Satnarine balkaransingh biography channel
A stage-performing artist since the s: musician (Steel band), choreographer, producer/director/balladeer and dancer, Sat has scripted several dance-ballets.!
Dr Satnarine Balkaransingh
Born in James Smart Village, Manzanilla in Trinidad, of third generation Indian ancestry.
Satnarine attended Sangre Chiquito Presbyterian School. A college Exhibitioner in 1960, he attended Hillview College and then served in the Magistracy. He played steelpan music with Cordettes Steel Orchestra, and studied vocal music and Hindi (1967-71) under Guru H.S Adesh.
Through a Gov. of India Scholarship (ICCR) in 1971, he proceeded to India. There he studied Kathak at the Kathak Kendra of the Sangeet Natak Academy, studying the performing arts directly under Gurus Manika Prasad (Tabla), Kathak Dance under Smt Reba Vidyarthi and Pt.
Birju Maharaj.
Satnarine Balkaransingh, born in Trinidad, is a very skilled performing artist.
He also studied briefly, the Kuchipudi classical dance form from Dr Vempati Chinasatyam at the Kuchipudi Arts academy Chennai. Later in 1980-81 he did a course in Indian folk dancing from Sonar Chand at the Natya Ballet Centre.
Sat graduated from Delhi University with a BA (Hons) in Economics and a Post Grad i