Online Kathak Classes - Level up

The highlights of this course will include - 

• Introducing Jhaaptaal and elaboration of Kathak techniques.
• Thaat, Aamad, Paranaamad, paran, permilu, gatnikas etc.
• Understanding Rasa 
• Guru Vandana and Ganesh Vandana

The duration of the course has been set to be 1 year with the frequency of 2 classes per week, However, the timeframe can be shortened if the frequency of the classes can be increased.

About the Teacher

Sangita Chatterjee, the disciple of Guru Smt. Vaswati Misra is a young, dynamic, and eminent Kathak exponent from Lucknow Gharana. She has imbibed within herself the essence of Kathak, its lyrical movements, a treasure of its scintillating rhythmic patterns, and subtle abhinaya.

Sangita has emerged as a soloist of par excellence and has made her niche as a thinking dancer whose approach toward dance is beyond mere performative presentation. Having a double M.A. in History & Tourism Management and Kathak from Khairagarh University, Sangita's work is mostly self-reflecting, thought-provoking, and collaborative in nature.

Her recent works are, a solo dance theater production "Yagyaseni" on Draupadi's life, "Hridoy Majhe Bangla" a multi-dance style presentation that she presented in Rashtrapati Bhawan in presence of then President Late Shri Pranav Mukherjee, Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and other political dignitaries, "Ramayan" a collaboration with Japanese dancers which she presented in Tokyo National Theatre, Japan soon and so forth. Sangita also represented India in Delphic Games, South Korea in 2009.

She has extensively traveled to different countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America for performances and lecture demonstrations. During the lockdown, she has also created two short films "Quest - A lockdown diary of a dancer" and 'Mirage-A lust for life" which were also featured in INMOTION Dance Film Festival Chicago. Sangita is an empaneled artist of ICCR, SPICMACAY & Ministry of Culture and awarded with Sringar Mani, Jayadev Samman, Woman achievers award, etc.

Sangita is also a motivational speaker and has been invited by many forums like the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Josh Talks, workmobto talk on wellness through arts and women empowerment. She is currently the artistic director of her organization Kalpataru Arts where she imparts training to her students and also curates Festivals throughout the year.