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NAAD, in line with its vision of “keeping alive the tradition” is
organising a Kathak Dance festival in its pure classical form in
memory of Pt. Jailalji a well known Kathak exponent & doyen of the
Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. Such a dance festival in its pure classical
form is happening for the first time in UK.

A rare opportunity to watch the performance of 8 of the finest UK
based Kathak dancers with live musicians. A unique event featuring
more than 20 artists on one platform. Dancers from all key Kathak
Gharanas namely Jaipur, Lucknow & Banaras Gharanas will be performing
in this festival

An event not to be missed.

Day 1: Saturday 12th June 2010, 5.45pm

1. Sarita Kalele
2. Sonia Sabri
3. Sujata Banerjee
4. Abhay Shankar Mishra

Day 2: Sunday 13th June 2010, 5.45pm

1. Saberi Misra
2. Gauri Sharma Tripathi
3. Kajal Sharma
4. Padmashri Pratap Pawar

Accompanying them are also the finest musicians of UK:

Tabla:

Ustad Sarvar Sabri, Ustad Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari, Pt. Rajkumar
Misra, Sanju Sahai & Shahbaz Hussain.

Sarangi & Sitar:

Surjeet Singh, Baluji Srivastav & Carl Peberdy

Baja, Vocal & Padhant:

Pt. Vishwa Prakash, Padma Sharma, Sanchita Pal & Chandra Chakraborty.

Venue:

Bhavan Centre,
4A Castletown Road
West Kensington,
London W14 9HE

Tickets: £15 & £20 for each day.

Box Office: 020 7381 3086 / http://www.bhavan.net

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