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  2. List of Kathak dancers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad: [2] Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts) Lachhu Maharaj; Shambhu Maharaj; Maya Rao; Damayanti Joshi; Birju Maharaj; Sushmita Banerjee; Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak; Saswati Sen; Vibha Dadheech; Kathak ...

  3. Lucknow gharana - Wikipedia

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    The Lucknow Gharānā, also known as "Purab Gharâna" for tabla, is a discipleship tradition ("gharana") with a tabla legacy and Kathak legacy. These two traditions are known for being one of the six major gharanas of tabla and three gharanas of kathak.

  4. Durga Lal - Wikipedia

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    Pandit Durga Lal (1948 - 21 January 1990) [1] was a renowned Kathak dancer of the Jaipur Gharana. He was born in Mahendragarh, Rajasthan.He is known for playing the main role in the 1989 dance drama Ghanashyam, the music of which was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar and was produced by Birmingham Opera Company. [2]

  5. Kathak - Wikipedia

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    Kathak performances include Urdu ghazal and commonly used instruments brought during the Mughal period. [5] As a result, it is the only Indian classical dance form to feature Persian elements. [6] Kathak is found in three distinct forms, called "gharana", named after the cities where the Kathak dance tradition evolved – Jaipur, Banares and ...

  6. Birju Maharaj - Wikipedia

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    Maharaj started teaching the dance form at the age of thirteen, at the Sangeet Bharti in New Delhi.He then taught at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi, and at the Kathak Kendra (a unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi) where he was Head of Faculty, and director, retiring in 1998 [9] after which he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.

  7. Puru Dadheech - Wikipedia

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    Puru Dadheech studied under Guru-Shishya Parampara under Gurus Pt. Durga Prasad, Pt. Sunder Prasad as well as Pt. Narayan Prasad. [5] [6] Dadheech is the first [citation needed] Doctorate (D.Mus.) in Kathak in the world. Research dissertation Kathak Nritya ka Udbhav aur Vikas by Prayag Sangeet Samiti. [7]

  8. Munna Shukla - Wikipedia

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    Munna Shukla (7 December 1943- 11 January 2022) was a Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana based in New Delhi, India.Born to a family who has been involved in dance for generations, Munna Shukla specialized in Kathak, a classical dance form of North India.

  9. Rohini Bhate - Wikipedia

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    Due to different circumstances of her learning, geographical, intellectual, temporary, among others, Rohini could experiment freely in Kathak, applying her musical and intellectual interests. [7] Bhate founded the Nrityabharati Kathak Dance Academy at Pune in 1947. [1] Over the last six decades she trained hundred of dancers from her academy. [3]