Since last 15 years Pragya has been working as a Kathak performer, choreographer, co-ordinator and director in many shows.
She has participated in various Kathak recitals choreographed and directed by Guru Bandana Sen.
Few of them are as follows :
- Santa Clara University : Under Guru Bandana Sen’s direction on 2009
- Kathak Angik : Directed by Guru bandana sen on 2007
- Ganga : Pragya danced as the main character and also worked as a co-dircter on 2005 .
- Holi : At Kolkata Doordarshan on 1997
- Participated at Birla Academy,Kolkata on 1997
Apart of dancing under Guru Bandana Sen, Pragya also has participated at many prestigious programs at Bihar, Kolkata, Delhi and USA.
Some of these are :
- USA Television Comcast
- NABC(1999) ,USA
- World Dance Curnival, USA
- All India Women Folk Dance Carnival organized by Northern India Folk and Art Society ,Delhi
- Kolkata Doordarshan ,Kolkata
- Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata
- Bihar Inter College Kathak contest, Bihar
Working as Director :
- Shyama : a Dance Drama written by the Nobel laurate “Kabiguru” RabindraNath Tagore.
- Rabi-Rageshree : dance choreographed on the collection of Tagore’s song.
- Ganga : worked as co-director
- Milane Biraha : worked as co-director
Invitations :
- Pragya has been invited as a representative of Indian Classical dance in the International Dance Festival by SanDisk ,USA and
demonstrated the fine skills of Kathak .
- Since last two years she has been invited to judge the Boogie Woogie competition of Northern California.
- She gets invitation from many non-profit organigations like “Charitable Care Foundation, “ One School At A Time” , “Asha Berkeley” , “Indian Cultural Association” , “International Gurukul” etc. to Judge or perform the art form of Kathak as well as Folk dances of India.
- She also gets invitations from schools like Challenger , Montessori etc. to lecture-demonstrate Kathak.
