Shakuntala Nagarkar is a famous Indian Lavani dancer based in Maharashtra, India. Popularly known as Shakubai, she has been practicing Lavani for over 50 years. Shakuntala own a dancing academy and a troupe or Sangeet Party for the last three decades. She has trained several students in footwork, singing, and adakari in Lavani. She worked in dance troupes known as Bari, where groups performed turn by turn. In 2009, Shakubai worked on the Natale Tumchya Saathi - Behind the Adorned Veil, a documentary directed by Medhatul based on the lives of the practitioners written by men for men but performed by women. She released a book in 2014 named Sangeet Bari. Shakubai won Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2008 and many other awards. She choreographed songs on Lavanai for Marathi and Hindi films. She is presently active and working for Sangeet Bari and also as a judge and special guest in danceTV reality shows.
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