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Takhellambam Shyamkanhai - Award Winning Waree Leeba

PROFILE OF TAKHELLAMBAM SHYAMKANHAI

Takhellambam Shyamkanhai

Ø  Sixth son of Nimaichand Singh, a school teacher, social worker and donor and T. Khambi Devi
Ø  Born to a nourished home of grandfather Late Tomba Singh an exponent of Manipuri Nata Sankritana (Duhar), Ex-panchayat member.
Ø  Address: Khurai Nandeibam Leikai, Chaithabi Leirak
Ø  Date of birth: march 24, 1982
Ø  Educational Qualification: MA

Presently working as a professional Waree Leeba artist of Manipur. Director of Repertory of Waree Leeba, Manipur Khurai Chaithabi Leirak, Imphal. Former General Secretary of All Manipur Waree Leeba Association and Research Centre. Former Reporter cum News reader of ISTV News Programme and presently working as News Anchor of ImpactTV.

Awards and decorations/honour and title:

1. Talent scholarship 1995 under Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) New Delhi
2. Young Scholarship 2000 under the Manipur State Kala Akademi, Imphal
3. Young Scholarship 2003 under Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Dept. of culture, Government of India
4. Director of the Workshop cum production on Waree Leba financed by Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Department of Culture, Government of India also produced a form of Waree Leeba under creative form
5. Recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2009 under National Sangeet Akademi, New Delhi
6. Guru S. Pishak Singh Ningshing mana "Abhinandan Pattra" on July 11, 2010 by Shri Shri Govindajee Nata Sankirtana Academy, Imphal
7. Moirangthem Ningthou Ningshing Mana on August 28, 2010 by Union of Social Upliftment Khurai (an apex body of Imphal East district
8. Felicitated by Khurai Kala Vidya Bhavan on 4th September 2010
9. Felicitated by All Manipur Waree Leeba Association and Research Centre on 19th January 2011
10. District Youth Award 2011 by Nehru Kendra Sangathan, Government of India
11. Junior Fellowship 2011-12 under Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Takhellambam Shyamkanhai - Award Winning Waree Leeba

Work and experience in the field of Waree Leeba:

Ø  Started training the art of Waree Leeba (story telling) under Guru Amom Lala Singh (Manipuri Sahitya Parishad awardee) since 1992
Ø  Learnt waree leeba from different gurus like Okram Baruni Singh (Manipur State Kala Akademi awardee), Ch. Kondum Singh (Manipur State Kala Akademi awardee), L. Mani Singh (Manipur State Kala Akademi awardee), S. Ishehana and H. Amutombi Singh(Manipur State Kala Akademi awardee).
Ø  Started Waree Leeba as AIR and DDK child artist since 1994
Ø  Telecast Waree Leeba at DDK Imphal on special youth variety programme 'Leichal' 1998
Ø  Telecast Waree Leeba at DDK Imphal on students' variety programme representing Johnstone Higher Secondary School 1999
Ø  An approved senior artist of AIR Imphal since 2000 and also performed Imphal DDk and DDK (NE) Guwahati.
Ø  Telecast art of Waree Leeba at ISTV Network since 2000.
Ø  Telecast as a special programme at AIR Imphal 'Talent of the month' 2006 and 'Youth Icon' 2008 as a North East package' and 'Young Talent Programme at DDK Imphal 2010.

Takhellambam Shyamkanhai - Award Winning Waree Leeba

PERFORMANCES:

Ø  Visited and performed at different places of Assam under the invitation of different organizations. Special performance at the function of 'Chahi Taret Khuntakpa Ningshing Numit on January 9, 2006 at Hojai, Nagaon district, Assam.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba art at a seminar on 'Mahabharatta and Indian Dance: In Classical and Folk Perspective on March 28, 2007 at Vidyasagar Hall, Kolkata organized by Asiatic Soceity, Park Street, Kolkata.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at different places of Kolkata from 14 to 17 August 2007 at the Festival of Art of Story Telling at Kala Mandir on 16th August 2007 and Palladian House on 17th August 2007 organised by ANJIKA, INTACH, 100 PIPERS, PATTON & OPEN DOORS in collaboration with West Bengal State kala Akademi.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at Stien Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in the 10th National Festival of New Choreography 2008 organised by Impresario India in association with Habitat Worlds, India Habitat Centre.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at the festival of dance theatre 'Natyanjali' on January 23, 2009 at Ravindra Natya Hall, Mumbai jointly organized by Sangeet natak Akademi, New Delhi, Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharastra and PL Deshpande Maharastra Kala Academy, Mumbai.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at the Dance Festival 2010 from 3rd January to 9th January 2010 at TT Krishnamachari Auditorium, Chennai organized by Music Academy Madras.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at Kala Kshetra Foundation, Chennai on March 2010
Ø  Invited to conduct Waree Leeba (story telling) demo workshop on 'Theatre-in-life Project' organized by Padmashri H. Kanhailal Singh, Kala Kshetra Manipur.
Ø  Invited to conduct Waree Leeba Demonstration several times at LAIHUI (a centre for Research on traditional and Indigenous arts of Manipur)
Ø  Invited to conduct Waree Leeba Demo as a faculty member for 45 days theatre wokshop from 22 July to 5th September 2009 under Extension Programme, NSD, New Delhi organized by Theatre Mirror in collaboration with Leimayol Arts Centre, Imphal.
Ø  Anchor and director of IGCNA, New Delhi for Ramkatha Project, June 2012
Ø  Script and Consultant of 'Abhimanyu in the Chakravyuh' ballet organized by Performing Artiste Centre Imphal under Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Ø  Performed Waree Leeba at the 'Kathakar-International Story Tellers Festival on September 27, 2013 at Amphitheatre, IGCNA, Janpath, New Delhi, jointly organized by IGCNA, British Council and NIVESH.
Ø  Invited to conduct Waree Leeba Demo during North East India Studies Programme at SSA Auditorium of Jawaharlal Nehru University on September 29, 2013 jontly organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Manipur Research Forum.

PARTICIPATION:

Ø  10 day Waree Phangnaba at Khurai Kongpal Chingangbam Leikai; Mayanglambam Parijat – 1996 under financial assistance of Ministry of Human Resources.
Ø  10 day Waree Leeba Conference on Waree Leeba (Narrative Art Form) 1996-97 at Laikhurembi Mandap Khurai Kongpal Khaidem Leikai under SNA.
Ø  14 day Waree Festival at Govindajee mandap from 28th September 1996 under Govindajee Temple Board
Ø  Festival of Waree Leeba/Conference 18th September 1998; 10 day conference at Ramji Prabhu Mandap, Wangkhei Ningthem Pukhri Mapal under SNA.
Ø  Waree Festival 1999 at Ramji Prabhu Mandap.
Ø  One month Waree Phangnaba at Khurai Soibam Leikai.
Ø  1st Waree Leeba Workshop from 14th-17th September 2000 at Ramji Prabhu Mandap under SNA
Ø  14 day Waree Leeba Workshop cum Waree Phangnaba Festival 3rd September 2001 at Ramji Prabhu Mandap.