Chandreyee Basu Thakur is an Indian Classical dancer and a student of Dr. Smt. Thankamani Kutty. She started taking formal lessons in dance at the tender age of four from Shri Shanti Bose, a renowned student of Late Shri Uday Shankar and a top ranking performer of India. Later she began her training in Bharatanatyam in 1981 under the tutelage of the legendary Dr. Smt.Thankamani Kutty at Kalamandalam, Kolkata. From 1991, Chandreyee learned Mohiniattam under the same instructor. She has specialized in both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam. 

Chandreyee has performed all over India, as well as the U.S.A, U.K., U.A.E., Australia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Chandreyee competed and won the West Bengal Government award in Bharatanatyam in 1990. She also had the privilege to perform at the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in front of Prince Charles and other dignitaries in 1992, and for various television channels in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Delhi. In 2006, Chandreyee was invited to perform and choreograph the inaugural ceremony of the North American Bengali Conference in Houston, TX. 

Chandreyee was also a Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam instructor at Kalamandalam, Kolkata, and at Modern High School for Girls until 2014. At MHS, Chandreyee trained students in modern and traditional dance. In addition, she choreographed, directed, designed, and organized all aspects of the school dance performances.

Currently, Chandreyee is an English as a Second Language teacher in MN, USA. She is also the artistic director of Moonbeam Center of Performing Arts, a non-profit organization. She teaches dance to diverse students around the world, offering in-person, hybrid, and virtual dance lessons. 

As an Indian Classical dancer, Chandreyee’s vision is to spread the joy of dance to underprivileged communities in Minnesota, so that they are able to express and balance their emotions through dance. To Chandreyee, dance means narrating stories, including her own, through fluid gestures, facial expressions, eye and body movements. Through her dance performance, Chandreyee showcases ways that culture can be expressed through dance. She believes dance bridges gaps and strengthens bonds between diverse groups of people.