Yollay - Kathak! - An exploration of 3 different kathak styles

Anuj Mishra
Dance
Anuj mishra belongs to the famous traditional family of musicians gharana of Varanasi . Anuj is thirteenth generation of artists in his traditional musical family . His forefather Late Shri Shiv kishore mishra was renowned Sarangi player . His grandfather Late Sbhri Nanhu mishra was a famous Tabla mastero and his father Pt. Arjun mishra is very famous and renowned kathak guru , dancer and choreographer learned under Late shri Ramnarayan mishra in kolkata and then by great legend Padamvibhushan Pt. Birju maharaj . The training of Anuj mishra started at age of 17 after his high school as he was busy in studies at early age and his father was touring all over the world for performances . Anuj also learned Tabla under the guiedence of Pt. Ravinath mishra and some vocal by Ustad Gulshan Bharati . Anuj performed kathak in all major dance festivals and events in India and abroad . He worked with many dance companies and renowned choreographers as Karine saporta , Mallika sarabhai , Kumudini lakhia , Rukmini chaterjee, Lata Pada and more . Anuj won several national and international dance competitions he is a national gold medalist , he also got prestigious title of Shringarmani , Nritya Kawomudhi also Anuj got very prestigious and one of the biggest award for young Indian Artists "Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar " from Sangeet Natak Academy ,National Academy of music, dance and drama from India , performed in big festivals like Sawai gandharva , lucknow mohatsava , Taj mohatsava , Kathak mahotsava, Taj Mahotsava , Konark dance festival , Kalaghoda festival etc and also performed in Many countries as USA , France ,Italy , Spain , Germany ,Switzerland ,Poland , Belgium ,Norway , England , Canada , Israel ,Lebanon ,Tunisia , Dubai , Martinique , Guadalupe etc . He is getting more and more opportunities for more performances in India and abroad . Anuj had done Masters in Kathak from Khairagarh university , Madhya Pradesh and now perusing his P.H.D in Kathak . Anuj is presently Artistic director of Kathak Academy and president of AnujArjunmishrasdancecompany [ AMC ] and also impaneled as establish artist in ICCR [ Indian council for cultural relation ] and main member of CID [ International dance Council ] from Europe.

Piyush Preeti
Dance
Piyush and Preeti: Piyushs love (Preeti)for Kathak. { Preeti in English means love, attachment} Thanks to Piyush and Preeti for getting the Indian classical dance form to the glamorous works of Bollywood. The country would never be able to forget the performance that they saw on screen. Now they have been making an initiative to promote and popularise Indian classical dance amongst youth. As they share, in their dance journey of 11 years they have learnt a lot from each other and kept challenging each other to fulfill their urge to improve. They have had an opportunity of working with great exponents of their field which includes their performances with Pt. Birju Maharaj, Jaikishan Maharaj, Ram Mohan Maharaj, Geetanjali Lal Ji.

Sandip Mallick
Dance
Born in a family devoted to music, Sandip has started Kathak Dance Training under the tutelage of Srimati Srilekha Mukherjee.Continuing the talim from his Guru, he also got in-depth talim from Pandit Birju Maharajji, Pandit Ram Mohan Mishra, Pandit Chitresh Das, Guru Bela Arnab, Guru Bandana Sen, Srimati Saswati Sen and Pandit Vijai Shankar, all luminaries in Indian Classical Dance scenario. He has also undergone talim of rhythm from Pandit Kumar Bose. The talim obtained from different stalwarts in the Classical Dance arena along with his own innovative imagination, has given Kathak Dance a new dimension

Kathak! - An exploration of 3 different kathak styles

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