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	Kathak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kathak is one of the classical dance forms of India (originally from North India), and the national dance of Pakistan.
		Performers today generally draw their lineage from two major schools of Kathak: the Jaipur gharana and the Lucknow gharana (born in the courts of the Kachwaha Rajput kings and the Nawab of Oudh respectively); there is also a slightly less prominent Benares gharana.
		Kathak Yoga is a technique created By Pandit Chitresh Das, within the tradition of Kathak, bringing harmony of mind, body and soul where the dancer recites the chosen Taalam, singing the melody of the chosen Taalam, and dances precise mathematical footwork and Chhakars (pirouettes) all at the same time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kathak (1670 words)

	Webindia123.com - Dances of India-Kathak-abhinaya in Kathak
		All the eight nayikas of the Indian tradition are known to the Kathak dancer and she may present them as a separate number or as different gatas.
		The Kathak dancer also presents the dhamar in this manner; the learning of various rhythmical composition in the dhamar song and tala is essential for her.
		The vitality of the Kathak dance has remained undiminished because the thumri on the one hand and the tala on the other provided the dancer with solid pillars around which variations could be built in both the nritta and the abhinaya portions.
	www.webindia123.com /dances/Kathak/abhinaya.htm (798 words)

	Kathak -
		Kathak is among the six major classical dances of India and one of the most dynamic theater arts in the world.
		The word Kathak is derived from katha, meaning "the art of storytelling." It is also synonymous with the community of artists known as Kathakas whose hereditary profession it was to narrate history while entertaining.
		In the Hindu courts of the vast semi-desert of the principality of Rajasthan, kathak developed in the Jaipur gharana (school), a regional style emphasizing the technical mastery of pure dance.
	www.kathak.org /site/kathak/section.php?id=4176 (342 words)

	Webindia123.com - Dances of India-Repertoire in Kathak
		Kathak can be divided into two main parts, namely nritta and abhinaya on the one hand, and tandava and lasya on the other.
		The dancer introduces the Kathak with the rhythmic graceful movements of his eyes, eyebrows, neck, chest and shoulders, while the musicians play at a medium tempo in a relaxed mood.
		The nritta portions of Kathak are presented to a repetitive melodic line known as the nagma.
	www.webindia123.com /dances/Kathak/repertoire1.htm (783 words)

	kathak dance, Jaipur, gypsy dance, yoga dance, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Najma Ayashah, Kathak Dance exponent of the Jaipuri Tradition, is known to have enriched and integrated the great Jaipur tradition of Kathak with elements of folk and Gypsy dance with an unusual sense of aesthetic adventure and free form.
		Kathak is a dance of communication reflecting the total philosophy of life.
		The coping stone of the Kathak edifice is the brilliant footwork in which lightning pirouettes are executed by the dancers and complex variations on the rhythm patterns by the dancer compete with the rhythm instruments.
	home.earthlink.net /~kathak (1028 words)

	Kathak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was during this reign that Kathak dance was impacted most comprehensively, when dancers were enticed from the temples to the courts by gifts of gold and jewels.
		The straight leg stance was taken from Persian dance to replace the demi-plié, and bells were tied around the ankles to emphasize the flamboyant footwork and turns (chakrs) of the Kathak renaissance.
		Even after the Moghuls, courts in Rajasthan enjoyed Kathak as a sophisticated art form, fostering the growth of the Jaipur gharana, stressing pure technical mastery and sharp footwork.
	mosspoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kathak (999 words)

	Bharat Bhavan - Vadya & Natya Vidyalaya - Kathak
		Kathak is the major classical dance form of northern India.
		Kathak was primarily associated with an institution known as the Tawaif.
		This set the artform of Kathak into a downward spiral that was not reversed until Independence when there was a reawakening in interest in traditional Indian artforms.
	www.bharatbhavankerala.org /kathak.htm (254 words)

	Toronto Gharana/Bansuri
		A kathak is therefore one who tells a story, and from ancient times traditional classes, and later castes, of story-tellers specialized in conveying through dance and music tales from the great Indian epics and scenes from the lives of the gods.
		As with any living tradition, kathak has always continued to evolve: amad and parmelu were not always part of the dance tradition, particularly in the pre-Muslim era; and the temple and the village square have given way to the court and theatre and different styles of dance presentation.
		To conclude, the kathak dancer is a story-teller, not a mime.
	www.pathcom.com /~ericp/kathak.html (2717 words)

	kathak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kathak, as we know it today, is the result of the fusion between the Hindu and Muslim cultures.
		Kathak is also believed to have ties to the Flamenco and gypsy traditions in Spain, as well as various North Indian folk dances.
		Kathak is the only form, however, that can boast of dancers who wear up to 200 such bells on each ankle.
	www.indiangyan.com /india_culture/indiandances/kathak.htm (1013 words)

