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Uma Dogra (born 23 April 1957) is an Indian exponent of Kathak, an Indian Classical Dance form. She is the senior most disciple of Pt. Durga Lal, the Kathak Maestro from Jaipur Gharana. She is a Kathak soloist, a choreographer and a teacher. She has been performing in India and abroad for more than 40 years.
Uma Dogra is a ganda bandh shagird of Pt. Durga Lal. She learned Kathak under Reba Vidyarthi and Pt. Birju Maharaj from 1969 to 1972. From 1972 to 1984 she learned Kathak under guru Pt. Durga Lal and danced in productions SBKK, Ramleela, Surdaas, Shah-ne-Mughal. She moved to Bombay in 1984 and worked with Hema Malini in Nritya Bharati, Nupur serial and Ballet Meera. She worked with Asha Parekh in serial Jhankaar.
After the death of her guru, Uma Dogra established the Sam Ved Society for Performing Arts in 1990 and promote Indian performing arts. Under its banner, for the last 25 years she has been organizing two festivals in Mumbai’s cultural calendar. The first one, the Pt. Durga Lal Festival, takes place in the first half of the year. It has seen the who’s who from the field of music, dance and theater perform. The second, the Raindrops Festival of Indian Classical Dance is held in July with the aim to give a platform to the upcoming soloists. She has participated in many other festivals such as Khajuraho Dance Festival, Margazhi festival. She conducts classes in Kathak at the Uma Dogra School of Kathak in Mumbai. She has trained a large number of students, of which few are from Bollywood. Sonam Kapoor, Zeba Bakhtiar, Sadhiya Siddiqi, Meeta Vasisth, Nushrat Bharucha and Rachana Parulkar are trained by Uma Dogra.
She was honored as Pandita in 2004. She has won several local, regional and national awards, including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2014.
She has written a book “In Praise of Kathak” about her journey as a dancer and the techniques of Kathak. This book was released by Member of Parliament Hema Malini on 30 January 2015 at Samved’s Rajat Jayanti Mahotsav.
Uma Dogra was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by ITM University, Raipur on 12 December 2016. She received the Doctorate from Dr. P.V. Ramana, the Founder & Chairman of ITM Group and Chancellor of ITM University.
On 18 May 2016, Uma performed with her disciples Sarita Kalele and Geetanjali Sharma in a monthlong cultural festival Ujjain Simhastha.
What's Uma Dogra Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Uma Dogra Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
