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[39] [40] When the colonial European officials began arriving in India, the Kathak court entertainment they witnessed was a synthesis of the ancient Indian tradition and Central Asian-Persian dance form, and the Kathak dance performers were called the "nautch girls" (or natch, a derivative of the more difficult to pronounce Sanskrit natya). [15 ...
Aditi Mangaldas (born 1960) is a Kathak dancer and choreographer, who is known for her classical Kathak as well as 'contemporary dance based on kathak" repertoire. [1] Mangaldas is hailed as one of the leading dancers in the field of Kathak in India as well as across the world. [2] Mangaldas has trained under Kumudini Lakhia and Pundit Birju ...
She began formal training in Kathak dance at an early age of 6, under the distinguished Kathak danseuse Roshan Kumari. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Geetanjali Lal continued with her formal training in Kathak dance under stalwarts – Pandit Gopi Krishna , [ 5 ] Shri Mohan Rao Kallianpurkar and Pandit Devi Lal of Jaipur Gharana.
In Kathak dance three types of Tandavas are generally used, they are, Krishna Tandava, Shiva Tandava and Ravana Tandava, but sometimes a fourth variety - Kalika Tandava, is also often used. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi have variants of Krishna dancing his Tandava on Kaliya.
Two of Veronika Dassanayaka's Kathak dance students, Chithreena Medis and Thelma Medis, became the first mother-daughter duo to conduct a Kathak dance stage performance. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] During her career, she created and developed a unique style of performing arts as part of her experiments in order to enhance the quality of performing arts by ...
Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and abroad; including the Royal Albert Hall, London (1967) and at the Carnegie Hall, New York (1976).
Kumudini Lakhia (born 17 May 1930) is an Indian Kathak dancer and choreographer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, [1] where she founded Kadamb School of Dance and Music, an institute of Indian dance and music in 1967.
Geetanjali Sharma (born 3 September 1984) is an Indian Folk exponent and a Kathak dancer. [1] She is the disciple of Uma Dogra, [2] the senior disciple of Pt. Durga Lal who was the Kathak maestro from Jaipur Gharana. She has been performing dance in India and abroad for more than 24 years.