	Kathak Classical Indian Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The beauty of this part of Kathak lies in the exact rendering of the rhythmic patterns, given by the instruments, through graceful body movements and mastery of the artist's footwork.
		The second part of a Kathak performance is called Nritya, that means abhinaya, which is the explanation of a story or a song through facial expressions, gestures of the hands and symbolic postures of the body.
		The Kathak style is not totally rigid, however; it allows the artist to use a variety of free movements, thus leaving the interpretation of a story to the dancer's power of imagination and creativity.
	www.cs.nott.ac.uk /~ef/tmp/kathak.html (715 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Kathak
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		Kumudini Lakhia Kumudini Lakhia (born in 1930) is a Kathak dancer and choreographer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where she has co-founded (with musician Atul Desai) an institution named Kadamb, a centre for Indian dance and music.
		Today, Kathak has regained its popularity after a period of decline during the rule of the British Empire (Formerly the United Kingdom and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I), where it was frowned upon by Victorian administrators.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kathak (3040 words)

	Kathak - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Kathak arose from the fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures that took place during the Mughal...
		Some theorists trace the origins of Kathak dance to the blending of Indian and Persian traditions in the court of Akbar.
		The repertoire of Kathak is deeply connected to the classical music tradition of northern India.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Kathak.html (94 words)

	Article - Kathak Dance - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		KATHAK dance was used as pantomime to accompany the recitation of the Kathaks, the professional story-tellers who recounted and interpreted tales from Hindu mythology.
		Kathak was Introduced as a from of 'entertainment in the courts of the Hindu Rajas or Kings and became a secular art.
		The mughal Emperors appropriated Kathak dance and introduced it into their courts and the dancers they imported from Persia and elsewhere, were Influenced by Kathak, and, in, turn, influenced it.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=683_0_1_0_M (798 words)

	What is Kathak ?
		Kathak is one of the six classical dances of India.
		Indeed, as it was greatly appreciated by the conquerors, the dance underwent a fantastic boom and thus became a full-fledged classical art.
		Kathak is built around the dialogue between the percussion instruments and the dancers who wear ghunguru (strings of approximately 250 small bells) wound around each ankle; they too are musical instruments.
	www.adem.ch /rsmishra/kathak_e.html (354 words)

	KATHAK
		The word Kathak is derived from katha, meaning "a story", and hence the word Kathak means a storyteller who recounted mythological tales in the temples and danced them in a state of ecstasy.
		A kathak is therefore one who tells a story, and from ancient times traditional classes, and later castes, of storytellers specialized in conveying through dance and music tales from the great Indian epics and scenes from the lives of the gods.
		In kathak, each syllable is designed not merely to represent the sounds of feet and bells but also to be in harmony with the strokes of the accompanying percussion instruments.
	members.cox.net /dmisra2/kathak.htm (3571 words)

	kathak
		Kathak arose from the fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures that took place during the Mughal period (1526-1761).
		With the arrival in northern India of the Mughals, kathak was taken into the royal courts and developed into a sophisticated art form; through the patronage of the Mughal rulers, kathak took its current form.
		The Lucknow gharana developed a style of kathak that is characterized by precise, finely detailed movements and an emphasis on the exposition of thumri, a semiclassical style of love song.
	geocities.com /kathakdance/kathak.htm (390 words)

	Redhotcurry.com - Theatre & Dance. Pushplata Dance Co presents 'Kathak Meets Flamenco'
		Kathak, derived from the word Katha or story, originated as a form of story-telling in Northern India and later flourished as two separate schools under the patronage of Mughal and Rajput kings.
		When she was seventeen, she received a Government of India scholarship to continue training in Kathak for three years at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in New Delhi where she obtained her Nritya Varidhi, or Masters Degree in 1967.
		When already fluent in Kathak in her early twenties, Pawar became interested in Odissi, a dance of graceful and sculptural postures.
	www.redhotcurry.com /entertainment/theatre/flamenco.htm (889 words)

