Awards & Distinctions:
– Sringar Mani award by Sur Samsad Mumbai in 2007.
– Abhinav Kala samman award from Bhopal in 2009.
– IIDF sanjukta Panigrahi Memorial Award for kathak, 2015.
Teacher & Performer:
– Leena Malakar is part of the SPICMACAY young artists list and conducts
workshop demonstration under their aegis all over the country spreading
nuances of Kathak amidst school children.
– Leena conducts Kathak workshops and undertakes lecture-demonstrations
both nationally and internationally.
– She also conducts regular classes for young & mature dancers in her dance
school called “kathik”.
Over the years, Leena has given numerous performances at many prestigious
dance festivals across India and abroad. A few noteworthy performances are listed
hereby:
Pt.Ramgopal Dance Festival Bhavan London 2019
. Nepal Nrityoustav Kathmandu2019
Nritya samagam Baber Mahal Kathmandu 2019
– saraswati gana sabha andhra predesh 2019
– kumbh mela closing ceremony2019
– Kalantaran delhi 2019
– Tirupati 2018
– Gunijan Sabha in Delhi Organized by Dagar foundation 2018
– Konark festival 2018
– Vijayawada nritya utsav 2018
– IIC monsoon festival 2017 organized by India International Center, Delhi.
– Kala shikhar utsav Amaravati Maharashtra 2017
– Mahabalipuram Dance Festival 2017
– Aurodhan Dance series Pondicherry 2017
– Nadanirnjam at Tirupati temple 2016
– Kapaleshwara temple festival Vasant Utsav 2016
– Vadukunathan dance and music festival 2016 kerala
– Kala Ghoda Festival 2016 Mumbai
– IIDF sunjukta panigrahi memorial dance festival Bhubaneswar 2015.
– Belli Sambrama dance festival 2015 at Udupi
– Indian classical dance fest shipagram 2015 Khajuraho
– Veshesh Sukragulzar (YOUTH ART AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT)
2014
– Performed at Desheeya Natyolsav (Guru Gopinath Natanagramam GOVT
OF. KERALA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS) 2014
– Shrijana College of Art Kathmandu (Nepal) 2014
– Guruvayoor dance and music festival 2014 kerala
– Girnar mahotsav gujrat 2014
– Natyanjali Chidambaram and thanjavaur 2013 sponsor by Sangeet natak academy delhi.
– Mumbai katahk Kendra fest 2013
– Horizon series Delhi organized by Indian council for cultural relation 2013
– Horizon series at Hyderabad 2013 organized by i.c.c.r and nataraja music and dance academy.
– Mahagami aurangabad 2013 organized my mahagami gurukul aurangabad
– Puri beach fest 2013
– Horizon series in 2013 organised by Indian Council for Cultaral relations
– Neemrana fort palace organize by neemrana music foundation 2013
– Brihadeeswara Temple THANJAVAUR and CHIDAMBARAM sponsor by
Sangeet natak akademi 2013
– Inaugural ceremony of Mumbai kathak Kendra 2013
– Haridas Sangeet sammelan Mumbai 2012
– Badakkunathan temple dance and music festival 2012 kerala.
– Mahakaal Sangeet Utsav ujjain Madhya pradesh 2012
– Srilanka organize by shriram shristi dance institute Colombo 2011
– India international center 2011 organized by India international center 2011.
– Spain 2011
– Taj mahotsava 2010 taj mahal agra.
– Dance and music festival at madhurai 2010.
– Triveni kala sangam organized by minestry of culture 2010
– Middle East organized by Indian council for cultural relations 2010LP
– Nriyautsav organized by bharatiya vidya bhawan coiambatore 2010
– Dance festival organized by Ernakulam kala samiti Cochin [kerala] 2010
– Basant Utsav organized by abhinav kala parisad Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh]
– Vysakhi nrithyosav and honour with title naatyasree visakhapatnam[andhara predesh]
– International theatre and dance festival and honour with nrutya-shiromani
cuttack[orrisa]
– Bharatotsava National dance festival and honour with nrutya shree award hubli[Karnataka]
– Performed at tata auditorium Bangalore
– Performed at nimapara dance festival orrisa organized by konark natya
mandap
– Performed at Pragjyoti national dance festival Assam
– Natyanjali Festival thiruwarur, kumbakonam and chidambaram-2008.
– Pt. Durgalal Festival 08.on the birthday of late pt; Durga lal ji.
– Vrindaban Mahatsav
– Natyanjali Perur organized by rotary club perur coiambatore.
– Pallovautsav Mysore
– Baliyatra Festival organized by ministry of culture cuttack orrisa
– Delhi International arts festival
– Hanuman Jayanti at mahuwa Gujarat.
– 6th Asian film festival organized by Ossian.
– Sringarmani awarde at prestigious 45th kal kai kalakar Mumbai.
– Haridas Sangeet samelaan Mumbai.
– Ardha Kumbha mela06 in Allahbad.
– National Festival at thanjvur, nagapatnim, thirunalla and thriruvarur
sponsor by south cultural zone Tamil nadu.
– Haridas Sangeet saimellan at vrindaban 07.
– Coimbatore [polachi] organized by tamizhisai sangam.07
International performances:
Pt.Ramgopal Dance Festival Bhavan London 2019
– Nepal Nrityoustav 2019 kathmandu
– Nritya samagam Baber Mahal Revisited kathmandu 2019
– BrasÃlia, sao paulo and rio de janeiro (Brazil tour organized by Ministry of
Culture Festival of India abroad) 2017
– Srijana College of art, Padma kanya Collage & Aesthetic Dance studio
Kathmandu NEPAL 2018
– Middle East 2010
– Srilanka organize by shriram shristi dance institute Colombo 2011
– Spain, Italy 2011
– Shrijana Collage of art kathmandu 2014
Lecture Demonstrations & Workshop Demonstrations:
Spicmacay WD series North kerala 2019-2020
workshop and dance production for
Aesthetic Dance studio Kathmandu. 2019
– Spicmacay wd series chandgarh, Saharanpur, Pathankot 2019
– Spicmacay wd series kota 2018
– Lecture demonstrations at Srijana College of art, Padma kanya Collage and
Aesthetic Dance studio Kathmandu 2018
– WD spicmacay tour to Saharanpur chapter 2018
– Workshop demonstration (spicmacay)Mavali Rajasthan 2017
– Workshop demonstrations(SPICMACAY)Chittodgarh Rajasthan 2016
