Ashish Mohan Khokar
Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis, the pioneering American dancer couple, among whose students rank Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, made it possible for the first generation of Indian pioneers—Uday Shankar, Ram Gopal, Shanta Rao, Guru Gopinath and many more—to make a mark on the world…
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Ashish Mohan Khokar
Kathak and its history would be incomplete, if not poorer, were it not for its foremost proponent, Shambhu Maharaj. This scion of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak has left an indelible mark which no amount of chakras or tatkars can obliterate. The great Kathak master is said to have been born in…
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Mohanrao Kalyanpurkar writes about the life and work of Shambhu Maharaj
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Manash Nath
এসেছিলাম মধ্যপ্রদেশের জব্বলপুরে... সেখান থেকে যাবার কথা ছিল পাঁচমারি। জব্বলপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশনে টিকিট কাটতে এসে দেখি বিরাট একটা দল চলেছে চিত্রকূট... কি না নবরাত্রিতে তারা চিত্রকূটে কামতানাথ এর প্রদক্ষিণ করবে... ওখানেই নাকি রাম লক্ষণ আর সীতা বনবাসে এসে ছিল। রামায়ণের গল্পে আছে পিতৃসত্য রক্ষার্থে রাম…
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Manash Nath
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Manash Nath
This module gives a glimpse of the pilgrim-town Chitrakoot during Dussehra, with a traveller's acccount, complemented by an image gallery.
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Its name should have been Natwari Nritya
Vaishali Trivedi: It is a privilege to talk to you. We are at the Kadamb Centre for dance and music founded by legendary choreographer and Kathak guru Padma Bhushan Srimati Kumudini Lakhia-ji. Kumud behn, I want to start with your childhood. How was it…
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Neerja Dasani
The recent announcement of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2012, where Aditi Mangaldas was selected in the Creative and Experimental Dance category, and her subsequent rejection of the award have initiated an interesting and much-needed debate on the categories of ‘tradition’ and ‘…
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