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Osnat Elkabir

Osnat Elkabir is an Israeli singer, dancer, painter and theatre director who works with classical Indian dance and music.

Classical Indian danceDhrupad singingThe Common Language theatre project

Occupation: dancer, singer

The story of Osnat Elkabir's life

Osnat Elkabir is an Israeli artist who sings, dances, paints and directs theatre. She lives in Tel Aviv.

In 1990 she went to India and studied Bhramari painting with Buddhadev Chaitanya in Uttarpara, near Kolkata. She then learned Bhramari Kathak dance from him. She performed in India with him and his wife, Christa Chaitanya.

She studied Pakhavaj drumming with Chatrapati Singh, the Raja of Bijna. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in classical Indian music and dance. She also studied Dhrupad singing with professor Ritwik Sanyal at Banaras Hindu University.

She later divided her time between India and Israel, performing Indian dance and Dhrupad singing. She has taught at Rimon School, Levinsky College and Tel Aviv University. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 she directed the Common Language project at the Akko festival, with young Jewish, Muslim and Christian actors.

In 2003 she published a book of memoirs from India. In 2004 she worked with Zvia Fine on an Indian geography textbook for primary school.