanam Nazer, Hrishita Chakrabarti, and Sneha Sarkar finished in second position.
In the group event, the team of Aditi Guru, Manvi Shankar, Sehar Randhawa, Shaivi Kumar, Shreya Tanksale, and Maheeka Mahanta performed “Khushi,” which depicts the happiness of a child, and bagged a silver for the 11-13 age group.
In the 20-29 age group, the team of Jhumpa Chakraborty, Sneha Sarkar, Hrishita Chakrabarti, Shreya Tanksale, and Zanam Nazer performed “Shakti,” which got them selected to perform for the gala showcase and also won them a silver.