Namaste Parents,
 
This Sunday we are going to have a demonstration for culture. Just sending you all the details of the event.

The details of our first Demo of the year:-
 
Date- Oct 31st' 2010 ( Sunday)
Venu- Cafeteria
Kathak Dance performed by Antara Datta and Team

Here is the brief Introduction of Antara Datta:-
 
 
 

 

Antara Datta started learning Kathak at the age of five from Laxmi Bannerjee in Kolkata, India. She earned her degree in Kathak from Bangiya Sangeet Parishad in Kolkata. She started specializing in the Lucknow gharana style of Kathak in 2004 under the tender care of Kiran Chauhan (a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj ), who is currently a visiting faculty at the Anila Sinha Foundation in Chicago. In addition, Antara currently receives intensive training from Sringarmani Srimati Anuradha Nag (another senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj), artistic director of the Tarangini School of dance in San Jose, California.  At present, Antara Datta holds an adjunct faculty position in the Cornish College of Arts, Seattle, WA.  She also started her own Kathak school “Anga Kala Kathak Academy” in the Puget Sound area in 2010. Antara believes that learning a classical Indian dance form such as Kathak is a lifelong endeavor. She relentlessly strives to perfect herself. She has attended workshops by the legendary gurus Pandit Birju Maharaj and Kumudini Lakhia.

 website: www.antaradatta.com
 
First performance - (1) Guru Vandana ( a salutation to the Guru, the Guru is compared to the three Hindu Gods of Trinity - Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar)
                               (2) Technical item - Teentaal (16 beats). Demonstration of short compositions in Taal Teental.
                               (3) Bhajan - composed by poet Bindadin Maharaj. Will depict the stories of Prahlad, Ahalya and Govardhan
                               (4)Tarana in taal teentaal
 
Second performance1) Guru Vandana ( a salutation to the Guru, the Guru is compared to the three Hindu Gods of Trinity - Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar)
                               (2) Technical item - Jhaptaal(10 beats). Demonstration of short compositions in Taal Jhaptaal                              
                               (3) Thumri - Will depict Krishna and Radha playing Holi - a very significant item in Hindu mythology
                               (4)Tarana in taal teentaal
 
Antara Datta
http://www.antaradatta.com/
Ph.# (425)502-9636 Home
(425)463-7235 Cell

 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani