Kathak Dance - Ankita @ Blair International Night

Montgomery Blair International Night 08

Kathak is an important dance form of classical dance in India and is one of the popular theatre art form in the world. It is a partially narrative dance form characterized by fast footwork (tatkar), spins (chakkar) and innovative use of bhav in abhinaya. The name Kathak is derived from the Sanskrit word katha meaning story, and katthaka in Sanskrit means s/he who tells a story, or to do with stories. Performers today generally draw their lineage from three major schools of Kathak: the Jaipur gharana, the Lucknow gharana and the Banaras gharana and later came the Raigarh gharana. Pundit Birju Maharaj is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak dance in India. One of his successful students, Munmun Ahmed, a popular Kathak dancer of Bangladesh and Pandit Krishna Mohan Mishra the cousin of Pandit Birju Maharaj happened to be the Gurus (teachers) of our soloist, Ankita D. Gupta. Ankita has been learning kathak dance for 6 and a half years. She had performed in Bangladesh Television for 5 years and today she will be presenting her "21 chakkar" meaning 21 spins along with her foot works.

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