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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 ...
The Khattak (Pashto: خټک اتڼ , Urdu: رقص خٹک Khattak attan) is a swift martial attan dance usually performed while carrying a sword and a handkerchief (while not always are they holding a sword and handkerchief) by the tribesmen from the agile Khattak tribe of Pashtuns. Khattak dance is also a national dance of Pakistan. [1] [2]
Fasih Ur Rehman is a Kathak maestro from Pakistan. He has been a disciple of Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak for 20 years, (1977–1998) in Lahore, Pakistan, and later continued his studies with Kumudini Lakhia in London and Ahmedabad, India. [1] He is the main male Kathak dancer of Pakistan with more than 30 years of Kathak experience. [2]
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 ...
In 1996, she was appointed as a lead kathak dancer in Nahid Siddiqui's Dance Company London. In 2001, she started working as a director of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA). [5] In 2010, she created a dance syllabus and taught as a performing arts dance instructor at Lahore Grammar School. In 2012, she was a dance teacher at ...
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 ...
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)
Rajendra Gangani is an Indian Kathak dancer known for his innovative style and technical wizardry. [1] Gangani is one of the leading exponents of the Jaipur Gharana style of Kathak. For his contributions to the field of Kathak, Gangani received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 from The President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. [2]