Kathak as dance theatre in Shovana Narayan's Lalitarpan Festival - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

Lalitarpan, the annual festival of Asavari established in 1979, this year centered its celebration round the Yudhisthira/Draupadi interaction, based on Pavan Varma's book inspired by a work in Urdu, going into the emotional depths of this uneasy alliance between the head of the Pandavas and their wife Draupadi....

FINE DEBUT BY KALASHREE STUDENTS IN LUCKNOW GHARANA KATHAK OF GURU MUNNA SHUKLA

Kathak youngsters do not have the equivalence of an Arangetram, marking the dancer's formal stage appearance in a full-length performance. What students of Kalashree presented at the India International Centre auditorium, was a debut on similar lines for Kathak students of Kavita Thakur, a senior disciple of Lucknow gharana's late Kathak Guru Munna Shukla...

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