Chitresh Das, a renowned practitioner and teacher of the kathak form of Indian classical dance, died Sunday in Marin County. He was 70. The San Francisco-based Chhandam School of Kathak, which Das ...

Pandit Chitresh Das, who died at 70 in Marin County on Sunday, Jan. 4, of an aortic dissection, was not the only distinguished classical Indian dancer to make a home in the Bay Area, but thanks to his ...

The Bay Area dance world lost one of its all-time greats this weekend with the sudden passing of Chitresh Das, master of the classical Indian dance form known as Kathak. Das was an ecstatic presence, ...

Chitresh Das, a mesmerizing Kolkata-born performer of the North Indian classical Indian dance form Kathak and a great educator in the form throughout the Bay Area and the United States, died of an ...

Pandit Chitresh Das, arguably one of the most influential Indian classical artists in the world, passed away January 4th at the age of 70, according to the director of Das' dance school, who said his ...

The unexpected death of 70-year-old Kathak master Chitresh Das on Jan. 4 is a calamity for the world of dance, but it”s a disaster for which he prepared his disciples well. A performer of earthy ...

One of the most dynamic, innovative and loved Kathak dancers and teachers, Pandit Chitresh Das, died in San Rafael, Calif., Jan. 4 with his family by his side. Pandit Das, who had just celebrated his ...

I knew him for many years. He was a dynamic personality, a vibrant dancer and an extremely fit person. So, it was even more shocking to hear that he is no more. He was a good human being who respected ...

When she was a young woman, my mother taught dance at Nritya Bharati, one of the earliest dance schools in Kolkata. It had been set up by a well-known dancer couple, Prahlad and Nilima Das. All the ...