Gopal Prasad Dubey

PADMASHRI PANDIT GOPAL PRASAD DUBEY
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey is the founder member/ Secretary of Trinetra Chhau dance Centre, Seraikella, Jharkhand. As a teacher, he had been responsible for grooming some of the highly talented Chhau dancers of the present time. As a choreographer, he had created a number of well-known dance dramas and solo dance pieces. He had also worked with mainstream cinema as well as experimental theatre and films. He is a panel approved artist from Indian Council for Cultural Relation, and Ministry of Culture New Delhi.
Born on June 25th, 1957 in Seraikella, Jharkhand, India from the age of 14 he began studying the basics of dance and music with the famous Seraikella Chhau dancer Late Guru Natasekhar Banbihari Pattanayak, and Guru Padma Shri Rajkumar S.N. Singhdeo and Padma Shri Guru Kedar Nath Sahoo.
Pandit Dubey had held numerous workshops and master teacher in several prestigious institutions in India and abroad. In India, he had held several workshops for school in New Delhi under the aegis of Spic Macay. He had worked as Faculty in the department of Indian Theatre at Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has travelled all over the world along with his troupe. Through Japan Foundation he has performed all European countries as well as South East Asia. Internationally, he had taught at Kansas University, Indian University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, University of London, Chungang University of Seoul, Institute of Dramatic arts Seoul, Theatre group Inchon City in South Korea, Multi-cultural centre of Inchon City, American College of Greece. On the behalf of ICCR New Delhi he travelled Japan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, and Leo PDR. Also Performed at Symphony Space, Broadway, New York, under the aegis of World Music Institute & Solaris
. As a Choreographer he had choreographed “Antigone” Greek Play in 1984: In 1987 an Indian play Shakuntalam with Greek actors of Volos theatre, Greece: In 1990 Jeevan Rekha with Sharon Lowen: In 1996 choreographed Dance Warriors” a cross cultural dance production with Mr. Henry Smith of Solaris Dance Theatre, New York: In 1997, T.V Serial Uttar Ramayan” produced by Ramanand Sagar: In1997 “Mask of Warriors” with Henry Smith New York, “Golden Leaves” Play Directed by Lee Sung Kyu at Multi Cultural Centre of Inchon City, South Korea. N.F.D.C feature film “The Last Vision” directed by A.K.Bir: In 2009, chhau movements in English Play “Pillars of the Community” Directed by Mr. Neeraj Kabi.