	Kathak -- Lifestyle -- IndoIndians.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kathak dance goes through a regular format mostly concentrating on rhythm variously called Tatkar, Paltas, Thoras, Amad and Parans.Binda Din Maharaj, Kalkadin, Dachan Maharaj, Gopi Krishna and Birju Maharaj are but a few maestros in the line.
		Kathak music begins with the "lahara" which is played by the sarangi, sitar, flute, or sarod and played as accompaniment for the abstract or "nritta" portion of the dance.
		Ghungaroos are the bells tied around the ankles of a Kathak dancer to reflect the sound of the percussion instruments such as the tabla or pakawaj.
	www.indoindians.com /lifestyle/kathak.htm (884 words)

	Kathak.net - ABOUT KATHAK
		Kathak is an important classical dance form of India, and an increasingly popular theater art form of the world.
		Kathak is entering a new phase, where its natural resilience is leading to a regeneration.
		Through the medium of ANKH (A New Kathak Horizon), Gauri Sharma Tripathi is moving the boundaries of Kathak to appeal to a wider, younger audience.
	www.kathak.net /about_kathak.htm (329 words)

	Learning Kathak
		Kathak Dance, Storytelling and North Indian Classical Music With Ross Kent-Sarod and Megan Black-Kathak Dance on the third weekend of May at the Himalayan Faire in Berkeley at Live Oak Park.
		Kathak is a sumptuously beautiful dance style that encompasses the old and new in a visually and rhythmically riveting technical style.
		Kathak is traditionally accompanied by classical Noth Indian Hindustani music on instruments such as Sarangi, Sarod or Sitar and Tabla.
	www.kathakdance.org /school.html (592 words)

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		Kathak Yoga challenges the dancer to incorporate the recitation of any chosen Talam (rhythmic structure); sing the melody of that Talam; dance precise mathematically complicated footwork; and endow all movements with grace and beauty, radiating either pure dance (Nritta) or retelling excerpts from great Hindu and Muslim literature all at the same moment.
		Kathak is synonymous with innovation through improvisation and tests the agility, quickness, and intelligence of the artist.
		Kathak yoga catalyzes the kindling of vibration that occurs in the awakened state.
	www.kathak.com /kathak_yoga.htm (806 words)

	Kathak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kathak is an Indian dance form similar to Bharata Natyam that arose out of the Vaishnava dancing to the episodes from Krishna 's life.
		The Lucknow Gharana placed emphasis on the abhinaya natya elements or expressional qualities of the it was famed for its subtlety and this contrasted sharply with the Jaipur Gharana which became renowned for highly and complex footwork and fast sharp accurate
		After a period of decline during the Raj (where it was frowned upon by administrators) Kathak has now regained some of popularity not only in India but throughout the world and is as one of the seven classical dance of India.
	www.freeglossary.com /Kathak (408 words)

	Kathak Dance - RagaNet Issue #6
		Kathak dance as a court performance art is reflected in its lavish costuming of today.
		There are three major schools of Kathak in India, each originating in one of the three Northern cities of Lucknow, Jaipur or Benaras and named after them.
		In Rajasthan street kathak dancers are often followed by their husbands playing the dhol drum while they go door to door collecting money.
	www.raganet.com /RagaNet/Issues/6/kathak.html (1828 words)

	Kathak Dance at Indoclassical.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Patronized by art loving rulers, the practitioners of Kathak worked at refining its dramatic and rhythmic aspects, delighting elite audiences with their mastery over rhythm and the stylized mime.
		A notable feature of Kathak is the intricate footwork and the highlight of the dance is the Tahai, a spinning movement in one spot at great speed.Both men and women perform this dance.
		The footwork is matched by the accompanying percussion instruments such as tabla and pakhawaj, and the dancer and percussionists often indulge in a virtuoso display of rhythmic wizardry.
	www.indoclassical.com /indo/asp/dancekathak.asp (399 words)

	Culture - Dances - Kathak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kathak dance form originated in the north and at first was very similar to the Bharatanatyam.
		By the sixteenth century, the tight churidar pyjama became the staple attire of a Kathak dancer.
		Kathak has an exciting and entertaining quality with intricate footwork and rapid pirouettes being the dominant and most endearing features of this style.
	www.indembassyhavana.cu /culture/dance/kathak.htm (228 words)

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