My Kathak Journey
I have been learning the Lucknow Gharana style of Kathak for the last twelve years. My Guru Anindita Acharjee who is a disciple of Guru Aditi Mangaldas and Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj has instilled in me a lifelong love for this art form. I practice this physically rigorous dance form regularly and have had eleven public performances including at venues of cultural importance like the Sundar Nursery.
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Kathak for me is more than an exercise in discipline and aesthetics. It is a bridge that connects diverse cultures. Through each performance, I aim to celebrate the richness and diversity of our cultural heritage, in the hope of promoting a message of unity, that transcends the differences that often divide us.
In middle school, I had the opportunity of choreographing and performing a piece on a visit to an old age home.
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I have successfully completed my studies in Kathak with a Sangeet Prabhakar degree with first-division marks, which is the equivalent of a Bachelor's Degree in Kathak.
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Here is a short video of my Kathak Journey and love for dance from the age of 3 to 17, and includes a recommendation by my Guru, Anindita Acharjee
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“I have seen her growing from a child to a young girl who is always inquisitive in her learning process…She has helped me in my choreography. She works on the intricacies of the art form and being a young girl I have not ever seen her getting deviated from Kathak, Kathak being a disciplined art form. She is the only child I think, among all, who I feel personally has given me many lessons in forming a lifestyle and how one should be in day-to-day life. A classical art form, she still remains focused”
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- Guru Anindita Acharjee
