Sponsored and premiered by the Sangeet Natak Akademi as homage, on the death anniversary of the inimitable scholar late Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, was a virtual presentation, curated and presented by one who remained her lifelong student - namely Navina Jafa. A uniquely simple assembling of researched information, followed by an imaginatively designed collective tribute with scholars and artistes from different areas participating, Kathak Dance - New Perspectives of History Supervision and Hindol Darshan, were both reworked virtual packages of Navina's earlier live lec/dem presentations. Arguably the most persistent among myriads of aspirants functioning under Kapilaji's baton, Navina Jafa is perhaps the only one to have earned her doctorate, guided by one she refers to, as "India's first woman rishi" - widely acknowledged as an exacting and daunting teacher (though she herself refused to acknowledge that she was a guru with shishyas.).Read more in the site
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Just found this fine tribute today. Thanks! to all who made the virtual presentation to honor iconic Dr Kapila Vatsyayan. I'll try to locate a copy ... Was blessed to know (and be blessed by) Kapila-ji : first introduced 25 yrs ago by H E Ambassador Aftab Seth in Tokyo @ Int'l House of Japan (where I had earlier performed); later with conversations in Delhi; and her kind (active!) participation in my 2013 lecture-concert "Aural Crossroads in the Asian Century - "Traditional Japanese instruments in lndian classical music" (5th event there since 1992). Though a performing musician & musico-linguistic scholar, I am privileged to know & work somewhat with exalted dance artists in both N & S India. Dr Leela Samson had hosted my lec-dem in Kalakshetra (and later kindly hosted our troupe of 4 from Japan), Vasundhara Doraswamy also collaborated w/us some 30 yrs ago; Gyanendra Bajpai in Lucknow & Japan; Birju Maharaj was close relative of my Hindustani classical vocal Guruji late Pdt Ganesh Prasad Mishra ... etc. Jai Naad & Nataraj.
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