Shambik Ghose

Shambik Ghose is a Researcher at Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, specializing in hybrid contemporary dance practices that bridge Kathak (South Asian classical dance) and Western Jazz dance traditions through somatically informed pedagogy.

His research develops movement systems emerging from hybridizing Kathak and Jazz techniques, critically examining rigid structures in traditional dance pedagogy that limit creative experimentation. Ghose's work emphasizes embodied physical wisdom from diverse movement cultures, creating training methods that help dancers review existing knowledge while exploring expanded artistic landscapes. With 16+ years as a teacher, performer, and choreographer, he investigates how hybrid practices transcend symbolic codifications of source traditions to focus on universal physicality and philosophical integrity.

Recent artistic output includes the 2023 Kathak-contemporary performance 'CONVERSING WITH THE CROW' (presented with Leeds School of Arts and Kalasangam Bradford), using the crow as a metaphor for global conflict to celebrate women's resilience through fragmented narratives of disintegration and renewal.

No scientific awards, student advising records, or research grants are documented in available materials. Ghose's creative practice operates through international collaboration with Dr. Mitul Sengupta via their dance company Rhythmosaic, though formal laboratory or team structures are not specified.