Each ‘style’ (as in ‘Bharatanatyam’ and ‘Kathak’ featured in BBC Young Dancer) has its demanding, characteristic physical vocabulary and repertoire to express this. But all share a common, ...

At a concert several years ago, some school children were sent to welcome a Kathak legend with flowers. He bent down smiling, and asked gently, “Do you know anything about Kathak?” An eight-year-old ...

A remarkable journey of discovery, reading like a mystery novel on the trail of a still living temple tradition, fills the opening chapters of Shovana Narayan and Geetika Kalha’s Kathak Lok. Their ...

Kathak, a dance style popular for its pirouettes, ghungroos and costumes, has historically been a performance art for men. However, post Independence, women moved it from a patriarchal space, ...