Kathak costume

The New York Kathak Festival is a newly formed organization that presents and promotes dancers, scholars, and practitioners of Kathak, a classical dance tracing its origins to India. The first New York Kathak Festival featured dancers, musicians, and scholars from 15 cities all over the world. I a

Kathak postures

Ghunghru Ghunghru or ghunghroo are the small bells the dancer ties around his or her ankles. The Kathak bells are different from those of other Indian dance styles, as they are not affixed to a pad or strip of leather, but rather are individually woven along a thick string. The usual number of bells is 100 on each ankle, although for the initial stages of learning or for children, 25 and 50 belled strings are widely available to allow the dancer to get used to them. There is a more or less…

Jyoti singh kathak

Kathak - Dancer Mitul Sengupta

Khatak

Mystical experience is fundamentally inexpressible, although it has found expression in poetry and prose, in art and music. In poetry it reached a pinnacle inspired by the Sufi concept of ecstatic love that does not differentiate between the lover , the beloved Absolute, and love itself. Astha, is completely immersed in the sufi philosophy, in life. It is very natural for her to portray the very essence when she wears her ghungroos. She is divine, she is mystical, she is one with the lord…

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