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Jaipur Rajasthan
She has qualified the National Eligibility Test conducted by University Grants Commission, India. She has presented many research articles in the field of Indian classical music and has been dance instructor for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and DPS Society.Her Kathak recitals include famous platforms both nationally as well as internationally namely Bali Spirit Festival, Silk Roads Project, Nanning International Festival, Trufesta International Dance Festival, Culturall Europe, OMI & High Point University USA and esteemed Kathak & Music festivals in India.
Main Category: Dance Sub Category: Kathak Manisha holds the National scholarship both junior and senior from Government of India. She is also titled for merit scholarship from Jaipur Kathak Kendra. She was honoured by OMI International Dance Residency award, USA in 2007, ISFI Gold Award by International Sufi Festival Ajmer in 2012 and Youth Icon Award 2014 in Arts at Jaipur, India. She is also a potential Kathak Artiste for Cirque De Soleil's upcoming productions, Toronto and a graded artiste from Doordarshan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
varanasi/Banaras UttarPradesh
Birju Maharaj started teaching the dance form at the young age of thirteen, at the Sangeet Bharti in New Delhi. He then taught at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi, and at the Kathak Kendra (a unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi) where he was Head of Faculty, and Director, retiring in 1998 after which he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi. He composed the music, and sang, for two dance sequences in the Satyajit Ray's Shatranj ke Khilari, and choreographed the song Kaahe Chhed Mohe from the 2002 film version of novella Devdas.
Main Category: Dance Sub Category: Kathak Well-known exponent of Kathak; Recipient of Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Padma Vibhushan, Kalidas Samman, Soviet Land Nehru Award, SNA Award, Sangam Kala Award. Pandit Birju Maharaj is a legendary Kathak dancer. He belongs an illustrious family of dance masters of the Lucknow gharana. His two uncles Shambu and Lacchu Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj were all well-known Kathak dancers. Apart from Kathak, Pandit Birju Maharaj is also an accomplished vocalist. Birju Maharaj taught at Sangeet Bharati, Bharatiya Kala Kendra and headed the teaching faculty Kathak Kendra in Delhi till his retirement in 1998.
Hyderabad/secunderabad AndhraPradesh
Saloni as a Classical from Hyderabad, India
Main Category: Dance Sub Category: Kathak I hired Ms. Barger to do two assemblies at our school. She was able to capture the attention all the students ages 5-10. She handled two assemblies of 300 students… Readmore..
Manaswini, a budding name in the world of Kathak, started her journey at an early age of 7 but she found her holy grail after she was embraced by the principal heir of Jaipur Gharana of Kathak- Pt. Girdhari Maharaj, under Guru Shishya Parampara as his disciple. A member of International Dance Council CID ,UNESCO ,Manaswini turned her hobby into her passion - her life and now, she dances and performs her way up the never ending stairs of soulful dancing. " Dance transcends this world into a better place",says Manaswini, with a hope to beautify this world and to take Kathak to a pinnacle.
Main Category: Dance Sub Category: Kathak Her important performances includes: Repreasented India in Japan in a Cultural Exchange Program organised by Japan Embassy and Ministry of Human Resource Development, India Ranakpur festival organised by RTDC National Folk Dance Festival "LOKRANG", Jaipur Udai Shankar Ballet "meera-manas" at Jawahar Kala Kendra The Times Devotional Retreat, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur Fagotsav at Govindevji Temple, Jaipur Gunijan sangeet and samman samaroh organised by Sabrang Sansthan and Pink City Press Club,Jaipur Shri Laxmi Narayan Nrityaashram Sangeet Samaroh,Jaipur Kathak Sandhya by Jaipur Kathak Kendra Thirak Utsav 2016 Akhil Bhartiya shastriya gaayan aur nritya samaroh organised by Sangeet Natak Academy,Jodhpur and Sur-singaar sanstha , Ajmer All India Chemistry conference organised by the iis university Dainik Bhaskar women of the year organised by Dainik Bhaskar Inauguration of 94.3 Myfm, Bikaner Yugm Diwas 2017, organised by Project Yugm Rang-o-noor 2017 at jawahar kala Kendra, organise I hired Ms. Barger to do two assemblies at our school. She was able to capture the attention all the students ages 5-10. She handled two assemblies of 300 students… Readmore..