Pandit chitresh das biography sample


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Interview by Barry Bergey and Josephine Reed for the NEA
Edited by Don Ball

NEA: Let me start by asking, what was your response when you found out that you had been awarded an NEA National Heritage Fellowship?

Chitresh Das: Well, I received this phone call, and I thought, they probably they want me on a panel.

But I'm not good in panels -- I don't know why they would call me.

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    • I usually don't answer business calls or anything, but finally my wife said, "No, no, no. Please listen to why they are calling. Whatever it is, just call back." So I called back, actually, and I was like "Whoa! Wow!," This is a huge deal not for me only, but for all dancers, all Indian dancers specifically.

    This is a great acknowledgment from the government, from the NEA, that they bestow upon you and they acknowledge you.

    NEA: You work with tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith -- when was the first time you saw him and had the sense that you wanted to work with him?

    Chitresh Das: The way it happened wa